what is the long term effect on the engine if you mix vegetable oil with diesil and what is the correct mix?

Answer 1

You can use vegetable oil straight, but if you live in a cold climate the vegetable oil can freeze. This can be overcome by mixing it with diesel or by adding some other things. The long term effect will be that you dont have any black buildup around your exhaust anymore, no more terrible smell, and your engine will be much cleaner. A short term effect will be that you have to change your fuel filter a couple of times at first because the vegetable oil will clean out the diesel and clog it. Go to www.biodiesel.com to find out more. Diesel built his engine to run off of vegetable oil, but it was later changed to diesel fuel as we know it today because at the time it was much cheaper than vegetable oil.

Answer 2

I have answered a similar question before (see below)
Mitsubishi 'Pajero' run successfully with up to 80% vegetable oil for almost a year with seemingly no ill effects. Sold about 8 months ago and still seen occasionally.
P.S. This was normal vegetable oil bought in (usually) 3 litre bottles from supermarket.
Only thing different was a more frequent change of the fuel filter, but whether that was a necessity or not I don't know. Hope this helps!

Answer 3

You dont really need to use diesel at all.Simply vegetable oil and kerosene(paraffin) in the correct proportions (of which im not sure) will be fine.
There are no long term effects.But the fact that fuel supplied by the petrol companies has undergone a high standard of refinement means that it will perform better and the filter will need less changing.
The principles are the same.Go for it!

Answer 4

You need to replace some rubbe parts after a while. THey do sell rubberparts to convert diesel engines into ones running on vegetable oil. There's an operation in L.A.. called lovecraft biodiesel. They might sell you the parts or might tell you more about using vegetable oil.

Answer 5

I don't know the specifics, but this website should be able to point you in the right direction.

http://www.dieselveg.com/

Good Luck!