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VW Diesel - Waste Vegetable Oil Conversion

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VW Jetta WVO

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"I found my VW on E-bay. I had bid on a few others but was out bid- my Jetta had a buy now price of $1995- I snapped it up!
I live near Bruno, MN (50 miles south of Duluth), though the car was in York, PA.

It was only $150 & 33-34 hours by Greyhound. I was still layed-off from work so no problem. It was everything the seller claimed, but without the rust we have in such abundance here in MN! I got 47 MPG on the 1350 mile trip back. I could hardly wait to get back to work to afford the conversion to WVO!

My mom thought I was nuts for messing with a car that gets such excellent fuel mileage. I think she was driving a Cadillac at the time.... 5 weeks after I bought the car (Memorial Day weekend), I had the car running on straight vegetable oil! Everything I needed for the conversion was on the Web"

YouTube WVO Centrifuge Videos

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YouTube Waste Vegetable Oil WVO Videos

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Most recent YouTube Waste Vegetable WVO Video

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YouTube Waste Oil Burner Videos

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By datae collection of user submitted waste oil burner videos on YouTube:

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Cleaning Vegetable Oil with a Centrifuge

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"The whole setup with the heater tank in the background and the barrel to catch the oil to the left. The white bucket is to catch any oil that happens to come out of the cream spout."

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WVO Conversion on my 1995 Dodge Cummins 4x4 Diesel Truck

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"This page documents how I run waste vegetable oil (WVO) collected for free from restaurants dumpsters. They are glad to get it collected for free since they usually have to pay for removal in this area. The trick to doing this successfully without shortening your engine life is to run a 2 tank heated setup, and filter and dewater the WVO very well. And this is still an experiment where I won't know if the life was shortened for many years yet since these trucks are rated to last 350k miles before overhaul and this one has 140k after 12 years. Many people have driven >100k miles on VO already. I am an engineer, so I spent lots of time studying the conversion kits sold by many companies, and many online forums, and came up with my own design which I think is more reliable, simpler, and cost far less.This truck from 94-98.5 is one of the best diesel engines to convert to VO since its got a strong mechanical fuel injection pump. It burns cleaner than diesel and the exhaust smells like a BBQ grill."

http://www.xyzworks.com/wvo.htm

Good Vibes Veggie Oil Tips

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"The lesson I learned from all of my oil pumping experiences is to collect oil from the restaurants that are able to give me oil directly from the fryer (put into cubbies). It is cleaner, better quality, and requires less work. Just drive up and knock on the back door of a restaurant. Don't forget to be polite and grateful."

A great howto resource and helpful guide for those new to the wvo collection and filtration process.

http://goodvibesautos.com/veggie.html

Homemade DIY WVO Filtering System for $300

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After a year of design and testing I'm proud to say that my filtering system works great. The whole project cost about $300 and removes all water and particles down to 5 micron. The process starts with pouring the used oil into a five gallon bucket mounted over a 30 gallon transparent drum. The oil flows through a straining bag into the drum and permitted to settle. The water is allowed to accumilate at the bottom and can be drained from the bottom tap. The product is then pumped from the primary drum eight inches above the drain to avoid the contaminated oil. The oil then passes through a 30 micron Stanadyne FM100 filter, the Filrite pump and then another Stanadyne FM100 5 micron filter to the secondary holding drum or the car tank. This method has worked, without fail for almost a year before changing the FM100 filters. The screening bag filter is easy to clean in the washing machine about every month and allowed to dry. If I can help please give a write: duanefairbanks@mindspring.co

OZTayls

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"On this Blog you'll be able to follow my progress on the conversion of a 1976 model W123 Mercedes to run on unmodified vegetable oil (UVO), or waste vegetable oil (WVO). I'll post stuff and upload some pics to show you how to do this yourself on your own vehicle :) [...]

Why a 300D Benz?

The W123 model Mercedes Benz is widely considered as the most bullet-proof and reliable Benz models ever made. Around the world, stories of these cars reaching 500,000km are commonplace. A million km on the clock hardly raises an eyebrow. All W123s are a tribute to Mercedes Benz engineering, and their diesel engines in particular, are legendary."

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