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On Thu, 29 Aug 2013 19:12:34 -0400, John H
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On Thu, 29 Aug 2013 19:06:55 -0400, wrote:
On Thu, 29 Aug 2013 17:11:42 -0400, John H
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On Thu, 29 Aug 2013 15:21:27 -0400, JustWaitAFrekinMinute
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On 8/29/2013 2:04 PM, Mr. Luddite wrote:
I have often said the same thing... Wonder how a diesel powered,
electric car would do...
It would probably happen under this administration if they could
figure a way to make a diesel
engine that would run with a 50% ethanol mixture.
John (Gun Nut) H.
Bio diesel is the sweetheart of the moment. There are so many people
around here burning cooking oil that used oil has gone from something
they had to pay to haul away to another profit center. (usually pure
cash for the chef or restaurant manager)
At my wife's place they trade it for free electrical work. Their
electrician runs his trucks on cooking oil.
My owner's manual specifically prohibits it. But I hear it's pretty damn cheap!
John (Gun Nut) H.
This guy has a home built reprocessing facility in his shop and he
says the resulting oil is as good as anything you get from a pump.
The problem with 100% biodiesel is a low cetane number, and almost no
lubricity. Mix it 50/50 and is much better. Do not know what it does to
seals. My primer pump on my Duramax had to change the O-rings as the low
sulphur fuel was not good with the variety of seal material GM used. Can
buy the Vitol seal kit for $11 and takes about an hour to change.