HELP! truck wont stay running with filled 50% diesel/ 50% veggie

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Dec 25, 2009 | 01:21 PM

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wildbill

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From: Billlings, MT

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Originally Posted by diesel pap

the warmer you keep it in the tank the better it will run. thats why i dont like veggy oil. i like bio diesel. guys around here that runs veggy oil makes a fuel tank heated with truck eng water running thru it. they start on reg diesel and when eng temp is up they switch and run pure veggy oil. but dont forget to switch it back before you shut the truck down.

But don't forget, when you switch back to diesel, all the leftover oil is getting returned to it. Will end up with second tank of grease eventually.

Dec 25, 2009 | 02:22 PM

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oldsinner111

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From: Elizabethton Tn

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Originally Posted by wildbill

But don't forget, when you switch back to diesel, all the leftover oil is getting returned to it. Will end up with second tank of grease eventually.

What I do is run in loop mode,even on diesel.I don't return veggie to its tank or diesel to its.I switch back to diesel 10 miles from home.This way works.My FM 100 filter has 2 inlets and 2 outlets.I block one outlet with a plug.One inlet is the 80 degree fuel from either diesel or veg.The other I route return line after a 3 way valve,back into other filter inlet.The return fuel is usally 180 degrees.When I switch back to diesel fuel heaters are shut down.During winter I run plain diesel and return fuel to tank.

Last edited by oldsinner111; Dec 25, 2009 at 02:39 PM.

Jan 7, 2010 | 08:16 PM

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Tinman875

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From: Parma, ID

i can imagine the white slime covered filter....

Jan 8, 2010 | 10:24 AM

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oldsinner111

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From: Elizabethton Tn

white slime

White slime is caused by filtering oil when hot.Even animal protiens will pass thru filters hot(white slime) my best oil was filtered cold at 25 degrees.
Either way wvo,or dino,both are from plants.It only one that does not produce Cancer causing chemicals.