Is it possible to run a diesel car engine on cooking oil?
You are absolutely correct. Pure peanut oil will gum up the engine because the viscosity is way too high. There are three ways to run a diesel engine on vegetable oil: one is to simply dilute your diesel fuel with vegetable oil, another is to install a conversion kit for your diesel engine, and a third is to create your own biodiesel. Most diesel engines will run fine with 10% vegetable oil added, quite a few will run fine on 25% vegetable oil and some will even run okay on a 1:2 ratio of oil:diesel. In a desert climate, I have been told 90% is possible because the heat thins the vegetable oil and reduces its viscosity to the point it won’t gum up your engine. But the key is to heating up the vegetable oil sufficiently to reduce its viscosity. Second, if you want to run on pure vegetable oil, you can get a converter kit. What these do is install second tanks or injectors or other systems that will allow the vegetable oil to be heated before it reaches the engine. (See greasecar.com, fr
You are absolutely correct. Pure peanut oil will gum up the engine because the viscosity is way too high. There are three ways to run a diesel engine on vegetable oil: one is to simply dilute your diesel fuel with vegetable oil, another is to install a conversion kit for your diesel engine, and a third is to create your own biodiesel. Most diesel engines will run fine with 10% vegetable oil added, quite a few will run fine on 25% vegetable oil and some will even run okay on a 1:2 ratio of oil:diesel. In a desert climate, I have been told 90% is possible because the heat thins the vegetable oil and reduces its viscosity to the point it won’t gum up your engine. But the key is to heating up the vegetable oil sufficiently to reduce its viscosity. Second, if you want to run on pure vegetable oil, you can get a converter kit. What these do is install second tanks or injectors or other systems that will allow the vegetable oil to be heated before it reaches the engine. (See greasecar.com, fr
