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I've done a lot of research into SVO and IMHO the Greasel system or type of system is the way to go. It looks like you guys think you need some kind of special heater to heat the SVO, but you don't. You use engine coolant to heat it. You NEED two tanks, unless you live in the tropics where the oil NEVER solidifies or gets really thick. The reason is you need to start up and shut down on regular diesel or biodiesel to flush out the oil from the fuel system. If you don't then you will have solid or too thick oil in your fuel lines & pump. With the two tank system you don't switch to oil until your engine heats up, at which time your oil will be hot also. You have a hose-in-a-hose with coolant in the outer hose & oil in the inner hose to keep the oil hot on the way to the engine, that hose also carries coolant to the coils in your oil tank then another takes it back to the engine.
One of these days I'm planning on converting my 240D, but not till I have more spare time!
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Michael Roth
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