Have a friend that has been running veggie oil in his car for a few years & he’s been after me to do a conversion on my 07 Mitisubishi box truck. As diesel is rising I’m thinking about going forward. Just wondering if anyone else has done so & if so what experiences both good & bad
Discussion Forum
Discussion Forum
Up Next
Video Shorts
Featured Story
Listeners write in about sanding drywall, replacing a failed foundation, and making ground-contact PT posts last longer.
Featured Video
Highlights
Fine Homebuilding Magazine
Fine Home Building
Follow
-
Fine Homebuilding
Dig into cutting-edge approaches and decades of proven solutions with total access to our experts and tradespeople.
Start Free Trial Now -
GBA Prime
Get instant access to the latest developments in green building, research, and reports from the field.
Start Free Trial Now
- Home Group
- Antique Trader
- Arts & Crafts Homes
- Bank Note Reporter
- Cabin Life
- Cuisine at Home
- Fine Gardening
- Fine Woodworking
- Green Building Advisor
- Garden Gate
- Horticulture
- Keep Craft Alive
- Log Home Living
- Military Trader/Vehicles
- Numismatic News
- Numismaster
- Old Cars Weekly
- Old House Journal
- Period Homes
- Popular Woodworking
- Script
- ShopNotes
- Sports Collectors Digest
- Threads
- Timber Home Living
- Traditional Building
- Woodsmith
- World Coin News
- Writer's Digest
Replies
How far do you drive the truck one way?
You have to start on dino-diesel, then when the veggie is warm switch over and switch back far enough from the final stop to purge the lines of veggie.
Two ways to do it. One is to start on regular diesel, as stated, then switch to veggie once the engine warms up. Sometimes a heater is added to warm the veggie oil before it enters the engine.
The other technique is to process the veggie into what is essentially real diesel by adding alcohol and lye and letting it "cook" a bit.