My buddy called me and said he saw that Northern tool is selling the kits for making your own diesel for $3000. Who knows some real information on this process and how is it working for you?
Are any of you making your own biodiesel?
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SNOW JW
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not been making it but I have been running it 2 years now in the company truck 6.0L B20 blend and love it!!!
Just ran 2 tanks of B20 in the semi ISX Cummins and worked like a dream 4.8mpg pulling 96,000 to 98,000 up hill in heavy town traffic stop and go so that was not bad at all. Plus it was 4.08 a gallon!!!!!!!!! Not sure how long that will last they said the price might go up so if it does I might switch back to reg diesel.
Just ran 2 tanks of B20 in the semi ISX Cummins and worked like a dream 4.8mpg pulling 96,000 to 98,000 up hill in heavy town traffic stop and go so that was not bad at all. Plus it was 4.08 a gallon!!!!!!!!! Not sure how long that will last they said the price might go up so if it does I might switch back to reg diesel.
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i've looked into it before. It's hard to find a reliable source of WVO to make investing in a processor worth it. If you have a good reliable source then i go for it
I've also looked into it but figure that just about the time I invest in the equipment, the supply of WVO will disappear by way of a large company getting the contract or some E-wac group making it impossible for the average person to get it.
Bingo... it almost impossiable to get the raw stock here in MN. There wasa story on the news the other day that cops were on the look ouot for guys stealing the waste oil from resturants. There are companies buying it now for this exact pourpose.
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mtn_extreme
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WVO is in high demand now and the price is climbing. Not going to be worth it soon.
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TurboM700
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Like everyone has said WVO is hard to get. I have done the conversion on my 01 superduty to run straight vegatable oil. Work slick but it getting hard to find good wvo I have a source that I get about 20 gallons a week from it enough for me as I only drive the truck out of town and latly that not very often. Any questoins ask a way I have tried a million different things from pumping it to filtering it I can save you a ton of time and MONEY.
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Mike
Thanks for the info. I think I have a source for the oil and couple of guy's that want to go in on this.
TurboM7, I will pm you.
TurboM7, I will pm you.
If you have a source for it, then it can be worth it. I can tell you that there are TONS of plans available for free on the internet. That is called an appleseed processor. you can make it for WAY cheaper. I looked at doing it and made some small batches, but for my car it wasn't worth me running it. I have a 2005 VW Golf TDI. In 2004 they went to a high injection pressure set-up. This is called the PD motor or Pumpe Dusal. It injects the fuel at something like over 1400 BAR (1 bar = 14.7 PSI). So the injector are really finicky.
If you have an older (<2003) VW, it is not a problem. I don't know much about the new Fords. You can still run biodiesel, but make sure you get a good high qaulity fuel source (even if you don't run bio). Remember there is a difference between:
WVO: Waste Vegatable Oil (ran with no processing AKA grease car)
Bio-Diesel: Made from oil, B20 = 20% bio, B100= 100% bio ,etc
All diesel's can run bio-diesel at some strength depending on other factors.
If I had an older truck (<2004) I wouldn't worry about it, but with particalerate filters, and high temp cats, etc. Fuel quality is a big issue.
When you make your own bio-diesel getting consistant quality is the hardest part. They do make test kits, but the hassle was not worth it for me. If I had an older VW car, I would more than likely do it, but with my injectors it is not worth it for they cost about $300 a piece, and even with me only having 4 cylinders that could be a costly mistake.
If you have an older (<2003) VW, it is not a problem. I don't know much about the new Fords. You can still run biodiesel, but make sure you get a good high qaulity fuel source (even if you don't run bio). Remember there is a difference between:
WVO: Waste Vegatable Oil (ran with no processing AKA grease car)
Bio-Diesel: Made from oil, B20 = 20% bio, B100= 100% bio ,etc
All diesel's can run bio-diesel at some strength depending on other factors.
If I had an older truck (<2004) I wouldn't worry about it, but with particalerate filters, and high temp cats, etc. Fuel quality is a big issue.
When you make your own bio-diesel getting consistant quality is the hardest part. They do make test kits, but the hassle was not worth it for me. If I had an older VW car, I would more than likely do it, but with my injectors it is not worth it for they cost about $300 a piece, and even with me only having 4 cylinders that could be a costly mistake.
I have an 2006 Dodge ram 2500, bad idea?
What about mixing with diesel for quality?
I'm going to make a bumper sticker that says "bullits are cheaper than oil".
I'll take one of them stickers, Eric....
I wonder how long until it'll be illegal to run your own fuel? Anything they can't tax will be illegal once enough guys are running it. My prediction is they'll just designate it as off-road fuel since there is no road tax.
your 2006 is a perfect canidate.i took a day workshop a while back from this company.http://www.azurebiodiesel.com/FAQs.shtml. well worth the money.first place to start is collecting oil and getting contracts in the works.most of my customers were having a large company pick up the oil and were payed by the pound.it worked out to be about 65 cents per gallon.so i will pay up to a dollar a gallon if need be. but it must be low in titration for top dollar(low in fat content).be sure to check prices of methanol and lye in your area if you intend on doing it.also keep in mind there will be a fair amount of byproduct(glycerin) after each batch.its good for making firestarters but none the less a byproduct.
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