RE: [Biofuel] Diesel engines

2005-03-09 Thread malcolm maclure
Original Message - From: "Anthony Austin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 7:51 AM Subject: [Biofuel] Diesel engines > If you really want a diesel vehicle and are not satisfied with what's > available, find a small pickup

Re: [Biofuel] Diesel engines

2005-03-09 Thread Busyditch
Let me add my 2 cents. Ebay has had a few of the below mentioned engines for sale recently. Keep an eye open there. - Original Message - From: "Anthony Austin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 7:51 AM Subject: [Biofuel] Die

[Biofuel] Diesel engines

2005-03-08 Thread Anthony Austin
If you really want a diesel vehicle and are not satisfied with what's available, find a small pickup with a blown engine and replace it with a diesel out of a junkyard. In the eighties, Toyota, Nissan, Isuzu, and Mazda all made diesels for small trucks, and some of them can still be found. Maxima

[biofuel] diesel engines running on VNG

2004-03-07 Thread Jose Luis Hernandez Quisbert
Hi group: I am interested in information regarding diesel engine transformed to run on Compressed Natural Gas. Any links and references are very welcome. Jose Luis Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/

Re: [biofuel] diesel engines united vans

2004-01-02 Thread Keith Addison
>sorry i just sent mail to yourselves and i forgot to >mention whether we could have a link on your suppliers >page.we will of course be happy to exchange links with >yourselves mark Hello Mark You mean the Biofuels Supplies page at Journey to Forever? JtF and the Biofuel mailing list are ass

[biofuel] diesel engines united vans

2004-01-02 Thread mark wilson
sorry i just sent mail to yourselves and i forgot to mention whether we could have a link on your suppliers page.we will of course be happy to exchange links with yourselves mark Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly...

[biofuel] Diesel engines in Europe

2004-01-02 Thread mark686cmw
Hi i have been reading your site and emails for some time and find it all very interesting.We are a (primarily) light commercial vehicle dismantlers in england.We have hundreds and hundreds of smaller diesel engines for cars vans and 4x4 vehicles.these are mosly diesel and mostly european an

RE: [biofuel] Diesel engines vs. gasoline engines

2002-12-11 Thread Ryan Morgan
resort.) Hope this helps you in your decision! -Original Message- From: rucksackn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 6:12 PM To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Subject: [biofuel] Diesel engines vs. gasoline engines I live in city of about 130,000

RE: [biofuel] Diesel engines vs. gasoline engines

2002-12-11 Thread desertstallion
AIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 02:12 To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Subject: [biofuel] Diesel engines vs. gasoline engines I live in city of about 130,000 people. I'm looking at buying a diesel and using biodiesel for fuel. I have a question though about the praticalities of o

Re: [biofuel] Diesel engines vs. gasoline engines

2002-12-11 Thread Hakan Falk
It is no real merit to this argument. I had diesel cars for the last 26 years. But even when I financed my studies by driving taxi in Stockholm some 40 years ago, the diesel taxis engines last 3 to 5 times longer than gasoline. The famous London Cab is a diesel car. In todays diesels it is ev

Re: [biofuel] Diesel engines vs. gasoline engines

2002-12-11 Thread Keith Addison
Diesel engines power 37% of all new cars sold in Europe - 62% in France. Everywhere, most trips are short trips, including for all those Europeans using diesels. That may have been an issue with much older diesels, but not these days, it's a different and much better beast. Keith >I live in

Re: [biofuel] Diesel engines vs. gasoline engines

2002-12-10 Thread Greg and April
Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 18:11 Subject: [biofuel] Diesel engines vs. gasoline engines > I live in city of about 130,000 people. I'm looking at buying a > diesel and using biodiesel for fuel. I have a question though > about the praticalities of owning and using a diesel in an

[biofuel] Diesel engines vs. gasoline engines

2002-12-10 Thread rucksackn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I live in city of about 130,000 people. I'm looking at buying a diesel and using biodiesel for fuel. I have a question though about the praticalities of owning and using a diesel in an urban environment. I wasrecently warned against buying a diesel engine-based vehicle if the vehicle's prima

Re: [biofuel] diesel engines

2002-05-06 Thread Neoteric Biofuels Inc.
Hi guys - please be aware that oversnipping is a problem as much as undersnipping. Many get these messages by email and not on the board, so we now have no idea what is "NOT TRUE". By the way, all capital letters is SCREAMING in the land of email. Did you really intend to SCREAM? If so, fine, jus

Re: [biofuel] diesel engines

2002-05-06 Thread dennis
i would say it is really worth trying, i am all for something that will help diesel fuel burn cleaner. i always use additives in my diesel truck, the only thing wrong dipetane is it does not have a cleaner in it to keep the injectors clean. but you can add a cleaner to the fuel along with dipe

