M67 Immersion Heater for removing water from WVO Part 6

I bought this US Army surplus heater for removing water from the veggie oil that I turn into biodiesel. Having water in the oil will form damaging soaps in the finished biodiesel product which will damage or even destroy injection components.

This unit requires no electrical power to start or run. These units have been around for over 60 years and this one was made in 1991. I have been using this heater for the last 5 batches of biodiesel and love the fact I no longer have to heat the oil in my reactor, thus extending the life of the heating element and driving down electrical power costs even more.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• biodiesel
• wvo
• diesel
• alternative fuels

[spencnaz]

@econoroller There are instructions online how to get one of these units started. There are also instructions attached to the unit as well. I will be doing an instructional vid in the coming weeks here on how to get this heater going on biodiesel.

[econoroller]

Hi there! I love the immersion heater, and I just got the military "space heater,small" diesel/kerosene/jet fuel, same principle as your immersion heater....I am considering getting one of those immersion heaters like yours....would you be kind enough to tell me how to light this puppy? thanx :)

[spencnaz]

@honda4004 No. You have to use a chemical treatment process to remove those detergents. I do not support the use of waste motor oil in diesel engines. There are sub micron particles of dirt, metals and pressure additives that are then forced through the injector systems, not to mention the smoke pollution. I'm not saying that it can't be done, but it'll cost the user big time when injectors and dirty engine parts come back to haunt the user trying to save a buck.

[honda4004]

hi have you tried it with waste engine oil . does it burn off all the water and cleansing detergents placed in it thanks