using non-petroleum fuels has never been about price for me, though i
did initially consider doing BioDiesel myself at home. (watch the
confusion on the face of some self-proclaimed patriot next time you ask
them "where was *your* fuel grown?") ;-)
i did, however, being a bit of a motorhead, know that i was ranging
into the frontier, as did most of the people i knew doing BioDiesel at
the time, and understood that there might be risks associated with
trying to use this new'ish fuel.
it's obvious to anyone who sees the oil after an oil change that
BioD breaks down oil faster; knowing that, i didn't plan on extending
the drain intervals even though i knew we weren't dealing with the soot
disposal that the initial recommendation for changing ever 3000 miles
was based on. i'm still waiting to find any substantiative data from
someone other than myself as to what exactly is happening to the
lubrication properties of their engine oil when using B99-100... and i
suspect that if we can see this data for Synthetic oils, it might show
to be less of a concern when using Synthetics.
from what i hear from the guys running Veggie Oil systems (and there
are a lot of them in my area), the biggest issues seem to be with people
who aren't getting the oil hot enough before injection to spray
properly, and/or not driving enough to keep the engine hot enough for
the majority of the time it's running.
word from those in the know still seems to be that WVO/SVO isn't
recommended for people that are doing 'short-hop' driving.
cheers!
e
LarryT wrote:
> Thank you Steve, Chris, Mitch, Gary, Meade, Slozuk and others who
> responded to my message. I had been concerned initially that ya'll would
> think I was justlooking for a reason to push people to use my service. But
> I felt it was necessary to warn people about the potential damage their
> engine may suffer when using WVO/Alt fuels. I'm glad no one suggested I
> was just trying to drum up business because that was not my intent..
>
> Since we're on the subject of alt fuels are there any other links to
> sites that show the details of making the conversion? I've been reading the
> elsbert site which looks promising. I know I can Google the subject but
> that gets a shotgun effect - I'm sure ya'll have visited some sites better
> than others - perhaps a forum as well? Not sure I want to convert but with
> fuel approaching $5/g it's very tempting.
>
> I may be forced to ---- and thanks to all ---
>
> Larry T (66 MGB, 74 911, 91 300D)
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>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve MacSween" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 5:43 PM
> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Veggie Oil And Bio Fuel users - Words of Caution
>
>
>
>> on 6/10/08 15:54, Christopher McCann at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>
>>
>>> "Shorter service interval between oil-changes. Alternatively, you can
>>> have
>>> your engine oil analysed. These measures prevent potentially damaging
>>> "Polymerisation" of vegetable oil mixing with the engine lubricating
>>> oil."
>>>
>> >From my reading, generally accepted best practice is to:
>>
>> - perform a compression check and oil analysis before you begin to use
>> SVO,
>> WVO, or home-brew biodiesel,
>>
>> - thereafter perform an oil analysis at least every 12 months (6 months is
>> better), and a compression check each year.
>>
>> This is assuming you are using the alt fuel in a properly converted
>> vehicle
>> (e.g., coolant and/or electric heating for SVO/WVO, separate veg and
>> diesel
>> tanks, etc.).
>>
>> Mac
>>
>>
>>
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