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Bio Diesel recipe


By Homebrewed12vdc, Section Remote Living
Posted on Thu Oct 09, 2003 at 10:30:54 AM MST
Easy way to amke Bio diesal

I just wanted to post this becuase I tried this recipe and found it works good for Bio Diesal.
First off all screnn out 40 gallons of WVO
second pump it into a 55 gallon drum
third add 4 gallons of kerosene to it
fourth using a subermissible bildge pump let it stir for 24 hours
fifth let stand for 48 hours
sixth pump out from the top down to the last 4 inches in the barrel into a clean barrel
 Now you have a fuel that well run in a diesal engine for the small amount of about 20 cents per gallon, I have been doing this for almost a year and have found it works good, and have had only one problem with it, I found that at first I went through 4 fuel filters before I didnt need to change them anymore. Hope this helps somebody out.
Bio Diesel recipe | 22 comments (22 topical)

Re: Bio Diesel recipe (3.00 / 0) (#22)
by bensnape350 on Wed Apr 16, 2008 at 08:45:36 PM MST

do you have to wash the fuel?
Bs/Bd


Re: Bio Diesel recipe (none / 0) (#1)
by Barnac on Thu Oct 09, 2003 at 11:41:54 AM MST

What is WVO ?



Re: Bio Diesel recipe (none / 0) (#3)
by kurt on Thu Oct 09, 2003 at 12:13:15 PM MST

waste vegetable oil?


IRC inst.
just a personal rant carry on.
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Re: Bio Diesel recipe (none / 0) (#9)
by Barnac on Thu Oct 09, 2003 at 02:20:54 PM MST

Many thanks, as my first language is french, I sometimes have problem to find initials (acronym) meanings :-)
 

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Re: Bio Diesel recipe (none / 0) (#20)
by ForrestGump on Sun May 09, 2004 at 06:29:29 AM MST

do you heat the oil in the gas tank??

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Re: Bio Diesel recipe (none / 0) (#21)
by ForrestGump on Sun May 09, 2004 at 07:58:06 AM MST

Hello My name is Brian and i live in Peoria IL. where in the winter time it gets very cold here. I have read about things like what you posted in the forum (WVO with Kerosene) the only question i have is . Do you heat your Fuel tank? I have converted a chevy truck and a ford truck over to run on WVO. But i have to heat the fuel tank from my radiador before the WVO goes to the fuel filter.http://www.greasel.com/ this is where i got the idea for it 4 months ago. And also did you add a second fuel tank? i had to for the WVO. the truck starts on diesel then when the WVO gets hot enough i switch to the second tank (WVO tank)
   Thank you for any info you can give me.

If i messed up on this post  i am sorry  I am new to this

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Re: Bio Diesel recipe (none / 0) (#2)
by Homebrewed12vdc on Thu Oct 09, 2003 at 12:10:10 PM MST

WVO = waste vegetable oil (commonly found at restraunts out of the frylators)



Re: Bio Diesel recipe (none / 0) (#4)
by Wolfie1 on Thu Oct 09, 2003 at 12:27:34 PM MST

Is this bio-diesel in the sense we know know and love (ie WVO + lye + methanol) or something different? Does the stuff stay mixed?

Martin.



Re: Bio Diesel recipe (none / 0) (#5)
by Homebrewed12vdc on Thu Oct 09, 2003 at 12:51:29 PM MST

This recipe does not reguire the lie and methanol, just the kerosene, and yes it does stayed mixed if you do it the way I do.

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Re: Bio Diesel recipe (none / 0) (#7)
by troy on Thu Oct 09, 2003 at 12:55:28 PM MST

How is the viscosity in the dead of winter, with temps around 10F?

Thanks in advance,

troy

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Re: Bio Diesel recipe (none / 0) (#8)
by Homebrewed12vdc on Thu Oct 09, 2003 at 01:03:04 PM MST

it seems fine, we get temps down to -30f here, and the diesal has always started and ran on this with out any jelling problems.

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Re: Bio Diesel recipe (none / 0) (#6)
by John on Thu Oct 09, 2003 at 12:54:11 PM MST

Sounds good, but I have two questions. Will the Bio-Diesel stay stable (no more separation) for long term storage, and is the fallout on the bottom glycerin, the same as with recipes using heat and chemicals?

John



Re: Bio Diesel recipe (none / 0) (#10)
by Homebrewed12vdc on Thu Oct 09, 2003 at 02:21:37 PM MST

What I find in the bottom of the barrel isnt really glcyerin, but its a heavy dirty fuel that is only good for starting the woodstove or a bomb fire. As far as the seperation goes, I dont know, I use a batch up in about 4 weeks time and it seems to hold together fine. I well set soem aside next batch and let it sit for a few months and let people know what I find.

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Re: Bio Diesel recipe (none / 0) (#11)
by mkseps on Fri Oct 10, 2003 at 07:02:05 PM MST

Also see:

http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel.html




Re: Bio Diesel recipe (none / 0) (#12)
by Homebrewed12vdc on Sat Oct 11, 2003 at 08:25:10 AM MST

Cool site, thanks for the info, now if I could only find a way to amke a fuel that my gas powered car would run on.

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Re: Bio Diesel recipe (none / 0) (#15)
by icarus on Fri Nov 07, 2003 at 04:45:12 PM MST

hi  re fuel to run gas converted car on im hoping to re fill my part full propane tanks by pumping natural gas or methane into the propane cylinder the methane should dissolve into the propane with an input pressure of 8 bar  an old freezer cmppessor is nicely sealed gas tight with input and output pipes other possibility is to pump gas into acetone as a store should boil back off when cylinder is in use

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Re: Bio Diesel recipe (none / 0) (#18)
by bambamn on Sat Jan 03, 2004 at 11:19:10 PM MST

Check out this site for info on fuel for your gas powered engine. http://ww2.green-trust.org:8383/2000/biofuel/batesmethane.htm

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Re: Bio Diesel recipe (none / 0) (#13)
by Demetri on Thu Oct 30, 2003 at 09:39:54 AM MST

All kinds of fun! I am definitely going to keep my eye out for a diesel Jetta. 45 mpg on fuel that I paid $0.50 a gallon(and time) for DEFINITELY appeals to me. Woohoo, thanks everyone.

Demetri
Uncommon sense required.



Re: Bio Diesel recipe (none / 0) (#14)
by Demetri on Thu Oct 30, 2003 at 09:41:22 AM MST

Oops, posted that in the wrong thread, I'll repost it in the correct thread, if the Admin's could delete this one please? Thanks.

Demetri
Uncommon sense required.



Re: Bio Diesel recipe (none / 0) (#16)
by wildbill hickup on Sat Nov 08, 2003 at 05:41:19 AM MST

DO you thing this fuel would be clean enough to burn in an oil-fired furnace?



Re: Bio Diesel recipe (none / 0) (#17)
by Homebrewed12vdc on Tue Nov 11, 2003 at 03:51:56 PM MST

Well wildbill, I would think so sence its a lot cleaner than #2 fuel oil that is used in a oil furnance, I would say try it, worst that could happen is you plug a nozzle up.

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Re: Bio Diesel recipe (none / 0) (#19)
by ForrestGump on Sun May 09, 2004 at 06:27:21 AM MST

i have to ask...do you heat the kerosene and WVO in the car (gas tank)?
i have converted a 1982 chevy 6.2 diesel truck to run on WVO and a 1992 Ford truck. but i have to filter the wvo and heat it when it is in the gas tank.



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