[AT] Anybody using/making Biodiesell?

[charlie hill]

H.L.  I tried blending waste engine oil in with my #2 fuel oil and burning 
it in my furnace.  All I got out of the deal was a ruined pump and a stopped 
up nozzell.  I was filtering the oil through a wool sock filter but it 
didn't get out the small bits of carbon.  Also, apparently the engine oil 
did not actually blend in with the #2 very well and I got a higher 
percentage of waste oil going to the burner than I expected.  I sure wish it 
had worked I've got about 50 gals of the stuff I'd like to burn up.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "H. L. Staples" <hlstaples at mcloudteleco.com>
To: <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Monday, February 25, 2008 8:37 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Anybody using/making Biodiesell?


>
> Some time back Spencer reported on making and running home made 
> bio-diesel.
>
> A friend of mine drives a small VW pickup using home made fuel from waste
> cooking oil.
>
> Not sure of his process but he says it cost him about $.57 per gallon.
>
> I know of another fellow that just burns the used cooking oil in his 
> diesel
> pickup.  Seems that he has the regular diesel tank, a dirty oil tank. (He
> takes this oil home and heats and filters it through a 1 micron ?? 
> Filter.)
> The third tank is for the clean cooking oil. He starts and shuts down the
> truck engine on regular diesel and after the truck is warmed up switches 
> to
> the filtered oil.  The only processing he does is filter the used oil. 
> Been
> doing this for a couple years with no problems.
>
> Discussion-- I have been told that one of the best ways of disposing of 
> used
> diesel engine oil is to burn some of it in each tank of diesel.  Sure 
> should
> be careful to keep it clean.  A caution was not to burn the crank case oil
> from a gasoline engine in a diesel engine.
>
> H. L. Staples
> McLoud, Oklahoma
> USA
>
> On 2/25/2008 9:38:35 PM, David Holcombe (dlholcombe at una.edu) wrote: > 
> Since we are > talkin' about fuel. Is there anyone > on the list using or 
> making Biodiesel from cooking oil? > Or do you know anyone that is. I 
> would like to try it. > > I think I can come up with a pretty good supply 
> of used > vegetable cooking oil. > > I've > been going to some of the 
> websites of the companies > that sell Biodiesel making kits. They all 
> sound great, but > most of there info is about how much better their 
> process is > over the other companies. > > David Holcombe in NW AL > > 
> BTW, has anybody got a solar hot water pre-heater in their home? > I am in 
> the process of building one. > > Oh Yeah, to make this tractor related.... 
> I finally got my 1946 AC C > out of the shop( I bought it at auction for 
> $800.00 last march). > According > to my checkbook it is now worth 
> $2064.00. > _______________________________________________
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