Making Black Diesel from waste motor oil

Making alternative black diesel fuel by blending waste motor oil with gasoline

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Bio-fuels
• biodiesel
• diesel
• energy
• fuel
• SBVO
• VOBDF
• WVO
• SVO
• WOBDF
• V80
• W85
• WMO

[Begbucks]

@Jhananda 10k My; That's quite a success I would say.

[Jhananda]

@Begbucks My odometer says that I have put about 10,000 miles on my engine on waste oil blends in nearly 5 years, but the over-sized tires have screwed up the clock. However, I have not driven my own vehicle much in the last 5 years, because when I am doing archaeology I then tend to drive a company truck, and my van is hundreds of miles away.

[Begbucks]

@Jhananda Cool, I subbed ;)

[Jhananda]

@Begbucks So far all of the solvents that worked with WVO seem to work with WMO, but I am planning on demonstrating that with a video.

[Begbucks]

@Jhananda Promotional material is always a great idea. Anyway not to prod you after all there is only perhaps 1/2 dozen WMO'ers out there in youtube land it seems since most are the "Bio-Fuel" crowd, all fuzzy & neat but logistically impractical as I have mentioned. When you get the chance it would be curious to see for sure how the plethora of solvents you tested on VO would perform with WMO or WATF if you get some.

[Jhananda]

@Begbucks I made up a business card and magnetic sign for the side of my van that say I recycle waste oils and solvents and put my phone# on them. I also stop in at small restaurants, mechanic's shops, small engine repair, motorcycle shops, etc., asking for waste oils and solvents to recycle.

Most solvents are equivalent to gasoline in a blend, such as paint thinner. So, use them just like you would use gasoline in a waste oil blend. Anything that dissolves into WVO will dissolve into WMO.

[Begbucks]

@Jhananda Yes we too have a Haz-mat collect day but the quantities are meager such as 1/4 can of point thinner or such to have ample amounts to support daily driving. but trash picking around is always a start atleast to offset the brunt, speaking of which & even though there are various formulas; in your experience how does paint thinner mix with gas in either VO or WMO for instance?

[Begbucks]

@Jhananda I didn't mean that you form a calculus of data to log your progress, just a ball park figure of your progress or in other words 10k intervals give or take. Frankly driving scrap around every mile I would do this could save me .40 so so anything helps.

Same insight for the 7.3, nothing too subjective needed lol but I'm naturally curious you know since I'm swayed more to the Ford ;)

[Jhananda]

@Begbucks In Tucson, AZ the local waste management people have 1 day per month when they allow people to dispose of toxic items. At that time people can also take solvents and oils if they want. You could look into the same program in your region. If one does not exist, then propose it.

[Begbucks]

@Jhananda I thought so too since there was very little customer feedback besides that one hullalulboo of a page contending otherwise. As for the a basically 1/5th fuel ratio while not bad; Since partly I'm a cheapskate but also since I have an inquisitive creed which prods me to weigh options. I asked...

Sure there is junkyard gas, staler gas, & used paint thinner though not in sufficient quantities for avid driving of a truck.