Anybody try using WVO in their burner?
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Alexy
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Yes they run it just fine, Been using www.dieselsecret.com. Works well same BTU's as far as consumption to heat water and burns much cleaner. I have seen no diffence in the filters clogging and it has not been effected by the cold.
Tom Call me I want to use you. Just fired three guys.
Alexy
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I use any vegtable oil. Pumped from the drums of restaurants. It is put into a drum filtered thu the exact same water filter system that is used in homes . It is then mixed with the diesel secret additive and some regular diesel. it is then ready to go no heating no curing at all it can be put right into the tank.
I have had no problem running it in a 1995 ford 7.3 diesel, prior to running it in the truck we used it on two diffrent gas driven diesel burners on haot water machines. The burners and thier filters were both cleaned before ( coils and ignitors) at the start of the test. the bio runs the same and burns cleaner than diesel or even kerosese and has much more BTU's than kerosene.
In the truck it runs the same as it allways did on dino diesel and actually has less exhaust smoke and a "diffrent" smell not really like diesel but it is hard to describe.
After 16K miles we have had no probs but do change the filter at 10K and a visual on the filter showed no more gunk than the dino stuff. I give it two thumbs up and would definately reccomend it for burner use.
I have had no problem running it in a 1995 ford 7.3 diesel, prior to running it in the truck we used it on two diffrent gas driven diesel burners on haot water machines. The burners and thier filters were both cleaned before ( coils and ignitors) at the start of the test. the bio runs the same and burns cleaner than diesel or even kerosese and has much more BTU's than kerosene.
In the truck it runs the same as it allways did on dino diesel and actually has less exhaust smoke and a "diffrent" smell not really like diesel but it is hard to describe.
After 16K miles we have had no probs but do change the filter at 10K and a visual on the filter showed no more gunk than the dino stuff. I give it two thumbs up and would definately reccomend it for burner use.
tomtucson
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Alexy, Thanks for the info. Hardly seems like there's a downside. I was thinking about straight vo with the preheater and all that but your system sounds really practical. Here's a few links for anyone interested
http://www.frybrid.com/forum/index.php
http://www.burnveg.com/forum/
http://dieselcraft.com/productinfo_OC20.html filter centrifuge
http://www.greasecar.com/forum.cfm
http://www.frybrid.com/forum/index.php
http://www.burnveg.com/forum/
http://dieselcraft.com/productinfo_OC20.html filter centrifuge
http://www.greasecar.com/forum.cfm
Alexy
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Well I am a KEC cleaner so the oil is not a problem. The inital set up for the filtering and mixing cost me about 200 dollars and most of that was the filters and a little for some PVC ect. Since June I have processed just over 200 gallons and the filters in the set up look like they have alot of life left, of course that is dependent on how clean the oil is in the first place. I have chatted with a guy in a city just north of me that has been running 4 International Cat engined trash trucks for almost 2 years with the same set up and has had no problems with injectors ,fuel pumps or filters. I am a little scared to run the truck in cold winters with it but as far as the burners it has been bulletproof.