In article Z4Tdi.38588$vT6.16597@edtnps90,
"Gordon Wedman" wrote:

"Joe" wrote in message
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Has anyone here converted your boats engine over to burn bio-fuels?

The smell of french fry, or duncan doughnuts exhaust fumes sure would
be nicer than diesel.

Here in Houston we have a dealer than will deliver and it's cheaper
than Diesel fuel.

Joe

What sort of "conversion" were you thinking of doing? Do you think you
can get special bio-diesel fuel injectors for a marine diesel or maybe a
bio-diesel fuel pump? I doubt it very much. The engine will probably run
fine on the stuff but it may loosen up deposits in the tank and lines.
Long-term effects on the engine unknown.
On MythBusters they got a tank of used cooking oil from a french fry place,
filtered out the chunks and mounted a tank on the roof of an old Mercedes
diesel. Car started right up and ran fine. Got only 1 mpg less than on
pump diesel.



Just remember that MythBusters is a Southern Kalifornia production, and
if you tried that in Frostbite Falls Minisota, in the winter you would be
doing a lot of walking or rowing as the case may be. Diesel #2 doesn't
even think of gelling untill your down to 10F and Diesel #1 clear down
to -30F or lower. Frier Grease will turn solid at 40F if your not
careful.

You wrote:

Just remember that MythBusters is a Southern Kalifornia production, and
if you tried that in Frostbite Falls Minisota, in the winter you would be
doing a lot of walking or rowing as the case may be. Diesel #2 doesn't
even think of gelling untill your down to 10F and Diesel #1 clear down
to -30F or lower. Frier Grease will turn solid at 40F if your not
careful.

yes, yes ,yes...nothing new here...you have to mix pump diesel into your biodiesel in northern climes
in the winter.

the_bmac wrote in :

yes, yes ,yes...nothing new here...you have to mix pump diesel into
your biodiesel in northern climes in the winter.



Nope. http://www.frybrid.com/

Runs straight oil at -40F. Take a look...(c;

Larry
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Larry wrote:
the_bmac wrote in :

yes, yes ,yes...nothing new here...you have to mix pump diesel into
your biodiesel in northern climes in the winter.



Nope. http://www.frybrid.com/

Runs straight oil at -40F. Take a look...(c;

yes, yes, yes...you have to mix pump diesel into biodiesel in northern climes...unless you pre-heat it
first...