I am thinkin of makin my own biofuel once i get a diesel truck. How many of you guys out there make your own biofeul? What are some pros and cons of biofuel? What are some company that make a DIY kit beside Fuelmiser?

 

getting oil is hard some times.

 

Yeah I know a couple guys that own restraunts here and i could get it from them.

 

I am sitting on over 1500 gallons of WVO, I just need the time to convert some

 

How do you refine/convert it?

 

don't buy one of the additives that you mix with the wvo, filter it, and run in your rig, its hard on the fuel pump, too thick. Buy a processor or build your own to save some cash. from my reasearch you heat it, mix it with lye/sodium hydroxide and methanol, then a rinse cycle, and run it through a filter, and run it. you can find alot of kits to buy of plans to build your own. i'm not sure of the quaility, buy e-bay has lots of bio diesel stuff.

 

Hock6.0 do you make your own bio fuel?

 

there are more vids on youtube

 

I made about 400 gals with just an additive being mixed in with the wvo and then filtering it and putting in the truck, it worked for awhile. Then the fuel pump cashed out cause the oil was too thick. I was in the process of buying the parts i need to make a processor that uses lye and methanol to make true bio diesel and my oil supply dried up (local farmer bought my oil supply out from under me). When you go through the process using the lye and methanol you remove the glycerin form the oil which in turns makes it very thin like diesel fuel and it will run through the fuel system just fine. It takes about 30 hrs to make a batch of fuel. if you can get the vwo it is worth it. I tried the other way cause it was cheaper, didn't have to buy lye/sodiumhydroxide and methanol. I learned my lesson.

 

i tried to get a bunch of guys around here in on makign some. there are plenty of places to get WVO. no one makes it here.

i couldn't convince any one to get in on it with me.