[Vwdiesel] Alcohol in Diesell

[Kurt Nolte]

In properly made biodiesel, there is no remaining lye or methanol. The process of producing biodiesel is a chemical reaction that essentially swaps the glycerine chain in vegetable and animal oils for shorter methanol chains, using the lye or potassium hydroxide as a catalyst. You then clean out the extra alcohol, catalyst and glycerine before using.

I would not personally recommend mixing neat VO with diesel in any great volume, even during the summer. Single tank mixing is very poorly regarded by most VO folks I know, but since I am typing this on my phone I won't launch into the raft of reasons why. Sufficed to say it is the worst of most worlds.

-Kurt

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From: "toensing" <toensing at wildblue.net>
Date: Thu, Nov 25, 2010 05:05
Subject: [Vwdiesel] Alcohol in Diesell
To: <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>

Loren, thanks for the warning although I wasn't planning to use. However, I have read of suggestions of spiking diesel fuel with gasoline in extremely cold climates to prevent gelling. Since gas now has ethanol added to it in many states I Would think it advisable to not add gas to diesel. I am also wondering about using home brew biodiesel since you mix the WVO with methanol & a small amount of lye to make it. I am wondering if it would be safer to mix well filtered WVO with diesel on a 50/50 basis in the summer. What would be a safe mix of WVO & diesel for winter use along with some Amsoil "Diesel Fuel Modifier" spiked with  Biobar JH (both winter & summer)? 
Bill Toensing, Nevada City, CA
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