08 Diesels and Diesel fuel/WVO mixture ??

[phubble08f250]

Is any one here running a mixture of Diesel and WVO? I found out the company up the street is mixing it at their shop and using it in a few of their trucks and I have what I need. I just would like to here from a few people on here if anyone has personally tried it and any suggestions. All the info on the "net" says it is ok, but would like to hear from the horse's mouth.

Thanks

[NCfarmboy]

I'm running a mix right now. I've been successfully running a mix of 50% WVO (filtered, of course) 35% ULSD, and 15% Kero. I've only been running this about a month now, but with great success. It cuts my fuel bill in half.

The truck runs and drives the same, it just doesn't fire up with a bang like it does on regular ULSD. No problems so far.

EDIT-- Sorry - Mines a 2004. Might be alot different on an '08 with a DPF

[Max2006]

Originally Posted by phubble08f250

Is any one here running a mixture of Diesel and WVO? I found out the company up the street is mixing it at their shop and using it in a few of their trucks and I have what I need. I just would like to here from a few people on here if anyone has personally tried it and any suggestions. All the info on the "net" says it is ok, but would like to hear from the horse's mouth.

Thanks

Running WVO in a 6.4 is a big risk with a very expensive engine.


I've seen injectors that that failed in an HPCR cummins engine after running WVO diesel mix over 30K miles or so. The nozzles were worn and injectors leaked. Finally one injector failed and burned a hole in piston.

WVO has a detergent effect on fuel system parts. Add the high pressure of the HPCR system and you get accelerated wear (high pressure honning) on HPCR fuel system parts.



Here is a dieselstop link that discusses a different prospective on problems with WVO.

Very Serious Problem With WVO


On older engines, with mechinical lower pressure injector pumps, WVO can work well if you understand what you are doing. I've run WVO mixed with diesel in older diesel tractors and some older diesel trucks for years with good results.