Re: Waste Vegtable Oil as Fuel

From: MV (MV@dc9.tzo.com)
Date: Sat Apr 29 2006 - 05:35:21 PDT


Where do you get used cooking oil? Don't a lot of the restaurants have
contracts setup to have someone pickup that oil?

I've got a semi tractor with two big tanks - one is more than sufficent
for what I do with it - so I guess I could try that stuff out also - at
least in the summer time.

Dave

Darrell Ramsell wrote:
> I've been using used cooking oil in my HMMWV for a year now. I just
> pour it through a filter and dump it into the tank. The engine actually
> runs much nicer with the oil in it. I haven't had any problems at all.
> The only thing I can say that was close to a problem was it would spew
> white smoke right after start-up and idling for 5 min on a real cold
> day. But once you start driving it goes away.
>
> Darrell
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ryan Gill" <rmgill@mindspring.com>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 10:44 AM
> Subject: Re: [MV] Waste Vegtable Oil as Fuel
>
>
> At 1:07 PM -0400 4/28/06, Bill wrote:
>
>> OK....so when a DOT LEO is headed down the highway looking for
>> scofflaws....
>>
>> And he comes upon this Mil Truck that smells like McDonalds French
>> Fries...do you think he might be inclined to stop the perp and check
>> his papers and fuel tank?
>
>
> Federal law allows 1,600 gallons of Biodiesel
> made/used per year. So Why is he going to bother?
>
> And how does he tell the difference between taxed
> biodiesel made for sale and something you made
> yourself?



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