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Old Mar 28, 2007 | 02:48 AM
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I was wondering if anyone have read into making the truck run off used veggie oil, not much in the forums bout it. I am gonna pry have my truck off it next month maybe. All I have read is that you need to have it filtered really good bt not sure have many micros. Also I am gonna have a in bed tank made but you need a coil inside running of the trucks coolant to heat the oil to like 180 F to make it thinner. Other then that you need a valve to switch the tanks over after it heats up ad before you turn it off.
 
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Old Mar 28, 2007 | 11:07 AM
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I would seriously check into getting a heftier lift pump. Veggie oil and B100 are a lot thicker than regular diesel and the stock lift pumps are known for being a piece of crap. FASS makes a pump just for running veggie oil and high concentrations of bio-diesel.

I started making home brew diesel last year, but gave up because thewvo is too hard to find around here.
 
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Old Mar 28, 2007 | 11:12 AM
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Everything I have seen about it, they dont say you have to upgrade your lift pump, You just heat it uo to thin it out.
 
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Old Mar 28, 2007 | 04:46 PM
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You're right. You don't have to upgrade your lift pump. But when a new VP44 costs $1000+ it doesn't look like a bad idea.

Check out this web site. I got a lot of info from here when I was making B100. There as some guys running CTD's on 100% wvo.

http://biodiesel.infopop.cc/groupee/forums
 
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Old Mar 28, 2007 | 10:15 PM
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I might just look into biodiesel,I know of someone who makes it and it might be easier
 
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Old Mar 28, 2007 | 10:17 PM
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If you run bio, just be sure to keep extra fuel filters on hand. Since your truck is a 2001, a lot of built up crap from over the yearsis going to foul up the fuel filter if running straight B99 or B100.
 
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