Is there any particular kind of vegetable oil that is recommended? Thanks for the info, I will be changing over, immediately. Bright Blessings, Kim
Hakan Falk wrote: > > Apart from running 2-stroke engines on mix of ethanol/veg oil, the chain > saw is a different thing. For some decades now, I use veg oil for > lubricating > the saw blade. In Sweden, it is now a standard to do that and almost all > do it. When you buy a chain saw they recommend it now. From a pollution > point this is very important, since the blade lubrication goes directly to > the surrounding earth. > > Hakan > > At 05:57 PM 8/28/2002 +1000, you wrote: > > great... thanks for the info Keith..Im going to give that one a > try.. Im > > trying to getaway from non-renewable fuel... so the biodesel and > > ethonol mix i think i will work on. Thanks again! > >-- > > > >On Tue, 27 Aug 2002 15:47:49 Keith Addison wrote: > > >>--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "bendo4000" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> > Im exploring the idea of ethonol conversions on my farm equipment. I > > >> > have found many sites converting standard 4 stroke engines to > > >>ethanol. > > >> > I was interested if anyone has had any luck converting 2 stroke > > >> > lawnmowers , edgers, chainsaws, generators even 2 stroke trail > > >>bikes. > > >> > I cant see any problems with the mix .... according to a biodiesel > > >>mix > > >> > you can combime ethanol and veg oil.... has anyone out there had any > > >> > luck??? > > >> > > > >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] any info would be much apreciated! even if its > > >> > just a "it worked for me" thanks for ur trouble! > > >> > > >>Can't help re. your ethanol query, however I have heard reports of > > >>people using biodiesel as two-stroke oil with gasoline (in chainsaws > > >>etc.) > > >> > > >>Mike > > > > > >We have had some reports of using biodiesel as 2-stroke oil. It's a > > >super lubricator and seems to work fine. Older engines might need a > > >higher mix ratio - one earlier message advised: > > > > > >"Old two-stroke engines like yours usually have bronze wrist pin > bearings > > >and thus require a richer oil mixture to adequately lube that bushing. > > >Incidentally in a two stroke you will often find the wrist pin > bearing fails > > >first from poor lubrication (It is just much harder to get the oil > into it!) > > > I would recommend at least to stick with the 20-1 or even 15-1 > seeing as > > >biodiesel is a "thinner" oil than normal two-stroke oil. I have no > idea what > > >effect bio-diesel would have on the octane of gasoline but it > probably isn't > > >so important on old engines because they usually have a very low c/r > > anyway." > > > > > >Actually it turns out biodiesel isn't thinner than standard 2-stroke > > >oil, or not by much. > > > > > >New engines need what, 50:1 or less? Try it and see, start with a > > >higher ratio than recommended for standard oil. At least one list > > >member uses biodiesel with his chain saw, no problems when last we > > >heard. > > > > > >You can mix vegetable oil with anhydrous ethanol, and 95% ethanol > > >will do as well, probably even 160-proof with such small amounts of > > >oil, and ethanol and biodiesel mix even better, stable mix, so you > > >should have no problems, no need for blending additives. > > > > > >Castor oil was the traditional 2-stroke lube, and it's still used in > > >racing I think. Expensive though. If I had a 2-stroke now I'd want to > > >be using ethanol and biodiesel. When I did have a 2-stroke I often > > >used fuel ethanol in it, no problem. No biodiesel then (that was 40 > > >years ago). > > > > > >Best > > > > > >Keith > > > > > > > > > > > >Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > > >http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > > > > >Biofuels list archives: > > >http://archive.nnytech.net/ > > > > > >Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. > > >To unsubscribe, send an email to: > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > >Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Join 18 million Eudora users by signing up for a free Eudora Web-Mail > >account at http://www.eudoramail.com > > > > > > > >Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > >http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > > >Biofuels list archives: > >http://archive.nnytech.net/ > > > >Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. > >To unsubscribe, send an email to: > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > > Yahoo! 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