Re: [biofuel] diesel engines

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Re: [biofuel] diesel engines

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Re: [biofuel] diesel engines

2002-05-06 Thread Harmon Seaver
On Mon, May 06, 2002 at 01:13:49PM -0400, Olga Lange wrote: > A mechanic told me that the fuel pump in a VW tdi is a $6,000 part and that > running biodiesel was a threat to this pump. Any comments? > I wouldn't let that mechanic anywhere near my car, he's not only incompetant but a liar as

[biofuel] diesel engines

2002-05-06 Thread Olga Lange
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RE: [biofuel] diesel engines

2002-05-06 Thread Ryan Morgan
From: dennis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, May 04, 2002 10:19 AM To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [biofuel] diesel engines you will have to take your injector pump to a diesel service center that rebuilds pumps. it takes special equipment to rebuild a pump. having it rebuild

Re: [biofuel] diesel engines

2002-05-04 Thread dennis
www.webconx.dns2go.com/2000/humanpower.htm >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >- Original Message - >From: "dennis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: >Sent: Friday, May 03, 2002 8:27 PM >Subject: [biofuel] diesel engines > > >>if you guys really want to know something about

Re: [biofuel] diesel engines

2002-05-04 Thread steve spence
://www.webconx.dns2go.com/2000/humanpower.htm [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: "dennis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, May 03, 2002 8:27 PM Subject: [biofuel] diesel engines > if you guys really want to know something about diesel engines i am the > one to

[biofuel] diesel engines

2002-05-03 Thread dennis
if you guys really want to know something about diesel engines i am the one to talk to. i am a diesel mechanic and have worked on a lot of different brands of motors. i have a mazda pickup with a 2.2 mitsubishi idi diesel, it has a 21- 1 compression ratio. diesel engines have to have at least

Re: [biofuel] Diesel Engines Available in North America

2001-10-01 Thread Ian Main
Hi! I own a 96 Chev crew cab with the 6.5L TD. They are not bad engines, but they had a few bad years. In 94 they were fitted with a computerised injection pump, which turned out to be very unreliable, and is basically the reason for their poor reputation (they were REALLY bad :)). However, by

Re: [biofuel] Diesel Engines Available in North America

2001-10-01 Thread Pip J. Patton
Hello, My family has a 6 cyl 1984 GM Diesel Cutlass Supreme. It has about 250,000 miles on it. We've had it over a year and the only maintenance we've had to do on it is replace the starter motor. When we started using Bio-diesel in it, we noticed it didn't leave a cloud of soot behi

Re: [biofuel] Diesel Engines Available in North America

2001-09-30 Thread Edward Beggs
all. Ed B. www.biofuels.ca - Original Message - From: "robert luis rabello" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Sunday, September 30, 2001 7:45 PM Subject: [biofuel] Diesel Engines Available in North America > > > Hello everyone! > > While the a

[biofuel] Diesel Engines Available in North America

2001-09-30 Thread robert luis rabello
Hello everyone! While the atrocities were happening in New York and Washington, I was in Baltimore for a convention. During that time, I visited a cousin who owns a repair shop in Silver Spring, Maryland. Many of his customers drive older Mercedes Benz sedans--many of them diesel powered.

RE: [biofuel] Diesel engines and used motor oil

2001-08-19 Thread Greg Yohn
ofuel@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [biofuel] Diesel engines and used motor oil >Steve: > >What do you think about using this burner setup to burn waste >vegetable oil? Used automobile oil does not burn as clean. I saw a >german company selling a cooking oil burner to replace

Re: [biofuel] Diesel engines and used motor oil

2001-08-18 Thread steve spence
herit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children. -- - Original Message - From: "Trudy Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, August 17, 2001 1:54 PM Subject: Re: [biofuel] Diesel engines and used motor oil > Steve: > > What do you

Re: [biofuel] Diesel engines and used motor oil

2001-08-17 Thread Biofuel
Thanks Joe and others for comments and Ed for the link (got it finally working/probl. ip problems since it's 3rd [on its way to 4th :-( ] world country). Unfortunately they don't have prices/order information's. Interesting but it's a problem (probl. also expensive, especially with import duties

Re: [biofuel] Diesel engines and used motor oil

2001-08-17 Thread Keith Addison
>Steve: > >What do you think about using this burner setup to burn waste >vegetable oil? Used automobile oil does not burn as clean. I saw a >german company selling a cooking oil burner to replace home heating >oil, but this example would be good to start off! > >Give me a call, so I can see yo

