Hey ya'll, I have heard from many sources that the Cummins 5.9 TD is one of the best diesel engines ever made.
Check the site at: www.greasel.com (lifted directly from their web site---with regards to WVO oil use) I have a 24 valve Cummins, can I convert it? If it is between the years of 98.5 and 2002, and has a VP44 injection pump, sadly we do not advocate the conversion of this engine, at this time. We have spent allot of time and Money analyzing the effects of veggie oil on this pump. In the end, although veggie oil was not directly linked to the failure of the VP44 injection pump (it was an electronic problem, not mechanical) there were enough gray areas that we determined not to advocate conversion of this pump. The 03 and newer 24 valves are fine, and do not have any problems. (End- lifted material---) Apparently, the injection pump equipment prior to 1998.5 was quite good for all around grease and biodiesel use. Does your truck have a rotary or inline injection pump? The rotary injection pumps have one plunger whereas the inline style injection pumps are much more sturdy. Just my 2 cents. Michael Lendzian CINS Network Support Team Columbus State University CINS/Center for Commerce & Technology Room 105 706.568.2398 (desk) _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
