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Old 06-20-2009, 12:08 AM   #10 (permalink)
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Aw jeez, I'm going with an industrial diesel engine from an old Reefer unit... it's common rail, no electronics, etc.. I wasn't really planning on using petro diesel fuel at all, if I can get away from it.

the less computer the better

go dual tank

small biodiesel tank (2 gallons)

large veggie oil tank (cleaned of all sediment)

flat plate heat exchanger
http://www.vegiecars.com/Assets/Imag...quid_large.jpg



start on bio, let it get to about 180F (which warms your oil)
then switch to veggie
drive
switch back to bio in the last mile or so to purge the system
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