Alternative Fuel Source: Waste Vegetable Oil (WVO) aka Used Cooking Oil [MERGED]

**HBOY** · July 10th, 2003 12:23 PM

the show showed a car without any modifications to the engine, and the people getting oil from a deep fry (french fries) and just using a filter to get all the potato gunk....thats about it.. and it ran. (that is kung pareho kami ng napanood..ehehe)

**DatingEx** · July 11th, 2003 04:33 PM

Mas mahal lalo na pag ginamit ay Corn Oil or Olive Oil

**hagiber** · July 11th, 2003 06:42 PM

Mas mahal nga pero healthy choice naman yung corn and olive oil... para hindi magka heart attack yung makina mo

:-)

**ghosthunter** · August 6th, 2008 01:37 PM

BTW, a company is already doing conversion for trucks to use WVO as fuel.

company: BIODRIVE
contact: "Jac"
tel: (632) 480 3903
email: biodriver*gmail.com
website: http://www.biodrive.net

You can contact him for pricing of his products. He does conversion for the trucks, sells the filtration systems for WVO and even sell processed cooling oil in drums.

**casmotmd** · August 23rd, 2008 08:19 AM

believe it cooking oil can be used as an alternative to good old diesel.
my drive is a MB 240D running on 100% WVO (waste vegetable oil) had it converted 2 weeks ago after 2 months of toying with the idea. you can buy the filtered/processed wvo at php 30.00 a liter or if you own a resto or fast food chain just filter it yourselves ang get free fuel for life.

advantages:
1. really cheap fuel (30 bucks commercially, you can get it as low as 20 per liter un processed)
2. no loss in power ( except on a cold engine/cooking oil must maintain oil temp 60-80 deg celcius)
3. low emmisions( my car never passed emmisions testing when it ran on diesel so i had tested after the conversion.. lo and behold it passed with flying colors)
4. good for the enviroment ( your running on waste)

try checking out this sites

http://www.frybrid.com/
http://www.greasecar.com/
http://www.elsbett.com/us/about-us/introduction.html

ideal car for convertion are indirect fuel injected diesels

most number of converted cars MB 240D, 300D 190D

the guy who converted mine owns a 240D , 300SDL , Pajero and a passenger jeep all running on waste veggie oil.

**smdelfin** · September 18th, 2008 08:59 AM

May we know where we can do this conversion for diesel? and how much?

Originally Posted by casmotmd

believe it cooking oil can be used as an alternative to good old diesel.
my drive is a MB 240D running on 100% WVO (waste vegetable oil) had it converted 2 weeks ago after 2 months of toying with the idea. you can buy the filtered/processed wvo at php 30.00 a liter or if you own a resto or fast food chain just filter it yourselves ang get free fuel for life.

advantages:
1. really cheap fuel (30 bucks commercially, you can get it as low as 20 per liter un processed)
2. no loss in power ( except on a cold engine/cooking oil must maintain oil temp 60-80 deg celcius)
3. low emmisions( my car never passed emmisions testing when it ran on diesel so i had tested after the conversion.. lo and behold it passed with flying colors)
4. good for the enviroment ( your running on waste)

try checking out this sites

http://www.frybrid.com/
http://www.greasecar.com/
http://www.elsbett.com/us/about-us/introduction.html

ideal car for convertion are indirect fuel injected diesels

most number of converted cars MB 240D, 300D 190D

the guy who converted mine owns a 240D , 300SDL , Pajero and a passenger jeep all running on waste veggie oil.

**ghosthunter** · September 18th, 2008 10:19 AM

You can check this website and email "Jac".

http://www.biodrive.net/2985.html

biodriver*gmail.com

**ghosthunter** · September 18th, 2008 08:49 AM

Originally Posted by paolorenzo

OT: I thought diesel engines can directly accept recycled veggie oil, without any conversion? Unless you're talking about conversion of a petrol engine? I am curious about this. Maybe you can elaborate in the "cooking oil as fuel" thread?

The biggest problem with using WVO (waste veggie oil) in diesel engines is starting the engine. Although possible, it takes more effort to start the cold diesel engine using WVO. To get around that problem, a dual fuel system is installed to use diesel fuel to start a cold engine in the morning. After a few minutes to warm up, a valve system replaces the flow of diesel with WVO.

**paolorenzo** · September 18th, 2008 08:08 AM

Originally Posted by bigMIKE

Also just concluded conversion on a fleet of trucks to run on Recycled Vegetable Oil if anyone is interested

OT: I thought diesel engines can directly accept recycled veggie oil, without any conversion? Unless you're talking about conversion of a petrol engine? I am curious about this. Maybe you can elaborate in the "cooking oil as fuel" thread?

**niky** · September 18th, 2008 04:16 PM

Originally Posted by paolorenzo

OT: I thought diesel engines can directly accept recycled veggie oil, without any conversion? Unless you're talking about conversion of a petrol engine? I am curious about this. Maybe you can elaborate in the "cooking oil as fuel" thread?

Yeah. Please do. I'm looking for a kit myself.

While pre-combustion diesel engines can run on WVO with no modifications, you can't store it in the same tanks as your regular diesel. Safety dictates that you start on diesel first, then switch to WVO once the engine has warmed up (WVO requires a heater, just like LPG does, to provide proper fuel flow). While you can do away with installing anything, it pays to be cautious. ;)