i saw it on mythbusters, and you could probably go to your local fast food joint and get all your used vegatable oil for free, theyre just gonna dump it anyway, that makes me wanna get a car with a deisel engine, what about you
2007-01-04 11:38:27 · 15 answers · asked by ? 4 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Other - Cars & Transportation
Ok. I saw that episode on mythbusters too. But they didn't really cover about the long term consequences of the used lad/vegetable oil on the engine and other parts. How much maintenance issues will it cause. How many things will break down. All mythbusters did was run few laps. Unless the long term effects are tested on a diesel engine, we can't say anything for sure. You'll be spending all the money on maintenance you saved from fuel. And soon you won't have a car.
You need to add more cleansing agents and periodically add additives and so on to keep your car in shape.
2007-01-04 11:43:15 · answer #1 · answered by thewiseone 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
. seek the information superhighway for Bio gasoline conversion kits, there is very a great number of ideas available. do no longer understand the place interior the international you're located as customary ambient temperatures do would desire to be considered while identifying on the conversion equipment to in high quality condition. i'm interior the united kingdom and run a mixture of 75% veg oil and 25% diesel oil with out issues in any respect(summer season months) throughout the iciness I alter the aggregate to a 50/50 blend. I surely have made no changes or equipped any equipment in any respect, I do in spite of the undeniable fact that replace the cam belt at 0.5 the cautioned milage as veg oil being thicker than diesel oil, places a miles better rigidity on the cam belt.
2016-10-06 10:59:56 · answer #2 · answered by schugmann 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah. That's what the engine was originally designed for. Petroleum-based diesel fuel was originally developed as a cheaper alternative to vegetable oils.
2007-01-04 11:41:58 · answer #3 · answered by John's Secret Identity™ 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it's called BioDeisel and it costs about $4,000 to get the start up equipment in order to make it. The problem with the fast food supply is that it's usually alrady contracted out!
2007-01-04 11:41:09 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes you can, but you should heat it first to get it thin so you can filter the trash out. Get it as clean as you can. That way it won't stop up your fuel filters too soon. It is fine in the summer, it don't work too well in the winter as it has a tendency to gel and get thick.
2007-01-04 14:32:24 · answer #5 · answered by gyro-nut64 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yea i saw it but i dont think i want a deisel car i like fast sports cars
2007-01-04 11:43:22 · answer #6 · answered by AZNBRANDO06 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had not heard that. I had looked online at one engine that burns vegetable oil. I have had one Buick diesel that I really liked.
2007-01-04 11:41:41 · answer #7 · answered by Sparkles 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, you can run it on waste veggie grease oils, or they are manufacturing the stuff now out of stuff like soybean oil, called biodiesel.
2007-01-04 11:40:36 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
awesome !
but its spelled d i e s e l
I think the buses in Toronto Canada uses that, and they call them bio-buses on the Toronto Transit Commission - TTC
The exhaust fumes look way less smokey compared to before
2007-01-04 11:40:39 · answer #9 · answered by million$gon 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes but it is very impratical it is better for the economy but it's not going to be a complete change
2007-01-04 11:46:12 · answer #10 · answered by jcarlin6 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