Re: [Biofuel] Alright, I'm stumped.

2005-10-11 Thread Keith Addison
http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_vehicle.html#whatdo>http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_vehicle.html#whatdo What should you do if your fuel doesn't pass the wash-test? Well, for one thing I'm certainly not giving up. Just stumped. I've licked carburetor problems, idling issues, helped

Re: [Biofuel] Alright, I'm stumped.

2005-10-11 Thread Keith Addison
Oops, sorry, that message got a bit fouled up, wasn't in ASCII, second try: http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_vehicle.html#whatdo What should you do if your fuel doesn't pass the wash-test? Well, for one thing I'm certainly not giving up. Just stumped. I've licked carburetor problems,

Re: [Biofuel] Alright, I'm stumped.

2005-10-11 Thread Kurt Nolte
On 10/11/05, Keith Addison [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oops, sorry, that message got a bit fouled up, wasn't in ASCII, second try: http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_vehicle.html#whatdo What should you do if your fuel doesn't pass the wash-test?Well, for one thing I'm certainly not giving up.

Re: [Biofuel] Alright, I'm stumped.

2005-10-10 Thread Thomas Kelly
ly involve a better balance for measuring lye. Check out how to break emulsions at JtF. Best Wishes, Tom From: Kurt Nolte To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Sent: Monday, October 10, 2005 12:28 AM Subject: [Biofuel] Alright, I'm stumped. Okay, so earlier this week I t

Re: [Biofuel] Alright, I'm stumped.

2005-10-10 Thread Kurt Nolte
On 10/10/05, Thomas Kelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The crappy mayonnaise sounds like soap. That's my ultimate thought, too. Added a very carefully measured amount of my methoxide, 100mL, to the reprocessing candidate in the blender. ... Anyway, five hours after reprocessing the first-run

Re: [Biofuel] Alright, I'm stumped.

2005-10-10 Thread JJJN
Sounds like my first run and I'm no expert now but I had to eliminate the variables one by one.. So I got Virgin oil, Got better at titration, got a better lye (and how to measure it!) - and Bingo there it was perfect Bio.. Make sure you measure your Lye very carefully, I found I

Re: [Biofuel] Alright, I'm stumped.

2005-10-10 Thread Derick Giorchino
, October 10, 2005 2:15 PM To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Alright, I'm stumped. On 10/10/05, Thomas Kelly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The crappy mayonnaise sounds like soap. That's my ultimate thought, too. Added a very carefully measured amount of my

Re: [Biofuel] Alright, I'm stumped.

2005-10-10 Thread Keith Addison
Hello Kurt Did you manage to get past this little hurdle in your previous message? Right, mixed up batch one last night. Unfortunately it was pretty improvised; One I need to get a better scale (This one only measures down to the nearest two grams, how screwy is that?), and two I need to get

Re: [Biofuel] Alright, I'm stumped.

2005-10-10 Thread Kurt Nolte
http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_vehicle.html#whatdo What should you do if your fuel doesn't pass the wash-test? Well, for one thing I'm certainly not giving up. Just stumped. I've licked carburetor problems, idling issues, helped rebuild transmissions, and above all I'm paying my own way

[Biofuel] Alright, I'm stumped.

2005-10-09 Thread Kurt Nolte
Okay, so earlier this week I tried my first batch. Didn't go so hot, it was still a little cloudy after I was done. Emulsed like crap when I tried to wash it, to the point of a full 50% of the test wash ending up a crappy mayonnaise consistency. To date, after 36+ hours of settling, I barely have