Anyone run on grease?

Seems like a lot of work to me. That avatar is freaky man.......
 
Me and a couple friends are thinking about this kit:
http://www.fuelmeister.com/
Figured we could split the cost so it would pay for itself quicker....Looking for restaurants at the moment to establish an oil supply. Also looking on Ebay for storage tanks too.
 
Stay away from fuelmeister!! Fire Hazard!!! Build your own or buy one made from metal. I run biodiesel and #2 mix all year round. It isn't really worth the hassle unless you have lots of time to kill and place to make one big mess. Not to mention the danger of getting rats, raccoons and other critters in your oil supply.
 
CanadianCarGuy said:
Stay away from fuelmeister!! Fire Hazard!!! Build your own or buy one made from metal. I run biodiesel and #2 mix all year round. It isn't really worth the hassle unless you have lots of time to kill and place to make one big mess. Not to mention the danger of getting rats, raccoons and other critters in your oil supply.
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Just out of curiousity, what makes it a fire hazard? I've looked at several brands and that one caught my eye...
 
I was also considering running biodiesel . Since my father owns a restaurant it wouldnt be hard to get the oil. Just not sure about the rest of the process, the mess, storage, how much of my time will it take. How do you keep the veg oil from getting hard in the winter before you make fuel?
 
smoken02 said:
I was also considering running biodiesel . Since my father owns a restaurant it wouldnt be hard to get the oil. Just not sure about the rest of the process, the mess, storage, how much of my time will it take. How do you keep the veg oil from getting hard in the winter before you make fuel?
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LOL Store it next to really ugly vegetables.
LOL Oh man.... I crack myself up.LOL
 
Snedge said:
LOL Store it next to really ugly vegetables.
LOL Oh man.... I crack myself up.LOL
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Or tell it think about baseball.....or its mom naked!
But back to the original topic....anyone else have some other recommendations besides the Fuelmeister? Personally, I don't think there would be much mess, and as long as your garage/shed is heated you shouldn't have problems. There are heaters too for storage containers to keep the fluids at a set temperature.
 
I think the oil goes bad after a while, but the viscosity shouldn't be a problem if it's made into biodiesel. It is messy and the price of methanol makes it almost not worth the trouble, but 1.40 a gal is not bad.
Grease on the other hand is easy if you pay the 800-1000 bucks for a kit.
Then you just filter it. Won't work for the new common rail guys though.
 
daysel said:
Grease on the other hand is easy if you pay the 800-1000 bucks for a kit.
Then you just filter it. Won't work for the new common rail guys though.
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Why can't you run SVO on a common rail? do the separate tank and start up on #2 to get the grease warm off the cooling system... or stacks, lol
 
Well, I heard the excess glicerin gums a bunch of **** up. Veggie oil doesn't atomize well.
I've heard of people just pooring WVO right into the tank with diesel. A few gallons hear and there....hmm
 
Yes I run on grease and have been for a two years or so now! If done right it works great and can save a lot of money on fuel for sure!
 
You can run straight WVO mixed with some diesel (25-75 mix)....just filter it down real good and only run it when the temps are warm out. Matter of fact u can run svo too if its warm enough. My dads done this in his 12v for the last 2 years with no problem. I ran 50/50 in my old 24v...but I havnt got up the nerve to try it in my CR yet.
 
Having a hot water heater element screwed into a plastic tank has caused them to melt if you forget about them, then when methanol fumes escape and hit a spark (like a hot water tank element exploding when overheats after being exposed to open air because your processor just melted) and you have yourself a flash fire when the methanol flash lights up all that biodiesel on fire that spilled out. The warning is the same for plastic processors with belt heaters.
 
Oh, OK..that makes sense. So if it was all metal containers, would that take away the hazard? Or would the methanol fumes still be a potential hazard? And would ventilating the area help keep them from building up, or is that only if it leaks?
 
CanadianCarGuy said:
Having a hot water heater element screwed into a plastic tank has caused them to melt if you forget about them, then when methanol fumes escape and hit a spark (like a hot water tank element exploding when overheats after being exposed to open air because your processor just melted) and you have yourself a flash fire when the methanol flash lights up all that biodiesel on fire that spilled out. The warning is the same for plastic processors with belt heaters.
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Lost me on that.
Where's the methanol come from on a veggie set up? If your running biodiesel you don't need any mods to your truck/tank, so why would you have a heater in the tank?
 
I think he's talking about the mixing tanks. And where does the methanol come from? I thought the only chemical involved was lye.
 
No, according to the info I recieved you add lye and methanol and mix for an hour. After that you drain all the glycerin(fat?) that seperated from the oil. Then you water wash it, let the water seperate(dry) and supposedly you are ready to go. Though I think I would have a water seperator plumbed in also just as an extra precaution. Basically it sounds like a cleaner version than just filtering WVO...But I'm no chemist.
 
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