[jnicholson1437]

I have a 1999 Ford F250 7.3 with a 2 tank goldenfuelsystems setup. I have been running WVO in my truck for over 2 years now and am having injector issues. About a year and a half ago I burned up all 8 of my injectors. The mechanic said it was most likely due to water in the fuel. I have a fuel water separator filter on the WVO side so I assumed I got some bad diesel. Anyway my truck stopped running due to injector problems again last week. The mechanic said at least 4 of them are bad and he thinks it is WVO related. I have heard that coking (though I am not 100 percent sure what coking is) can be the biggest problem with injectors and WVO. I am wondering what are the things I should be doing to prevent this issue, if I am to continue running my truck on WVO. Any suggestions?

 

[ToyTonka]

you may run WVO, but beware of Soyabean Oil. That stuff forms calcified deposits on your injector nozzles, cylinder walls, and piston heads. This results in injector failure, scoring of the cylinder walls, stuck piston rings...etc

 

[Jeffrey S Brooks]

Presumably, jnicholson1437, you are doing a lot of long-haul driving with your truck. If that is the case, then your SVO two-tank system should be doing the job for you. If so, then your WVO line is getting heated to about 160F. Have you confirmed this? How are you processing your WVO? Are you going to a lot of trouble to make sure your WVO is filtered and de-watered?

If, on the other hand, you are doing mostly short haul driving, then a two-tank system is most probably not going to help you. Blending is a better solution for short haul applications. I run WVO blend at 80% WVO to 20% RUG for short haul applications, and I do not have coked injector problems as long as I stick to that blend.

 

[goldenfuel]

I have a 1999 Ford F250 7.3 with a 2 tank goldenfuelsystems setup. I have been running WVO in my truck for over 2 years now and am having injector issues. About a year and a half ago I burned up all 8 of my injectors. The mechanic said it was most likely due to water in the fuel. I have a fuel water separator filter on the WVO side so I assumed I got some bad diesel. Anyway my truck stopped running due to injector problems again last week. The mechanic said at least 4 of them are bad and he thinks it is WVO related. I have heard that coking (though I am not 100 percent sure what coking is) can be the biggest problem with injectors and WVO. I am wondering what are the things I should be doing to prevent this issue, if I am to continue running my truck on WVO. Any suggestions?

There's nothing wrong with your truck running on WVO. In fact, I'm running the same too. The problem is either with the conversion or the components as in this case your injector itself. If you are using WVO, you must consider that there are components specifically designed in order to run well.

I have a 1999 Ford F250 7.3 with a 2 tank goldenfuelsystems setup. I have been running WVO in my truck for over 2 years now and am having injector issues. About a year and a half ago I burned up all 8 of my injectors. The mechanic said it was most likely due to water in the fuel. I have a fuel water separator filter on the WVO side so I assumed I got some bad diesel. Anyway my truck stopped running due to injector problems again last week. The mechanic said at least 4 of them are bad and he thinks it is WVO related. I have heard that coking (though I am not 100 percent sure what coking is) can be the biggest problem with injectors and WVO. I am wondering what are the things I should be doing to prevent this issue, if I am to continue running my truck on WVO. Any suggestions?

There's nothing wrong with your truck running on WVO. In fact, I'm running the same too. The problem is either with the conversion or the components as in this case your injector itself. If you are using WVO, you must consider that there are components specifically designed in order to run well.

The least I could do is to refer you to, if your mechanic couldn't solve the issue, to Green My Fleet. You can also have your injector replaced by their fleet engineer. They have outstanding customer support.

I have a 1999 Ford F250 7.3 with a 2 tank goldenfuelsystems setup. I have been running WVO in my truck for over 2 years now and am having injector issues. About a year and a half ago I burned up all 8 of my injectors. The mechanic said it was most likely due to water in the fuel. I have a fuel water separator filter on the WVO side so I assumed I got some bad diesel. Anyway my truck stopped running due to injector problems again last week. The mechanic said at least 4 of them are bad and he thinks it is WVO related. I have heard that coking (though I am not 100 percent sure what coking is) can be the biggest problem with injectors and WVO. I am wondering what are the things I should be doing to prevent this issue, if I am to continue running my truck on WVO. Any suggestions?

There's nothing wrong with your truck running on WVO. In fact, I'm running the same too. The problem is either with the conversion or the components as in this case your injector itself. If you are using WVO, you must consider that there are components specifically designed in order to run well.

The least I could do is to refer you to, if your mechanic couldn't solve the issue, to Green My Fleet. You can also have your injector replaced by their fleet engineer. They have outstanding customer support.

http://www.greenmyfleet.com/

 

[simone0414]

Coking is a build up of unburnt fuel deposits. This can happen when running any fuel even diesel but can be much worse when running VO. The 2 usual causes of VO coking is VO temps not hot enough & idling for long periods of time on VO.

I doubt you got some bad diesel. More likely you are not dewatering your oil well enough. Water seperators do not work well with WVO. You can use them if you want but they should not be relied on to dewater you VO. How are you testing for water? HPT??

Also what is your VO temps? I have read of others having problems acheiving acceptable VO temps with a Goldenfuel system & have to to modify them or have taken the system out completely & installed a better kit.

Also when you replace your injectors could you post pics of the old ones? Would like to see what they look like.

One more thing. Be careful what your mechanic is telling you. Most mechanics will blame pretty much everything on VO.

 

[JR3342]

Is the wvo source putting the fryer cleaner in the oil barrel? Or other people dumping crap in it? Start at the oil source then work forward to how are you storing and filtering. Steel Barrels too much brass and copper in the system wet oil all cause problems.