Looking at this site: http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/kinematic-viscosity-d_397.html shows that palm has a somewhat higher viscosity than soy oil, at 130 degF.
In CentiStokes: Palm 26.4 Soy 19.64 Peanut 23.4 Coconut 15 Rape Seed 31 HTH, Jerry Flintrop -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 9:47 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [MBZ] Palm Oil as a Fuel for Agricultural Diesel Engines: Comparative Testing against Diesel Oil Hello All, I read this study and the one conclusion that really jumped out was: "...Wear in the engines fueled by refined palm oil and diesel oil is not significantly different but wear in the compression rings of the engine fueled by refined palm oil is significantly higher..." see: http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_SVO-palm.html Makes me not want to use VO or WVO or anything like that. It looked to be a pretty thorough well done study. I guess the next question is perhaps you would get different results from different natural oils ? Enjoy ! Dan Elliott '82 300D-T 95kim
