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Hi Thomas,
You may have missed this item posted recently. It concerned a New Zealand
company formed to make, promote and sell bio-diesel. They solved the problem of
manufacturer's warranty by confining their engine alterations to the fuel lines
only. Might be worth contacting them for further information.
Regards,
Bob.
Here it is:
PUT AN OLIVE IN YOUR TANK
Well not quite, but if David Renwick has his way it
could be olive oil or even used cooking oil for that matter - once it has been
refined into biodiesel. His conversion kit, which allows diesel engines to run
on biodiesel offers considerably lower fuel costs and higher efficiency.
He demonstrated both in Kerikeri this week with a late model SUV, modified to run on either standard diesel or biofuels, or a mix of the two. To illustrate his vehicle's versatility he urged his audience to pour a range of standard cookng oils into the tank while the engine was running. A test drive showed good acceleration, no smoke from the exhaust and an absence of diesel smell. Instead a slight fragrance of Mom's kitchen. . Renwick, Operations Director of Envirocar - a company he grew from a garage-based idea four years ago into a national organisation, is an enthusiastic exponent of the new wave of environmentally friendly fuels. He claims his fuel gives cleaner burning engines, lower emissions, efficiencies of 15% or more and costs half that of standard diesel. Asked the hard questions as to cost, availability, payback time and risk to vehicle warranty Renwick was open and frank. Biofuel supplied by his organisation currently costs 69 cents a litre (against the present Kerikeri price of diesel at $1.26), the conversation kit (fitted by a trained technician) comes in at $4,000 and includes a 1,000 litre storage tank for your backyard. Payback time depended on mileage i.e. the further you travelled on an annual basis the faster you could amortise the cost of conversation. For one large diesel fleet in Wellington it was four months. Any diesel engine, even those used on farm machinery, could be converted to biofuel. By agreement with car makers the fuel was acceptable. Conversion was limited to the fuel lines only and did not affect engine warranties. As a backup, Envirocar-converted vehicles retained a separate tank for ordinary diesel. Envirocar is supported by Korean car maker SSangYong and the Foundation for Research, Science and Technology which this year pumped in $93,000 to take the operation from backyard to production line. Interested biofuellers can contact Mr Renwick at [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message -----
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