Re: [biofuel] Diesel engines and used motor oil

2001-08-17 Thread Trudy Williams
Steve: What do you think about using this burner setup to burn waste vegetable oil? Used automobile oil does not burn as clean. I saw a german company selling a cooking oil burner to replace home heating oil, but this example would be good to start off! Give me a call, so I can see your VW Di

Re: [biofuel] Diesel engines and used motor oil

2001-08-16 Thread steve spence
iofuel] Diesel engines and used motor oil > > > > > Please respond to biofuel@yahoogroups.com > > To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com > cc:(bcc: Joseph Martelle/US/GM/GMC) > Subject: Re: [biofuel] Diesel engines and used motor oil > > > > > >SEE: http://ww

Re: [biofuel] Diesel engines and used motor oil

2001-08-16 Thread Pip J. Patton
o biofuel@yahoogroups.com > > To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com > cc:(bcc: Joseph Martelle/US/GM/GMC) > Subject: Re: [biofuel] Diesel engines and used motor oil > > > > > >SEE: http://www.webb-sales.com/oil.html > > >Ed B. > > Thanks Ed, That was

Re: [biofuel] Diesel engines and used motor oil

2001-08-16 Thread JOSEPH . MARTELLE
Please respond to biofuel@yahoogroups.com To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com cc:(bcc: Joseph Martelle/US/GM/GMC) Subject: Re: [biofuel] Diesel engines and used motor oil >SEE: http://www.webb-sales.com/oil.html >Ed B. Thanks Ed, That was interesting, I'd not seen that b

Re: [biofuel] Diesel engines and used motor oil

2001-08-15 Thread Martin Klingensmith
Assuming the paper towels clean out most of the carbon [I can't imagine that happening], and also assuming the oil had not broken down [viscosity-wise] then you could reuse it. It's up to you, but I really wouldn't recommend it, I've worked on heavy diesels for a couple years, just my opinion. -Ma

Re: [biofuel] Diesel engines and used motor oil

2001-08-15 Thread Edward Beggs
ct: Re: [biofuel] Diesel engines and used motor oil > I was told that you can filter used oil by running it through a big funnel > crammed with paper towels. Clean, reusable oil comes out the bottom, > leaving you with only the paper towels to dispose of. > > > > &g

Re: [biofuel] Diesel engines and used motor oil

2001-08-15 Thread John Blackmer
I was told that you can filter used oil by running it through a big funnel crammed with paper towels. Clean, reusable oil comes out the bottom, leaving you with only the paper towels to dispose of. Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send "uns

Re: [biofuel] Diesel engines and used motor oil

2001-08-15 Thread Tee
t: Thursday, August 16, 2001 12:07 AM >Subject: Re: [biofuel] Diesel engines and used motor oil > > > > SEE: http://www.webb-sales.com/oil.html > > > > Ed B. > > www.biofuels.ca > > > > > > - Original Message - > > From: "Biofuel&q

Re: [biofuel] Diesel engines and used motor oil

2001-08-15 Thread Biofuel
Thanks Ed... but the link does not seam to work? maybe a spelling problem? Urs - Original Message - From: "Edward Beggs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 12:07 AM Subject: Re: [biofuel] Diesel engines and used motor oil > SEE: http://www.webb

Re: [biofuel] Diesel engines and used motor oil

2001-08-15 Thread Edward Beggs
SEE: http://www.webb-sales.com/oil.html Ed B. www.biofuels.ca - Original Message - From: "Biofuel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2001 1:19 PM Subject: Re: [biofuel] Diesel engines and used motor oil > Hi Joe > Do you know if 'washin

Re: [biofuel] Diesel engines and used motor oil

2001-08-15 Thread Biofuel
Hi Joe Do you know if 'washing' the used motor oil would help to get the particles out. Or would it help to clean it with a filter powder? Looking into it since some time. No recycling here in Zimbabwe. Usually its drawn into a hole on the dust roads and covered with sand after (best case... somet

Re: [biofuel] Diesel engines and used motor oil

2001-08-15 Thread Martin Klingensmith
You will be contributing greatly to carbon emissions. Used motor oil is not like veggie oil, contains carbon etc, very bad for generally everyone. I ask you to please not do this. Martin --- Kyle Witten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I know that diesel engines can sucessfully burn veggie oil, but I

Re: [biofuel] Diesel engines and used motor oil

2001-08-15 Thread JOSEPH . MARTELLE
Please respond to biofuel@yahoogroups.com To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com cc:(bcc: Joseph Martelle/US/GM/GMC) Subject: [biofuel] Diesel engines and used motor oil >I know that diesel engines can sucessfully burn veggie oil, but I was >wondering if the engine could handle burnin

