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The day before yesterday I put a little too much wvo in and was too lazy to go to the station to top off. Yesterday morning truck did not want to start, I immediately thought fuel filter, so after work I changed it, it was dirty but not the problem. I had spent about one hour getting the truck started using lights for heat. after I got it started I went to the truck stop and topped it off with pump fuel, this morning went out there and it started great. I am going to try and use the block heater to see if that helps a little bit. otherwise this is working great. and as soon as Arizona gets back up to the temperature we are famous for I know this will be even better.

 

the block heater is not going to help move the fuel out of the tank... halogens underthe tankmight though...

 

I am definately interested in this topic!! I thought it needed to be converted to bio before it you could run it.

So is this stuff straight out of the fryer except for the filtration ?
Keep us posted on what kind of savings you see (MPG and/or $ at the pump).

It's too cold here to run WVO now but it might be an option for the summer months.

 

So far about $30.00 per tank savings. with the mixture I am using, summer I am going to go a little heavier mix as we never see below 100 degrees even at 2 a.m. still have all my power and smoke on demand.

 

bert. . .as long as the pH is right you can pour it in and go. . .what is probably causeing the start-up hessitation was the glycerine. that can actualy be pulled out with some chemicals, then you'll have Bio.

these trucks can run B100 with no mods. . .only thing you may have to do is change the fuel filter 2-3 times since it will dissolve any gunk in the tank.

 

I did look into making bio but here with the temps I wouldn't be able to run it very well in this time of year and it takes some time and space to get started as well as the byproduct (glycerin) to get rid of.

I like the idea of the WVO if all it takes is to filter it.

Diablo, is the WVO you use pH tested and if so what is it?

 

no test, it is simply filtered wvo and I am doing well, almost two weeks and no problems with the exception of getting my mixture right for the weather and cold starting problem because of the mixture problem. I will keep this thread going with any and all updates and of course any one feel free to pm me with any questions. I was nervous to do this on my truck but I figured what the hell.

 

this is true. I had less then 800 miles on my filter and had to change it. but I have no problem with that. thus far the pro's out weigh the cons and I have a steady supply of 50 gallons every other week so I am trilled with that.

 

so what made you do this on your own truck? someone or somthing must of been behind this operation pushing you to try it or promising that it would not harm anything....

either way i am excited for you, i think its cool what you are doing!

 

the price of fuel pushed me to it. I had switched to driving the mini van daily because it was a tremendous savings. I almost did what Frogger did and traded diablo in. From day one of trading in the 06 hemi I was talking about bio fuel and the savings. I jsut finally found a source of wvo and said screw it. anything that happens or breaks I have to replace and of course upgrade so it made sense in many ways. I asked many people and the guy I get the oil from I never met until I went to pick it up.