[Vwdiesel] WVO conversion?

William J Toensing toensing at wildblue.net
Tue Sep 13 18:25:50 PDT 2011


I have been toying with converting my 1983 Mercedes 300SD & 1982 VW Quantum to run on waste vegetable oil (WVO). However I think it might be simpler to run a 50/50 mixture of ULS diesel & WVO. My big concern is to set up a good filtering system for WVO. I would prefer something simple & easy to set up. Where can you buy as cheaply as possible, the 1 micron filtering socks some have referred to? I have a 1983 Mercedes 300SD that was converted to run on a "Vegibenz" single tank system. I could take  the WVO parts off this car to put on my good 300SD but worry if this or a 50/50 mix of WVO & diesel would harm my injector pump (IP)? I have found a station in the Sacramento area next to the Costco in Roseville that sells B-5 which I have bought for my good 300SD. I believe B-5 adds a lubricant for the IP & understand most diesel sold in Europe is B-5. Europeans reading this, please tell me if this is correct or wrong. Would like to see discussion on using WVO pro & con. I like the idea of saving money by running WVO but don't want to be penny wise & pound foolish.
Bill Toensing, Nevada City, CA


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