Anyone brew their own biodiesel?????

[BrianL]

I am starting to look at trying this and figured THB braintrust will have the answers. Any brewmasters out there?

[Rotag]

I have a friend that dose he collects all the oil at work.
I will ask him for some more information.

[Dusty Britches]

Here's an email my brother in law sent me 2 years ago.

In a diesel engine.. DO NOT mix diesel with gasoline. The mixture may burn ok, but the gasoline will strip the diesel engine of its top end lubrication, thus causing things like valve seizure to happen. Very bad.

The bio-diesel will run in a diesel engine with out significant loss in efficiency. In most cases no change in performance is noted. Predictions have been made that the bio-diesel(made from used frying oil) will lubricate the top end better than normal diesel, as well as produce the same performance and efficiency.

https://www.newbiodiesel.com

https://www.AllAboutBiodiesel.com

www.biodiesel.org/pdf_files/ fuelfactsheets/prod_quality.pdf https://www.biodieseltechnologiesind...roduction.html
www.esru.strath.ac.uk/EandE/ Web_sites/02-03/biofuels/what_biodiesel.htm

There is no conversion kit currently available to change a gas engine to a diesel. Detroit Diesel Manufacturing, in the early 80's, converted a gas engine to diesel for GM as a competitor to Ford. That engine, however miraculous, was termed a throw away engine and was replaced soon after with a true diesel burning v-8 engine that is the predecessor to the Duramax of today's GM trucks.

[firewoody]

this is a good site. This kit does everything for you except get the fuel for you. i would really think about this if i had a diesel car.

http://www.greasecar.com/

[McPatrickClan]

I did the math: I figured I could save $858 a year, going from my 28 mpg Mazda Protege running on unleaded fuel to a biodiesel.

Apparently, all you need is a diesel vehicle manufactured some time after 1985. Not a bad idea- I love saving money & being responsible.

[McPatrickClan]

Am I right about this? Could I buy virtually any diesel vehicle & go full biodiesel right away?

[El Jeffe]

One of the probs I have seen with switching to bio-diesel on some of the older diesel cars here is that it is eating up the fuel lines on them. Granted this is some early eighties mercedes diesel engines with high miles. So we are not 100% sure it is the fuel or just an older car no one can verify either story just yet. I do know that the guys coming in here using the biodiesel love it and say they wont switch back.

[kramer]

We stalled out where most people do. Where to get the cooking oil you need???? Restaurants used to pay companies to haul off their old cooking oil. Now, biodiesel companies are paying restaurants for their used cooking oil. I have spoken with several smaller doughnut shops in the area and have verbal commitments from 4 of them to take the oil off their hands, but have not moved forward. Was driving behind a strip center the other day and saw a small container that looked like a small dumpster......said oil on it. Sure enough, it was a wing restaurant and they dump the grease out back. Not sure who hauls it away, but I considered "stealthing" it at night. If the prices stay where they are, my buddy and I are considering buying what we need to make our own.

[Chew]

I watched an hour long documentary on t.v. the other night showing how to do it with the used cooking oil. Looked very interesting. Let us know what happens!

[Breezy]

this is a good site. This kit does everything for you except get the fuel for you. i would really think about this if i had a diesel car.
http://www.greasecar.com/

i sell 55 gallon barrels to this guy that makes his own biodiesel and he got his stuff from this site you mentioned. greasecar.com said it cost him $3000 for his set up. he is in his 7 month now and has recooped his $3000. he gets grease from different restaurants in the area and filters them in these 55 gal. barrels then puts it in a tank in his toolbox. he says it cost him around .50 per gallon to make!!!

[Breezy]

he also said that McDonalds truck all use it and that UPS is going to start.

[kramer]

Several cities here in the DFW metroplex are using only biodiesel. As I understand it you need to put in an additional filter as an added precaution. Hmmm......maybe I need to revisit this. I bet I could find enough restaurants to keep me in oil.......

[LGLP]

Saw this on TV the other night, [http://www.dieselsecret.com/] advertising $0.46/gallon diesel....

So I did a little investigating, it's producing your own bio-diesel, but the jury's still out for me!

Can't shed any more light, other than to let everyone judge for themselves.

[LGLP]

To add further, a buddy of mine was running bio that he concocted himself...he got his vegetable oil that was discarded from fast food joints and restaurants...only thing was, every time he or his wife pulled away, they left a bad after-taste of french fries!!!

[Breezy]

the guy said that in 7 months he has not seen a change at all in the performance good or bad other than it smells like french fries! which it did, i could smell it.