"marinediesels.co.uk deals with the construction, operation, running and maintenance of large slow speed two stroke crosshead diesel engines such as Sulzer, MAN B&W and Mitsubishi, and medium speed four stroke trunk piston diesel engines such as Wartsila, Pielstick, Sulzer, MAK etc., as found in the majority of ocean going merchant vessels.

I would really like to convert an old diesel engine to biodiesel. I live in Las Vegas, NV if anyone knows a mechanic or person who is doing this I would like make contact with them.

I am interested in finding out what engine is recommended for an 86 vanagon to run wvo or biodiesel???

I am looking for a year and type(Turbo?) Does anybody have some experience.... I live in a cold climate so I am assuming that 2 tanks is a must as well...

Thanks

Yours Truly,

Mark
nlorganics@yahoo.ca
www.freewebs.com/nlorganics

"Green-Trust's combined heat & power system (VeggieGen) is under construction. The core of the system is a Detroit Diesel 2-71 12.5kw water cooled diesel generator provided by Affordable Power. This is fueled with a homemade veggie oil conversion system designed by Green Trust. The cooling system will pre-heat our domestic hot water (propane primary) with a heat exchanger, and the DHW system will keep the engine warm on cold nights for easy restarts.

Photo's of the VeggieGen, oil processing, and equipment can be found in our photo album.

This engine is a 2 cylinder, 142 cu. in. (71 x 2), 2-cycle, 40,000 hours between rebuild, 100% duty cycle (24x7x365) power plant. Parts are interchangeable with all the -71 series DD engines. See How Stuff Works for explanation of how a 2 stroke diesel works."

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