Sarah and her Grease Car

[100lilabner]

cuz in winter it would be to thick to start the motor

[ARIS3OLE]

y does she hhave to do that when mythbusters claim that all u need to do is pour it str8 into ur fuel tank with no process taking place whatsoever

[thedirtymammal]

I knew when i was going to click on your video,that a woman was going to have a very simple and CLEAN system. That was great. Thanks

[k777t]

thanks for this video

[britishbomber]

let me make this clear. the oil does not burn any different than the diesel so you will not increase your mileage. but you will only need to run the car on diesel to warm it up. so you get more out of each tank of diesel. this car would still get the same high milage because a diesel engine is better per gallon than a comparable gasoline engine. she makes this process seem hard because she dose it without any pumps and in really small batches.

[julescicle]

@britishbomber not always no i live in the state of idaho and i ran my car on stuff like this in the winter. just a small amount of diesel mixed in with will do you fine. if youre interested just message me

[lilhourigan]

i want a grease car, we need more qualified  people for the conversion kit installs and maintenance

[bmtimv]

too bad its so difficult to find diesel cars especially new in california.

[DrPeteSut]

Great! She only needs to put 3 gallons in her tank at a time because she gets 50mpg highway!

It seems pretty labor intensive to fill the tank but every 150 miles, not so bad. And, nobody has to die in Iraq for that fuel.

[sierra0318]

ethanol makes the enviorment even worse than oil it makes more carbon dioxide in the air...

[hihowareyoujoe]

u know the same amount of grain, it takes to fill an SUV with ethanol, can feed an adult male for a year

[doradoradoramen]

superb

[shinobistyle86]

im not too sure if there is a different source to making biodiesel in the us because you guys always mention converting the car. Here in the UK my dad has been using biodiesel for over 2 years without comversion on his VW golf. im not too clear onm why the car needs to be converted.

[soapybeaver]

No conversion necessary for base-reacted, washed "true" biodiesel. This video is pertaining to burning unreacted waste vegetable oil that has just been filtered (appropriate is >5 micron) and then dried of all water.

The conversion, as she says, is mostly to prevent the pure oil from becoming a gel in the fuel lines in cold weather.

I love this. It reignites the old American self-reliance mystique.

[mk3stargazer]

excellent, i been doing this for two years and mix my veg oil with 10% white spirit to make it thin,

[hihowareyoujoe]

where do u get white spirit and what is it, u mean the drink?

[mk3stargazer]

hi, no you must not drink white spirit,,,,! it is used for thinning paint and washing paint brushes out and is brought in a hardware store,its called white spirit here in the UK but in canada i am guessing its called mineral turps or mineral spirits?

[hihowareyoujoe]

oh so its like turpentine or what

[mk3stargazer]

yes similar to turpentine, different countries call it different names so there is a bit of a language barrier between us!

[RollOn2day]

Thanks Sarah! I saw my first Grease Bus this weekend and I was blown away. so here I am on you tube searching for some info.

I like Grease People!

[smellslikefries]

Congrats on your setup.  I suggest checking my videos (I live in Ottawa, On, Canada. I filter and stock-pile my oil for the colder months. Filtering in the cold is no fun. :)

[peestandingup]

All I can hear is EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[riegirrl]

on the offchance that you actually reply to the posts in your video. what micron rating is that filter you are using?

[moviking]

She said 5 micron

[riegirrl]

3 gallons at a time?

someone needs to get you an oil drum

it would probably cost you less than $50

and it would really help you out

[tim126674]

How about making your vegetable oil into biodiesel. Why would you sacrafice half your trunk for a tank. You do not get 50mpg in that car. you get 40. Lady greasecar robbed you.

[monkey4725]

making biodiesel is a much more intensive process that involves a lot more energy to do. This process mostly involves filtering, it only involves heating in the winter. Biodiesel prodution needs more tanks and heating elements and additives. When done it work very well, but this may be better for people who are low tech.

[albyva]

Sarah: I'm calling the State and telling them you didn't pay your vehicle fuel taxes... You are going to jail..

[fuzzyiron]

sounds good

[SandyCarlson]

So how long can you store this stuff? Is it safe at all to keep some in the trunk?

[smellslikefries]

12 months or so if you de-water it (check my vids on how I do this). Water + oil == bacteria == the smell of death.

[julescicle]

@SandyCarlson very safe i do it in my 78 rabbit diesel

[vgmnstr]

You don't need to do anything to thin the oil, you just run the car. It will probably take longer to heat it up when it is colder. Buy a Vegtherm and you should be sitting good in any climate.

[hihowareyoujoe]

whats a vegtherm

[Redshift21]

In warmer latitudes you only need to filter the oil but in cooler climates you need to add a little something to thin the oil, I have heard that white spirit can be used but you'll have to do some digging around to find out the ratio's needed

[ThePorkchopExpress]

I just converted a grease car today in Michigan. It's 5 degrees here And I am affraid of puting the vegatable oil in it. How long does it take to melt the oil down enough to get it to run through the lines>

[kmcwhq]

It takes till about mid June....

[CAESARbonds]

Just mix it with regular diesel to get it runnier.

depending on the quality of the oil, and temperature, up to 70% diesel is necessary, eg at -4°F/20°C. At -15.0°C or +5.0°F you should at least use 50% Diesel.

High Quality Sunflower and Rapeseed oils are liquid till 14-23°F -10 to -5°C.

Soybean oil is already solid at 32°F, 0°C which makes it unsuitable in cold regions.

Palmtree oil is even worse