Quote:
|
Originally posted by Fredmburgess As noted above, a big advantage of SVO is cost, since you're typically getting the oil for free and investing labor to clean it.
|
Sorry to be a pain here, but I'm a stickler for details:
SVO = Straight Vegetable Oil, i.e. liquid oil in a container. Found at your local grocery store, and usually not free. Unless it fell off the back of a truck...
WVO = Waste Vegetable Oil, i.e. Chinese restaurant, Krispy Kreme, haul-away-used-oil.
Biodiesel = Diesel-like fuel manufactured from either SVO or WVO. Can be used in newer diesel cars (TDI, CDI, etc.) without voiding the warranty. Works well in older MBs (IDI) with few modifications.
73MB280SEL,
Check out my collection of
biodiesel links, and also check out the following:
http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_make.html
http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_svo.html
In my humble opinion
, if you drive a MB sedan or coupe, you should be investigating SVO/WVO systems. If you drive a wagon, like myself, it might be worthwhile looking into biodiesel. Unless you don't mind riding around with a plastic fuel tank in your cargo area.