While pondering the cold weather use of biodiesel I was struck by a curious thought. Could it not be possible to fit a WVO/SVO second tank system in a car but instead of running WVO in it for the winter to fill the second tank with biodiesel which would be heated with the circulating heat and fill the tank with dino loaded with aditives ? Of course it is not the best solution as it still uses dino, but it would be for three months at most and only in the coldest of winter climates where additives like Wintron XC30 isn't sufficient.(-20 to -30C / 4 to 22 below F) Even treated dino has some trouble at these temps, so any thoughts?
Only that as you say treated dino can also have trouble at those temps. There are quite a lot of things you can do, short of an Espar or Webasto, and the price tag on them, but the price tag on a two-tank SVO system isn't exactly negligible either and it would only provide part of a solution.
You've got a garage at home, I think it has a power supply. What about the other end, at work? Any chance of a power supply there? Then you could use sump heaters and tank heating pads and so on, cheaper. You can get those for 12V too, if you're confident in your battery.
I know you've seen this page, but still: http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_winter.html Biodiesel in winter regards Keith
Luc
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