About 4 or 5 bucks a gallon. Since this was a test run, I wanted to use new veggie oil to turn to biodiesel to make sure that there was nothing that would botch the conversion process and make a bad batch.
I remember the manager from the apartments where I lived 7 years ago did something with veggie oil on his old mercedez I guess you ahve to go diesel to know about that....I am being offered a 1985 vw jetta diesel it's says to be in good condition and has 200k miles....any advice since you know about this cars...I honestly have no clue about diesel engines.....I'd appreciate your knowledge. :)
It was a test vehicle and that was really the only way to prove that there was nothing in the tank. It was a $600 car, so if it got damaged, no skin off my teeth
@Pantherman1979 only 600?!?! i got a civic for 250 (me and friend went 125 each) and thats are crash test car but i wouldnt use a $600 car for a test car but thats just me, you do wat ever you want :)
@Pantherman1979 i know that but im just sayin that i got a shity car for my test crash car, diesels are awsome! id never crash a diesel but thats just me
No, at that stage it was purely testing. The Jetta was in such rough shape that after I was done with the initial testing it was going to the scrapheap anyway.
Indeed, I re-used the veggie oil containers the stuff came in before I transformed it into Bio-Diesel. Regular veggie oil doesn't flow that easy, it is Bio-Diesel.
No, trust me, I pulled the head off 'er after this movie, she had seen WAY better days, and I suspect that the muffler was mostly gone but I didn't bother to look. No, that was Biodiesel.
NICE the best part about it is all you ahve to do is make a filter and people will PAY you to take their old oil so you make money and drive for free....but you should get something to warm up the oil before it gets into the motor,she didnt sound to happy...
She was worn out and the engine was no good to begin with. This was a car that cost less than $650 to begin with. I wasn't going to risk a $2000+ car on something that I didn't know whether or not it was going to work.
No, I KO'd the thing about three months after I made this video. the engine repair (stripped out the glow plug holes by accident) and the rest of the work that would've been necessary to make this $650 roadworthy just wasn't worth the time, or money. Iam however working on a S10Blazer that I'm going to be putting a 4BT Cummins diesel in. I already have the engine, just need the transmission and a body.
The thing is, you can take this stuff from mcdonalds, wendys, anything with a fryer. Take it back to your garage, clean it up with a refining system (some assembly required) and you have a fuel source that somone was going to pay to get rid of. Heaters are good. Also some lines will need to be replaced i believe. The oil reacts diferently than the diesel in the lines. Not sure how.
Yes, the BioDiesel will eat the "old" rubber lines unless it's in a car/truck from 1995 on up till now, reason being that they switched to a new rubber called "Viton" that is resistant to rot/degradation.
why why would that matter, a deisel engine can run perfectly fine on straight veggie oil. The only thing is in colder weather the shit starts to solidify up and get very thick. I think biodeisel is piontless. It makes more sence to run striaght veggi oil and have some sort of pre-heating system within the car to heat the oil up to a good temp before it enters the injectors.
Because, sooner or later, going that route will coke the hell outta your injectors, and I don't feel like paying $60+ an injector when I don't have to, Biodiesel will also stay liquid at a lower temperature than straight veggie oil
@Pantherman1979 I think he is saying with older diesels such as your jetta it will run on straight veggie oil instead of biodiesel without modifications.
Where I live, that's a big no no, it dips below 60 here on a regular basis between the spring and summer and fall and winter. If I don't make sure that it's heated, and then switch back to biodiesel or dino diesel before I shut it off, I take the change of coking the injectors, and that's a costly mistake.
That is the reason that I use biodiesel and not straight veggie oil
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Robinson4643 2 months ago
how much was the vegetable oil per gallon?
DAB0690 1 year ago
@DAB0690
About 4 or 5 bucks a gallon. Since this was a test run, I wanted to use new veggie oil to turn to biodiesel to make sure that there was nothing that would botch the conversion process and make a bad batch.
Pantherman1979 1 year ago
he do like the old grannies!
vasaniemi 2 years ago
I remember the manager from the apartments where I lived 7 years ago did something with veggie oil on his old mercedez I guess you ahve to go diesel to know about that....I am being offered a 1985 vw jetta diesel it's says to be in good condition and has 200k miles....any advice since you know about this cars...I honestly have no clue about diesel engines.....I'd appreciate your knowledge. :)
eklipzer 2 years ago
you're not supposed to run a diesel out of fuel!!!
ad356 2 years ago
*Shrugs*
It was a test vehicle and that was really the only way to prove that there was nothing in the tank. It was a $600 car, so if it got damaged, no skin off my teeth
Pantherman1979 2 years ago
@Pantherman1979 only 600?!?! i got a civic for 250 (me and friend went 125 each) and thats are crash test car but i wouldnt use a $600 car for a test car but thats just me, you do wat ever you want :)
RCkid8 1 year ago
@RCkid8
Diesels never come cheap.......
