I am fairly new to this too, but have you checked for water in the oil? Time and again it is mentioned that if there is water in th oil the reaction with the lye won't be complete or adequate so maybe that could be it. Raise the temp of the oil to about 160F in a saucepan and see if it starts to crackle; if it does there is water in it and it needs to be removed. The quickest way that I know is to raise the tem still furher to around 213F and boil it off stirring ocasionally so that you don't get a water bubble splash out on you.
You are sure about your scale's measurements right? Before I got my electronic one, instead of giving me the 1.7gr that it indicated it was giving me 15.0gr! and the mix went to balistic gelatin the second I got it out of the blender. Luc --- In biofuel@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I just did another test batch and there is something wrong. I am doing > small test batches trying to make sure my measurements are correct. I have done > 5 small batches and have had the same results with all. I don't understand > what is wrong as I have made about 50 gallons of fuel that came out great. I > am useing the same oil that I have been using all along. > I started out with 1/2 liter of oil and 100 ml of meth and 3-1/2 grams of > lye. My oil is the color of like coffee before I add the meth and lye. I am > mixing the meth and lye very good so I am sure that is okay. As soon as I add > the meth and lye to my oil it turns the oil to a creamy carmel color. Kinda > looks like you poured milk into your coffee and mixed it up. After it is > mixed and poured out of the blender it just goes solid like it is to much lye > or something. I have decreased the lye by 1/2 gram of lye all the way down to > 2 grams with the same amount of oil and meth and get the same results. > I am at a loss as to what is wrong. Anyone have any suggestions? > Rick > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Yahoo! Domains - Claim yours for only $14.70 http://us.click.yahoo.com/Z1wmxD/DREIAA/yQLSAA/FGYolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
