From: Sonny Heath (sonny@defuniak.com)
Date: Sat Oct 01 2005 - 20:05:02 PDT
What year is your Cummins Dick?
Sonny
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dick" <rertman@ix.netcom.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2005 7:48 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] Deisle & cooking oil
> Thanks for the info, Darrell. I'm using 20% used frying oil in my
> Dodge/Cummins pickup truck.
> Someone on the list said not to use more than 20% vegetable oil because
> some
> hoses and seals
> might be damaged.
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Dick
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Darrell Ramsell" <daram@comcast.net>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: 01 October, 2005 14:08
> Subject: [MV] Deisle & cooking oil
>
>
> Gents
>
> I recently have started running a mixture deisle and filtered used cooking
> oil with my HMMWV. I started my first mix with about a 80% - 20%
> (diesle/cooking oil). I've gone through a tank already and I wantd to
> report that the vehicle is running just fine. In fact my engine actually
> seems to be running much nicer with the mix. By the way, I have a 6.2 GM
> motor.
>
> For filtering it I did it in 3 steps. The first sep I used a big metal
> screen filter that fit on top of a 5 gal. I did this at the restraunt. I
> filtered it by When I got home I filtered it two more time. First by
> warmed
> up the oil then filtering it through a big pasta strainer with two layers
> of
> paper towel sat on top on another 5 gal can. I reheated the oil one more
> time then filtered it with a coffee filter. The result was a very clear
> oil.
>
> Before I did all of this though, I did talk to a tech from the GM deisle
> engine division. I asked him if this could cause any potential problem
> and
> if there were any prcautions that I should take. He pretty much told me
> what many on this list have said and that is it should cause no problems
> as
> long as it is filtered well. On the ratio mix he said that in hot weather
> you can go as high as 45% cooking oil and about 25% for cold . I forgot
> to
> ask him though about areas with snow though.
>
> I'm currently doing an experiment with a mixture of 60%-40% (deisle/used
> cooking oil) in jar. I have in it the refrigerator to see at what
> temperature will the oil begin to solidify. I'll post me results later.
>
> Darrell
>
>
>
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