Pantherman1979 1 year ago
@Pantherman1979 i know that but im just sayin that i got a shity car for my test crash car, diesels are awsome! id never crash a diesel but thats just me
RCkid8 1 year ago
Hey kewl my friend bought a 1990 turbo diesel jetta and hes gonna turn it into a biodiesel if you have any tips let me know lol id appreciate it
snakeboy309 2 years ago
Does that Bio-Diesel stuff have the additives in it that prevents varnishing?
BLAKEYBBLAKEY 3 years ago
No, at that stage it was purely testing. The Jetta was in such rough shape that after I was done with the initial testing it was going to the scrapheap anyway.
Pantherman1979 3 years ago
Vegetable oil and biodiesel are not the same thing
camelface1 3 years ago
Indeed, I re-used the veggie oil containers the stuff came in before I transformed it into Bio-Diesel. Regular veggie oil doesn't flow that easy, it is Bio-Diesel.
Pantherman1979 3 years ago
yeah it def needs to be pre-heated, lol it almost sounded like a V8 with a really big cam when it started
totalycarcrazy 3 years ago
It only needs to be pre-heated in conditions under 30F, as I stated earlier here in the comments the engine was already shot and no good.
Pantherman1979 3 years ago
i wasnt at all concerned about the engine, those things are tough. Was that just straight veggie oil?
totalycarcrazy 3 years ago
No, trust me, I pulled the head off 'er after this movie, she had seen WAY better days, and I suspect that the muffler was mostly gone but I didn't bother to look. No, that was Biodiesel.
Pantherman1979 3 years ago
I'm working on throwing a Cummins 4BT into a S10Blazer, should be done in the next year or 2
Pantherman1979 3 years ago
hey man, how the hell do you make it so runny???
please tell me, I'd really appreciate this!
benzlover55 3 years ago
Good luck with that man. Be sure to make another video when you've done it!
croyo 3 years ago
NICE the best part about it is all you ahve to do is make a filter and people will PAY you to take their old oil so you make money and drive for free....but you should get something to warm up the oil before it gets into the motor,she didnt sound to happy...
clubcar98 3 years ago
She was worn out and the engine was no good to begin with. This was a car that cost less than $650 to begin with. I wasn't going to risk a $2000+ car on something that I didn't know whether or not it was going to work.
Pantherman1979 3 years ago
cheap car to prove your point
clubcar98 3 years ago
Yea,at least that way if it didn't work I wasn't out that much. Like I said before I'm working on a 4BT in a S10Blazer now.
Pantherman1979 3 years ago
sweet,do you still have the jetta?
clubcar98 3 years ago
No, I KO'd the thing about three months after I made this video. the engine repair (stripped out the glow plug holes by accident) and the rest of the work that would've been necessary to make this $650 roadworthy just wasn't worth the time, or money. Iam however working on a S10Blazer that I'm going to be putting a 4BT Cummins diesel in. I already have the engine, just need the transmission and a body.
Pantherman1979 3 years ago
The thing is, you can take this stuff from mcdonalds, wendys, anything with a fryer. Take it back to your garage, clean it up with a refining system (some assembly required) and you have a fuel source that somone was going to pay to get rid of. Heaters are good. Also some lines will need to be replaced i believe. The oil reacts diferently than the diesel in the lines. Not sure how.
Vicariousinsanity 4 years ago
Yes, the BioDiesel will eat the "old" rubber lines unless it's in a car/truck from 1995 on up till now, reason being that they switched to a new rubber called "Viton" that is resistant to rot/degradation.
Pantherman1979 4 years ago
Cool man!
I'm almost done making my reactor/wash tank setup and have made a couple mini-batches.
I use diesel vans in my flooring business and it just makes wayyyyy too much sense.
Congrats!
carpetfactory 4 years ago
I hope that wasn't SVO you put in there. ???
marshman 4 years ago
No, it's Biodeisel
Pantherman1979 4 years ago
why why would that matter, a deisel engine can run perfectly fine on straight veggie oil. The only thing is in colder weather the shit starts to solidify up and get very thick. I think biodeisel is piontless. It makes more sence to run striaght veggi oil and have some sort of pre-heating system within the car to heat the oil up to a good temp before it enters the injectors.
87BII 4 years ago
Because, sooner or later, going that route will coke the hell outta your injectors, and I don't feel like paying $60+ an injector when I don't have to, Biodiesel will also stay liquid at a lower temperature than straight veggie oil
Pantherman1979 3 years ago
Becasue I don't feel like spending $1,000-$3,000 on a system that when I get rid of the car, or it gets into an accident has to be replaced.
Pantherman1979 2 years ago
@Pantherman1979 I think he is saying with older diesels such as your jetta it will run on straight veggie oil instead of biodiesel without modifications.
DAB0690 1 year ago
@DAB0690
Where I live, that's a big no no, it dips below 60 here on a regular basis between the spring and summer and fall and winter. If I don't make sure that it's heated, and then switch back to biodiesel or dino diesel before I shut it off, I take the change of coking the injectors, and that's a costly mistake.
That is the reason that I use biodiesel and not straight veggie oil
Pantherman1979 1 year ago