[Vwdiesel] Cinco De Mayo

[Bryan Belman]

Brian, I estimate a drum of WVO to be about 650 lbs.  I just moved 3 of them in the past few weeks.  you want to cart 2 of them behind you in a trailer for a major trip.  not the way to go.
stop at local restaurants and filter as you go.  not ideal, but the only way I can see to do it.  tough to do unless the wife is Really into you setup.
 

Bryan Belman, Pt. Pleasant, NJ
04 Jetta Wagon TDI PD, 100hp, 5sp -- running :<)
92 Jetta 1.6 Eco-Turbo Diesel, 5sp -- running :<)
82 Diesel Westy 1.9NA -- running :<)
70 Type 1 stock Elm Green Beetle -- Under Restoration :-)


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From: Brian and Ruth Decker <decker at toledotel.com>
To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com 
Sent: Sunday, May 6, 2012 3:21 AM
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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