Well, since it's illegal, then the geo-thermal AC/Heating for the home, solar panels, windmills, etc should be illegal as well. It seems like anything used to save money by not supporting Big Oil and Terroristic OPEC is illegal.

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70's Southern Pacific #5608 Fairmont A-4 MOW car

13 VW JSW 2.0 TDI 193K, Tuned with DPF and EGR Delete.

91 W124 300D Turbo replaced, Pressure W/G actuator installed. 210K

90 Dodge D250 5.9 Cummins/5 speed. 400K

No modification is needed if using WVO together with diesel.

I have been using 35% -40% WVO for the last 2 years ( with no mods to the engine or fuel tank). I normally add 5 gallons of WVO to 8 gallons of diesel. When my fuel indicator gets to about 1/4 tank, I do the above.

The car runs quieter and the operating temps is a couple of degrees cooler.

My believe is that different oils have different effects on the seals and gaskets. Using WVO by itself is asking for trouble.

That's my story and I am sticking to it!

That's what it boils down to in the end...

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I'm not a doctor, but I'll have a look.

'85 300SD 245k
'87 300SDL 251k
'90 300SEL 326k

Six others from BMW, GM, and Ford.

Liberty will not descend to a people; a people must raise themselves to liberty.[/IMG]

I'm glad those studies were cited. I didn't know it doesn't work. After 10 months and 30,000 miles, I guess I should give up. Studies don't lie.

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1984 300Sd 210k

Former cars:
1984 300D 445k (!!) (Strider) Original (and not rebuilt) engine and transmission. Currently running on V80 ( 80% vegetable oil, 20% petroleum products). Actually not, taking a WVO break.
1993 300d 2.5 275k. Current 120/day commuter
1981 300SD 188k (Hans) Killed by a deer

I guess my two months and 7,500 miles are just me playing with fire! If I'm not careful my engine will find out about those studies and quit working.

I wonder if we should tell Elsbett (http://www.elsbett.com/engl/vegoil.htm) about this old research using cold vegetable oil. I bet they will contact all of their customers who have been running heated vegetable oil for years and tell them to stop doing it!
http://www.elsbett.com/engl/vegoil.htm

-Jim

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1995 S350D, Green with black leather interior.
Bought January 2008 w/ 233,xxx miles.
I did 22,000 miles during the first year of ownership.

it seems they're already one step ahead of you...
privatization

>600 gallons/yr here in Montana requires payment of quarterly road taxes. The state does require a WVO-transport license for any amount intended for use as biodiesel. But that's actually a good thing because of what happened in Salt Lake City, where commercial WVO haulers essentially shut down the sizeable BioD community by pressing the county to enforce the law requiring a WVO license.

My 300TDT sure likes BioD!

The glycerides in vegetable oils rapidly form engine deposits and often will lead to engine seizure. The following photo was taken of an engine piston that had been operating for a relatively short time on straight vegetable oil:


Photo thanks to Jon van Gerpen, U. of Idaho.

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The issue is taxes....its illegal not to pay taxes...
its does not matter what you use in your tank...all fuel is taxed...

1. Pres bush passed an exemption for bio fuel....so right now you are not committing a federal crime...

2. Yes, everyone is committing a state crime, unless you contact your state and submit a use form and make the payment for the taxes you would have paid if you were driving on gasoline...

So its not illegal to drive on homade bio... its just illegal to not pay the taxes..

now if you were making alchol you would also have to pay the hwy taxes, have a permit for your still and denature the alchol...


Now to this character who says the experts have tried and failed....
I am an expert.... and I drive every day on veggie oil...all I do is pour it straight into my tank... I have none of the extra stuff.... none... I challenge any of you to come see for yourself....yes, my day job is law enforcement...
so i would be qualified in that area as well...

there has been no studies.... and that is not a piston run for a relatively short time on veggie oil....you must remember people have a lot to loose if we start driving on veggie oil... the oil companies, and the car companies, the gov, that is why they killed mr Diesel becasue he wanted to run on veggie oil... so all this stuff is just lies...

the piston from that photo is from a car that had a couple hundred thousand miles on it... and then they ran it on veggie oil for a relatively short time... dissassembled it and said "look at this piston" No one has gone out and bought a 70k dollar new diesel car and ran it for a relatively short time and then dissassembled the engine and taken pictures of the pistons...no one has the funds....

i am sure my 250k mile piston looks just like that one...

but it still works wonderfully.....

Any engine can run well but be nearly toasted inside. It when it stops running that people think the engine is bad.

"new diesel car and ran it for a relatively short time and then dissassembled the engine and taken pictures of the pistons...no one has the funds...."
Cummins ISX

Blueranger, when you ever pull the head off your engine, how much will you be charging for us to come and watch? I'll pay $15 at least for a ticket

Heck, I'd give $50 to see his pistons.

maybe blueranger is right after all.
one shouldn't spoil them too much, those benzes. same with german shepherds.

serious, where can all those tests be read? is elsbett a well respected engine-destroying company then? confusing, this WVO business.