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My '82 WVO "experiment" may be over! (help!)
Well, I've had mixed "luck" with "betsy".
I purchased her this past summer...ran wonderfully and then I began my WVO experimentation. I thought I had the bugs all worked out. I let my WVO settle for two to three weeks (I get it from Hooters and it is EXCEPTIONALLY clean) I then filter it with 10 micron filter bags. I dilute the mixture 3/1 (3 gallons of WVO to 1 gallon of regular gasoline) and have very few problems other than plugging the primary and recently plugging the fuel strainer...MOST of this is from the old rubber lines deteriorating and I know I need to replace them with Bio-friendly lines... SO, the other day I took a 200 mile trip...weather was @ 60 when I left...car ran beautifully on the way down...exceptionally really. On the way home... (temp. dropped 40 degrees overnight) it felt like the filters were clogging again. I have installed a water separator/strainer to replace my pre-filter (actually has a finer mesh screen than the factory unit). My strainer looked "clean" so I thought maybe I had plugged up the strainer in the tank again...so I pullled over, reversed hoses (inlet and return) and fired her up...ran the same, so I figured I must have plugged up the secondary... Limped into the next town (about 25 miles away, I was doing 30 mph MAX by the time I got there). Finally found a parts store with a filter...replaced her, primed her and fired he up...Fired up right away then sputtered and died. I could not get her running and had to be picked up. SO, today I spent two hours draining my strainer, filter and the lines in and around the injection pump. Took a can of good diesel with me and hooked it all up straight to this source of fuel. She acts like she wants to catch...but she will not fire. I will be towing her home tomorrow. I am fearful that I may have done something to the IP (rebuilt about 150,000 miles ago). My vehicle has 430,000 miles but rebuilt Tranny, Engine, IP and Rearend 150,000 miles ago. ANY suggestions/Help? ( I will be eliminating my WVO experimentation until I can get my two tank system installed) |
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