WVO info

[War_Wagon]

There seems to be a lot of different info online about WVO and preparing it / using it etc. Can anyone here recommend a good, reliable starting website to check out? One that covers all the basics, in an "I just got a big bucket of WVO, now what do I do?" kind of way? That 1992 diesel Jetta I have been grinding the seller on for months is almost mine I think, time to get researching!

[oil pan 4]

I have been using WVO since 2006.
What I did was:
Screen out all the big chunks.
Wash the vegetable with water.
Let the water and oil seperate out. This has to be done when its warm.
Then tie 2 or 3 coffie filters to a 3 inch pvc pipe and slowly pour oil in and allow it to gravity feed through the filters. (use 2 or 3 because the weight of the oil will rip through a single filter)
Then water test by heating a sample.
Once you have your oil cut it into diesel fuel at the rate of 1% to 25% depending on your type of engine and weather conditions. Your engine will likely be most happy with a 10% to 15% mix.
That is how you run WVO with out modifing the engine or ruining the injector pump.

Once I got the process down I had no problem making at least $30 per hour worth of fuel per hour spent processing it.

Just don't ruin the engine by trying to run straight oil.
You can get too much of a good thing. Less is more here.
If you tap an unilimited suppy of oil make bio diesel.

[War_Wagon]

Thanks for the info. I want to learn more about WVO vs biodiesel etc. My office is in a complex that has 4 or 5 large asian food restaurants in it, and a massive collection tank for all their oil sits 20 feet from our front door. I have spoken to some of the kitchen staff that dump the oil out and they said they will just as happily bring it right to me instead, so it looks like I will get free delivery. I am thinking I will use my Previa for storage for now (don't think the strata council would like me storing WVO on my balcony), I guess I need to find a 45 gallon drum.

[UFO]

Best reference for both:

Forums

[War_Wagon]

Perfect, thanks a lot!