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Offline Vudak

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Re: Using frying oil for diesel engines
« Reply #30 on: May 21, 2009, 06:04:20 AM »
My friends have a small bio-diesel business.  It had relatively small start-up costs, and they seem to make enough money to keep driving around to fast food chains for oil every week.

If you invest some research and go to a few auctions, you could fairly easily make your own, so long as you don't mind your garage/basement looking like some sort of meth lab :)
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Offline Angus

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Re: Using frying oil for diesel engines
« Reply #31 on: May 21, 2009, 10:20:19 AM »
I am using mostly the gear from my days as a dairy farmer. Filters, buckets and eventually a 1000 ltr tank.
I use some 30% in the blend and the only difference I feel is the engine running smoother and delivering more power.
I did filter the oil quite a lot, and this business makes a whole sea of mess, so that's what I'm working on now.

 
It was very interesting to carry out the flight trials at Rechlin with the Spitfire and the Hurricane. Both types are very simple to fly compared to our aircraft, and childishly easy to take-off and land. (Werner Mölders)