Diesel Damo wrote:
> Okay old wives tales and rumours aside, what's to stop me simply
> dumping clean unused vegie oil in my tank? Not in winter for obvious
> reasons, but will it really do any harm?
>
> I've heard countless claims of "it'll **** your engine" and it's
> always a 2nd or 3rd-hand story with no details.
>
> But seriously, what harm could it do as long as it is sufficiently
> lubricating the fuel pump?
no probs, should be filtered to get rid of the lumpy bits. the
installs i`ve had anything to do with have a second (dedicated) WVO
tank, usually with a heat exchanger setup attached to the cooling system
to warm the oil...start on dist. 10 min switch to oil (3 way tap)...back
to dist. 10min before shutdown...whoops, just noticed "unused" however
most still applies...bloke down this way has been running on WVO for
years,(rodeo) so far so good..when you first use it, you will probly
clog a filter or 2, as the oil tends to loosen any crap in lines, lift
pump etc.,and with the used stuff, probly a water trap is a good
idea....google-- biodiesel, wvo etc.
btw, have you got a bulk supply of new oil,? small quantities are
probly dearer than dist. oil from any fish shop/rest. that is changed
weekly/fortnightly, will be free for the taking..
HTH
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