[Vwdiesel] Cinco De Mayo

[mikitka]

Sounds like a plan Brian. Just curious as to the weight of the trailer with
all that WVO on it?  Plus don't advertise, I have heard that those that
boast that they are running on free WVO have had some issues with DOT and
getting fined for not paying road tax. I guess it just depends on the DOT
person and their mood for the day.  One was a Mercades owner that went to a
NASCAR event with stickers all over his vehicle claiming to be running for
free on WVO. DOT was there checking all the big rigs for running on off road
diesel and saw him and fined him. Of course this is rumor that I heard and
might not be true but you just never know. 

Nick

-----Original Message-----
From: vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com [mailto:vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com] On
Behalf Of Brian and Ruth Decker
Sent: May 06, 2012 3:21 AM
To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
Subject: [Vwdiesel] Cinco De Mayo

Hi Folks;

                Today is a day of celebration. I finished my two tank heated
Veggie system in my 1990 VW 1.6 Turbo diesel Fox Wagon. I have a 24 gallon
WVO tank mounted where the back seat was. I have a centrifuge
(simplecentrafuge.com) to clean the used fry oil from a local restaurant.
About the only difference I can see in  running on veggie is that if I stand
outside while the car is idling it smells like French fries. The power seems
the same.  As a preliminary assessment I believe it has lowered my EGT when
I'm hard on the throttle by about 50 degrees over running diesel. I still
have a fully functioning diesel setup. I figure that it will take me about a
years worth of driving on WVO to amortize the investment in the centrifuge
and the conversion cost. Since that is money already spent I'm going to
really enjoy every time I fill my veggie tank for almost nothing. Ruth and I
have a summer trip planed to Western Pennsylvania which will mean about
5000 miles round trip. My next project is to build a box on a boat trailer I
have so that I can haul a couple of 55 gallon drums of cleaned WVO. With
that and my 24 gallon onboard tank I should be able to drive 5000 miles on
less than  one tank of diesel which will be used when shutting down for a
period of time. On cold startup I should be able to switch from diesel to
WVO after 5 or 6 miles. Let me see. Toledo Washington to Slippery Rock
Pennsylvania and back for less than 40 dollars worth of diesel. Now that
sounds reasonable.

Brian Decker

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