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jcaine
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my bro and I installed the veggie kit this weekend and I filled up today on soybean oil...
kit took 3 hours to install and now that I know how, I could probably do it in 1/2 that time... $250 from www.fattywagons.com ...
now I can run petro diesel, bio diesel, or straight veg...
feelin pretty great about it...  |
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BenzDieselTuner
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nice! i run on soybean oil too, since its the cheapest here.......smells good huh?? |
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jcaine
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BenzDieselTuner - 5/29/2007 9:19 PM
nice! i run on soybean oil too, since its the cheapest here.......smells good huh??
I was running bio (b99.9) in it... smells about the same although I had to put 5 gals of stinky ol petro in so there is still a little of that mxing with the veg oil... might smell better when it's pure veg. I bought 3 containers of soybean oil at costco for $16.29 each... that's a little over $3/gal but I have a local guy who will sell it in bulk for $2/gal. I also have a local sushi place that will give me 20 gals per week of WVO but I haven't set up my filter yet... I won't use more than 10 gals per week on average as the G is really a local driver for me... I drove it about 350 miles this weekend and although it was fine on the freeway, it's a little underpowered for the steep hills, has no AC, etc., so I won't be doing alot of road trips with it... I will be driving the hell out of it in town though...  |
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BenzDieselTuner
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| RE: runnin on veg'...
i would just LOVE to go OM617 offroading.......   |
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GDog
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jcaine - 5/29/2007 6:37 PM
... I have a local guy who will sell it in bulk for $2/gal.
How much do you have to buy at a time for that price? |
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jcaine
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| RE: runnin on veg'...
55 gals... anyone in LA area want to get together on some oil? |
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Jonathan Joseph
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Date registered: Oct 2006
Location: Charleston, South Carolina
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| RE: runnin on veg'...
JCaine,
Could you explain why you need to add straight diesel to you 99.5 bio? I have been running 50/50 diesel/straight soybean oil with no conversion kit in South Carolina at ambient temps down to 70(F) or so. It's working great.
Jonathan |
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Kuzuki
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| RE: runnin on veg'...
Jcaine,
couls you post some pics please....
Thx
Mike |
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jcaine
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| RE: runnin on veg'...
Jonathan Joseph - 5/30/2007 7:51 AM
JCaine,
Could you explain why you need to add straight diesel to you 99.5 bio? I have been running 50/50 diesel/straight soybean oil with no conversion kit in South Carolina at ambient temps down to 70(F) or so. It's working great.
Jonathan
I didn't need to add the diesel... I just ran out of fuel where there was no bio or veg available...
you wouldn't need to ad any diesel to b99 unless the temp gets below freezing... |
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CEOG
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Date registered: Apr 2006
Location: Seattle
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| RE: runnin on veg'...
Check out
http://biodiesel.infopop.cc/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/159605551/m/20010117...
for doing it yourself. |
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jcaine
Date registered: Dec 1899
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Kuzuki - 5/30/2007 10:56 AM
Jcaine,
couls you post some pics please....
Thx
Mike
www.fattywagons.com ... check out installation instructions for pics...
I routed my line heater a little differently but that's just preference. |
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