Alternative Fuel Vehicles

What are the long term effects of using plain filtered used cooking oil in a diesel engine?

Posted in Alternative Fuel Vehicles on April 13th, 2009 by diesel engine – 5 Comments
Bigfatbino asked:


I saw this on Mythbusters. They filtered some used cooking oil, put it in a diesel engine, and got 30 mpg from the car. Sure, they proved it would “work”, but could you keep the car functioning by simply using filtered used cooking oil as a fuel?

Vernon

Does converting a diesel engine to burn both fuel and vegetable oil significantly reduce the emissions?

Posted in Alternative Fuel Vehicles on July 16th, 2008 by diesel engine – 4 Comments
Mad Cow asked:


I just bought a great vehicle that has a 4 cylinder diesel engine that gets great fuel economy but I would like to do more. I have already had it into the shop to help me reduce the occasional smoking that it does but I have seen a few people who have converted the vehicle to burn BOTH diesel and veggie oil. Dose anyone know if this alternative fuel will actually reduce my individual emissions? Are there any recourses out there to do the conversion myself? Thanx!!

Ida