So I've been picking up WVO in cubbies from a source for about a year now. After the last pickup, when I got home, I noticed that the WVO label was different & had some things printed on it that concerned me:

"Clear Liquid Vegetable Frying Shortening
Ingredients: Soybean oil, TBHQ, and citric acid added to help preserve freshness, dimethylpolysiloxane
Total Fat 14g 22%
Saturated Fat 2g 10%
Trans Fat 0g
Polyunsaturated Fat 8g
Monounsaturated Fat 3g"

Is this oil OK?

What WVO, if any, do you avoid & why?

What WVO do you prefer to burn & why?

 

I prefer the oil that can also be used as salad dressing ... Real corn oil

 

What is it that you like about corn oil over other oils?

 

back in the day I tried to stay away from any Hydrogenated oils. My Favorite was straight peanut oil, (most BTU/ per liter) ; just like good ole Rudolf D. I was not running a fuel heater of any sort, and operating veg only during our Nuclear hot summers. Two other good rules of thumb. It should be liquid at room temperature, and a big bonus if you can see through it.
There was a university study on BTU power content and a general chemical breakdown of all the fuel oils, good info, but I can not find it again. Some of the oils have a pretty high acid content.
Not to bust on you too much, but the last time I fueled up; pump diesel was less than $1.80 a gallon. So if cost is your motivation for alternative fuel. I don't know if I could collect, filter, de water and store any but the best of WVO's for less than that, not counting the PIA factor.
The last batch of WVO I collected in 2006 was so nasty it really put me off the stuff.
but then there was the one 50 gallon score of almost new straight peanut oil that required almost no filtering, that stuff ran really well.

have fun

 

"The use of vegetable oils for engine fuels may seem insignificant today. But such oils may become in the course of time as important as the petroleum and coal tar products of the present time."
-Rudolf Diesel, 1912

 

Where are you getting diesel for a $1.80 a gallon?

 

Thats what i would like to know!
I see $ 2.68 at Chevron off of Hwy 41 in Coarsegold CA. JSO Yosemite Natnl Park.

 

7.3DieselMike,
What you just picked up with the TBHQ etc, is what I've been running for about 7 years. I've put over 5,000 gallons through my '82 Mercedes, '95 6.5TD Suburban, '90 7.3 F-350, '84 6.2TD Blazer and now my '98 5.9 12v Dodge 3500.
As was said earlier, if it is clear and water free, use it.
My oil varies between almost unused looking to dark iced tea colored.
Avoid oil with a thick or creamy layer on the bottom as it will easily clog filters.

-Brett