Pete Theisen wrote: > On Monday 05 May 2008 12:09, David Crooks wrote: > >> On Monday, May 05, 2008 1:31 PM Pete Theisen wrote: >> >>> A friend of mine has access to unlimited biodiesel for free >>> > > >> I wish someone would give me some biodiesel! If I am not mistaken, you >> can't just put biodiesel in a diesel engine. You have to make some >> modifications but it would pay for itself in no time if you have free >> biodiesel. >> > > Hi David! > > Actually, it is waste fryer oil from the restaurants. He processes it with a > filter, a little gas and some additives. Then he runs it in his Ford diesel > just like that. Is starts fine, but it smells a bit like whatever food was > cooked in it. > > The kits generally replace copper parts in the fuel system and contain > heaters > and filters. You could settle the fuel for a couple of weeks as an > alternative to filtering and draw off the top part that is clear. > > I was thinking of a rabbit or some such, but they are 30 years old if you > even > find one. > You might think about the new clean burning Jetta TDI being introduced around August of this year:
http://www.autobloggreen.com/2008/04/24/vw-finishes-development-of-bluetdi-60-mpg-jetta-coming-to-u-s/ or http://tinyurl.com/5q7l2j There are differences between petroleum based diesel, commercially produced biodiesel and biodiesel produced from used cooking oil. Below is a link to an article about home brewed biodiesel made from used cooking oil: http://www.newsherald.com/headlines/article.display.php?id=12 or http://tinyurl.com/64kofb Regards, LelandJ --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
