[SEL] OT PA trip & fuel costs

[Judge Tommy Turner]

Tony,
    I've thought about a similar set up.  I used to have a couple of 
Isuzu Pup diesel pickups.  Wished I still did.  I could get about 38 MPG 
on one of them and about 35 on the other.  If I still had them I'd give 
the waste oil a try.  I know the filtration system will work as there 
are filter systems that some over the road truckers are using that 
allows 50K plus miles between changes.

Tommy Turner
Magnolia, KY


>At 10:55 PM 6/5/2007, you wrote:
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>>>I run my VW Jetta diesel on used motor oil (or used cooking oil) and
>>>get 43 MPG.
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>>I'm curious about this. What do you do to turn the used oil into
>>usable fuel.  Cost of raw materials?  Man hours?
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>>Thanks,
>>Rob
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>Rob,
>This is still an experimental project.  I've successfully run it on 
>pure motor oil in a temporary boat tank setup in the car.  I have a 
>couple 55 gallon drums that I am going to setup as a filter 
>station.  I will have a Frantz bypass oil filter unit setup between 
>the 2 drums (remember the old oil filters that used a roll of 
>TP?  Same thing).  I get used oil 50 gallons at a time from the shop 
>at work.  Dump the dirty oil in one drum and plug in the pump.  After 
>about 10-15 hours all the oil will have been filtered down below 1 
>micron and transferred over to the other drum.  The second drum will 
>have a hand crank bung pump to transfer it to whatever tank setup I 
>put in the car.  I will probably use a 10-15 gallon auxiliary tank 
>mounted in the trunk and plumbed into the system with a tank transfer 
>switch from a dual tank pickup truck.
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>Cold starting will be done on regular diesel and switched over to oil 
>once warmed up for a few minutes to prevent coking in the 
>cylinders.  In cold weather I'll probably have to cut it with 30-40% 
>diesel or kerosene.  That 15w40 diesel oil gets pretty thick.
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>The above setup will work with pure veggie oil too, but you really 
>wouldn't have to filter it as much as I filter my motor oil.  the 
>veggie oil hasn't been through the crankcase of a Detroit Diesel for 
>15,000 miles...
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>-Tony
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