[biofuel] Diesel engines and used motor oil

2001-08-15 Thread Kyle Witten
I know that diesel engines can sucessfully burn veggie oil, but I was wondering if the engine could handle burning used motor oil or transmission fluid resulting from a fluid change. Note that I am not talking about utilizing used motor oil as the entire fuel source, but about adding 7-8 quar

[biofuel] Diesel Engines Get Spotlight in Fuel-Efficiency Contest

2001-06-13 Thread Keith Addison
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/12/business/12DIES.html June 12, 2001 Diesel Engines Get Spotlight in Fuel-Efficiency Contest By KEITH BRADSHER MILFORD, Mich., June 11 - Each of the 16 Chevrolet Suburban sport utility vehicles in a barnlike garage at the General Motors vehicle testing center

[biofuel] Diesel engines could help U.S. beat fuel crunch if feds wake up

2001-05-23 Thread Keith Addison
http://detnews.com:80/2001/autos/0105/22/b01-226787.htm - 5/22/01 World Auto View Diesel engines could help U.S. beat fuel crunch if feds wake up By Daniel Howes / The Detroit News FRANKFURT, Germany--There's a word in German that says an awful lot about how many Europeans regard America's

Re: [biofuel] Diesel engines - running on biodiesel

2001-05-19 Thread steve spence
me Automation - http://www.webconx.com/x10 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (212) 894-3704 x3154 - voicemail/fax We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children. -- - Original Message - From: "Keith Addison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2001 11:15 AM S

Re: [biofuel] Diesel engines - running on biodiesel

2001-05-18 Thread David Teal
Exactly right, it's called pilot injection and is an alternative to fitting spark plugs when using gaseous fuel such as from a wood gasifier or any other source. Fuel use in the pilot system can be rather minor once the engine is warmed up. David T. "As I understand it, Diesels running on gaseou

Re: [biofuel] Diesel engines - running on biodiesel

2001-05-18 Thread Keith Addison
>Mr Spence, I am now very very curious. Give me an >example of a diesel engine that doesn't have an >injection system. Every diesel I have ever worked on >has an injection system, weather it be mechanical or >electrical. I guess in theory, you could charge the >air, kinda like a carburator does

Re: [biofuel] Diesel engines - running on biodiesel

2001-05-17 Thread Don Bowen
>Mr Spence, I am now very very curious. Give me an >example of a diesel engine that doesn't have an >injection system. Every diesel I have ever worked on >has an injection system, weather it be mechanical or >electrical. I guess in theory, you could charge the >air, kinda like a carburator doe

Re: [biofuel] Diesel engines - running on biodiesel

2001-05-17 Thread JOSEPH . MARTELLE
Please respond to biofuel@yahoogroups.com To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com cc:(bcc: Joseph Martelle/US/GM/GMC) Subject: Re: [biofuel] Diesel engines - running on biodiesel Mr Spence, I am now very very curious. Give me an example of a diesel engine that doesn't have an inje

Re: [biofuel] Diesel engines - running on biodiesel

2001-05-17 Thread Jeremy Shuey
ors, > we borrow it from our children. > -- > > - Original Message - > From: "Michael DeWolf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: > Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2001 9:43 AM > Subject: [biofuel] Diesel engines - running on > biodiesel > > > > I recently re

Re: [biofuel] Diesel engines - running on biodiesel

2001-05-17 Thread steve spence
ct: Re: [biofuel] Diesel engines - running on biodiesel > >I recently read this: > > > >"If it is one of the recent engines that uses fuel injection, you > >will not be able to alternati ly fuel the engine. Alternative fuels > >may have contaminants

Re: [biofuel] Diesel engines - running on biodiesel

2001-05-17 Thread steve spence
. -- - Original Message - From: "Michael DeWolf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2001 9:43 AM Subject: [biofuel] Diesel engines - running on biodiesel > I recently read this: > > "If it is one of the recent engines that uses fuel injection, you >

Re: [biofuel] Diesel engines - running on biodiesel

2001-05-17 Thread Keith Addison
>I recently read this: > >"If it is one of the recent engines that uses fuel injection, you >will not be able to alternati ly fuel the engine. Alternative fuels >may have contaminants that will cause injector problems." > >on > >Is this true? > >Michael De

Re: [biofuel] Diesel engines - running on biodiesel

2001-05-16 Thread JOSEPH . MARTELLE
I recently read this: "If it is one of the recent engines that uses fuel injection, you will not be able to alternati ly fuel the engine. Alternative fuels may have contaminants that will cause injector problems." on Is this true? Michael Dewolf

[biofuel] Diesel engines - running on biodiesel

2001-05-16 Thread Michael DeWolf
I recently read this: "If it is one of the recent engines that uses fuel injection, you will not be able to alternati ly fuel the engine. Alternative fuels may have contaminants that will cause injector problems." on Is this true? Michael Dewolf Bi