2005 on wvo

[Soup dragon]

Hi all,
looking at a 2005 terrano on tuesday, anyone know if they have the bosch pump? as I am going to run it on wvo.
I had a 96 mistral a few years back and ran it about 70/30 wvo to dino, all I did was filter it mix mixed with 10% white spirit and let it settle for a month
in 20ltr containers with the tap 4" above bottom where the white emulsion was.
It ran really well for 10.000 miles only sold it as I could'nt get hold of wvo.
Am I still ok with this basic setup.
Any help advice appreciated.
Cheers
Soup dragon

 

[Banshee]

Hi all,
looking at a 2005 terrano on tuesday, anyone know if they have the bosch pump? as I am going to run it on wvo.
I had a 96 mistral a few years back and ran it about 70/30 wvo to dino, all I did was filter it mix mixed with 10% white spirit and let it settle for a month
in 20ltr containers with the tap 4" above bottom where the white emulsion was.
It ran really well for 10.000 miles only sold it as I could'nt get hold of wvo.
Am I still ok with this basic setup.
Any help advice appreciated.
Cheers
Soup dragon

Are you de-watering the WVO at all? I appreciate that you are letting it settle for a while but unless you are heating and bubble drying then there will always be water suspended in your Oil

You're on the way to sure fire pump failure there matey believe me!!! I used to do the same as you and never believed it, I used to filter and settle for a month or so then I did a pan test and it crackled like a fire!!!!

I make my own Biodiesel so trust me I know what I'm doing

 

[Soup dragon]

Thanks for advice banshee, is it a case of heating the oil for a while (I have a catering business so BIG pans, heat no problem)say just over 100.c then wait until it stops bubbling basically would that do it?
Cheers
Soup dragon

 

[don simon]

I appreciate that folks on here will be able to answer the questions.
For anyone else looking at bio, this is a great read http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_make.html

 

[Banshee]

Thanks for advice banshee, is it a case of heating the oil for a while (I have a catering business so BIG pans, heat no problem)say just over 100.c then wait until it stops bubbling basically would that do it?
Cheers
Soup dragon

I use a 205l Metal Drum with an M67 Army Portable Immersion Heater on the side :thumb2

Will heat 200 litres of ambient WVO to 100 degrees in about 30 mins

 

[davenclaire]

Just run it on svo at 50ppl no messing about

 

[Banshee]

Just run it on svo at 50ppl no messing about

Where you getting that from at that price? I can only get it at that price if I buy 1000l at a time

 

[davenclaire]

Local cash n carry

 

[AlexD333]

Local cash n carry

More info needed, I can get 20l for 13.99 but doesn't work out that cheap

 

[panelbeater]

you have all missed a legal point,white spirit,its against the law unless you declare the amount you use to tax man and pay the road tax duty on it.
i am old school and been running wvo for many many years and tens oh thousands of miles.
i swear by my method.even ran a lucas ip for thousands of miles.
collect oil,leave it to settle for months or as long as you can,i filter it through a cotton with a fluffy type pillow case inside 2 times into 2x205 drum,then that left for a while,then that is put through another fluffy type pillowcase inside a 1micron filter into final drum.
i then mix in a mix of rug/derv,this mix is 15ltr and 5ltr into a jerry can at tax station.this i leave untill i need it but never get further setelment,only filter at the temp you want to use the fuel as the colder the better,never filter in summer to use in winter as it will not be good wvo.i only cold gravity filter and hot pan test is always ok.
my final mix is winter mix of 70/30 wvo /tax mix in summer i go to 90/10 mix.
the petrol will take out the water if you have any after the filtering.
do not use the whites for wvo usage.
sometimes i get water in qbies due to them cleaning fryers.this i see and put qbies into chest freezer and freeze,get it out and as it thaws i drain off the usable oil to process as normal.
i am lucky enough to have enough oil to be able to store it in a 1200lt oil tank but this is put through the pillow cases befor it goes into tank.
hope this helps but people have there own way.

 

[arcascomp]

It is a 2.7 you are looking at, isn't it?

The 3.0L ones will break down on veg pretty darn quickly!

I think everyone prep's their WVO differently, I chuck mine through an old bedsheet into a 205l drum and then transfer to another drum with an electric immersion heater in it. This I use to heat the oil up to about 60 degrees while pumping round and spraying through the air to speed the drying process. There is no need to get to 100 degrees for water to evaporate, just look what happens to wet concrete once it stops raining, soon dries up, even on a cool day.

Once my veg is dried, I mix with about 10% petrol in the winter time, allow to settle and then gravity filter through a 10" spun filter housing.