>Kim, > >I am currently driving a Renault Scenic 2001 powered by an >intercooled turbo direct injection diesel engine. The owner's manual >mentions that rapeseed oil should not be used under any >circumstance. I have been asking the reasons but there has not been >any response.
You asked here and got some responses. You've been using biodiesel for 7,000 miles so far. The Renault is a French car and certainly uses biodiesel, including rapeseed biodiesel, in France, where all diesel fuel contains biodiesel, usually rapeseed biodiesel. It almost certainly refers to using the rapeseed oil itself as straight vegetable oil fuel, which you certainly shouldn't do without a professional SVO conversion to the engine. I'd say the reason it specifies rapeseed oil is because that's what straight vegetable oil fuel usually is in Europe, and it's often called that too. IMO the restriction in your owner's manual refers to using straight vegetable oil without a conversion, nothing in particular about rapeseed oil itself. Best wishes Keith >PJW > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>kim nguyen >To: <mailto:Biofuel@sustainablelists.org>Biofuel@sustainablelists.org >Sent: Monday, September 26, 2005 5:44 AM >Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Rapeseed oil suitable for making biodiesel > >Hey Community, > >I'm curious...Canola (Canada Oil Low Acid) oil in >North American is specifically bred and marketing >towards the edible oils market...but what about >"industrial rapeseed" oil? I hear that the Europeans >use it for most of their biodiesel but I want to know >more. What are the specific aspects of European >rapeseed oil that is used for biodiesel? Is that type >of oil available in North America on a commercial, >coop, local, or requested basis? I ask because of the >issue of NoX using soybean oil. I want to find a >source (or develop a source) of optimal rapeseed oil >from which to make lower NoX biodiesel (as well as >lower cloud point), etc. Can anyone help with >information? > >KN >California _______________________________________________ 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/
