Ed- Sorry no one with more experience has answered this for you yet, I've noticed you've posted this a number of times without response. I am by no means experienced on this topic, but from what I've gleaned from discussions here and numerous links from Keith's and Steve's sites, the problem would be clogging of injection valves. The glycerin will clog up the valves making for bad or incomplete atomization and poor combustion. Diesels CAN run on heated veggie oil, but all the posts I've read on people who do this also start and stop their engines with diesel from a secondary tank for precisely the reason of cleaning out those valves. I'm not so sure about diesel generators, because it seems people run these on straight oil without the diesel starts and stops. Please check out the links from Journey to Forever. Also, maybe one of the many experts out there will chime in and correct me or better yet add some more details.
-Andrew (US) --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I am planning to buy a newer VW TDI and would like to start producing > biodiesel. Most of the info I have read on the subject says that > water washing is unnecessary. What is the possible result if the > fuel is not washed and the sp. gravity is .86-.90. If diesels can > run on heated vegtable oil why would a small glycerin content be > harmful? > > Regards, > > Ed E. Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
