i took out my grease car style wvo set up. got sick of the "chicken skin". and oil going into my coolant and coolant going into my oil. looking to run diesel in the stock front tank and wvo rug mix in the stock rear tank. runing a home made heat exchanger infont of the filters. and thats it. thinking about runing 80 wvo 20 rug. any one else tried this? curently im just mixing fuel oil and wvo 50 50ish more in the fuel oil side. seems like normal pump fuel to me except the smell..
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RUG in any significant amounts in your diesel engine is not a good idea. I'm getting oil from a guy now who eventually trashed his truck using DSE. (lets just say his wife is no longer proud of him! ) If you do as proposed, every time you 'switch back' to diesel you send VO to the 'diesel' tank. The VO can settle out of the diesel, providing you with the same issues of cold VO in a cold engine at start-up.
If it was a GC kit, why not just build some 'real' TIH using $1/ft aircraft alum tubing and black iron tee's, etc. and add a FPHE. The GC valves and heated filter aren't bad products, but thats about all the praise I can muster...
I have difficulty understanding the 'cheapo' approach to VO conversion. If you drive much, a well designed system with OE-quality components will pay for itself in short order. (I didn't TOUCH my original system for 70k miles! )
The lack of issues like this post keeps most of the people with good conversions off the forums, but believe me - there are more success stories out there than you know!
Good Luck! Keep us posted.
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2001 F-350, DRW, 4x4, XLT Crew Cab, flat bed, 7.3, 6 spd, Dipricol Optix gauges on pillar - EGT, Boost, Fuel Press., HPO Press. - No Muffler, AIH delete, SB Con OFE, AC code injctrs, GTP 38R. Vegistroke-inspired WVO system w/150,000 trouble-free miles! BTS tunes, 203 t-stat w/billet housing, Evans coolant, coolant filter, boost relief valve, Dieselsite IC boots, Hella headlight harness, '07 grill/lites and big, bad front bumper!
2000 Excursion 4x4 Limited - BTS trans and tunes, AIS, Frybrid/V3 SVO conversion with over 100k VO miles so far!
IDIs will run on butter and bacon grease on a hot day. Stay away from VO unless you convert it to BIO or invest in a heating system. I can run up to 75% WVO in my 7.3. After that is gets sluggish. Don't run syn or hydrolic fluids either as they are designed to not burn. I add 2 oz xylene and 2oz acetone to 10 gallons of fuel (WMO & #2). Change the fuel filter when I change the oil & filter.
If you do as proposed, every time you 'switch back' to diesel you send VO to the 'diesel' tank. The VO can settle out of the diesel, providing you with the same issues of cold VO in a cold engine at start-up.)
no no no. im still using the grease car valves so i can send the fuel into one tank or the other. i currently have everything to the IP geated except for the rear stock tank. i think im going to blend that 20% rug for the winer. i dont want to deal with polly in that tank!
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old smokey - 86 Ford F250 6.9 IH navistar non-turbo idi diesel 4x4 dana 60 rear w/ limited slip, dana 44 front wishbone style, w/ 3.55 gears, C-6 w/ oil coolers, manual walbro frb-13 fuel pump, manual wellman glow plugs, K&N air filter no soup bowl and a homemade cold air intake, 3 inch pipe, class 31 heavy duty tractor truck batterys, lots of real gauges. big drippy - 86 Ford F350 4 door crew cab, long box, 7.3 Navistar IDI non-turbo diesel, 2wd Dana 70 dually rear with 4.88, c-6 w/coolers. The Swan - 87 chipmore wood chipper chuck and duck old school style. vm motori sun 4505 3.9 air cooled non-turbo DI 4 cyl diesel, rockford pto.
Rug will not prevent poly... ??? VO + steel tank = poly. There are no effective anti-polymerization additives for VO fuel. Well, maybe BioExtend 30 - but they still haven't sent me my sample!
20% rug may provide some very entertaining carnage, especially if heated! Pahleeeease post the pics??!!
If all you are trying to do is keep the VO in an un-heated tank liquid, just add maybe 10-15% diesel or kerosene. Put some water bottles with your VO in the back of your truck and watch them when it gets cold. (or if wife goes out of town, you could use refridgerator/freezer!!) Add diesel until it stays liquid at the temps you want. I ran unheated VO tank for 70k miles, but had enough heat to get 150* VO between the tank and the VO pump, filter, etc - so I jus had to get the VO out of the tank...
Still doesn't sound like you have enough heat to get the VO above 160* - the min. temp you should be shooting for before IP and injectors?
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2001 F-350, DRW, 4x4, XLT Crew Cab, flat bed, 7.3, 6 spd, Dipricol Optix gauges on pillar - EGT, Boost, Fuel Press., HPO Press. - No Muffler, AIH delete, SB Con OFE, AC code injctrs, GTP 38R. Vegistroke-inspired WVO system w/150,000 trouble-free miles! BTS tunes, 203 t-stat w/billet housing, Evans coolant, coolant filter, boost relief valve, Dieselsite IC boots, Hella headlight harness, '07 grill/lites and big, bad front bumper!
2000 Excursion 4x4 Limited - BTS trans and tunes, AIS, Frybrid/V3 SVO conversion with over 100k VO miles so far!
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) If you do as proposed, every time you 'switch back' to diesel you send VO to the 'diesel' tank. The VO can settle out of the diesel, providing you with the same issues of cold VO in a cold engine at start-up.
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