First of all, I would like to wish ALL Bio Fuel Forums users a VERY, albeit a little belated, Merry Christmas and a Happy block free fuel system New Year.
Second I would appreciate some feedback on single tank unmodified engine use of SVO or WVO. I recently met a local olive grower who told me of his success using straight olive oil in a 1988 Toyota something which had absolutely no modfication to the engine. He had a batch of olive oil which was "suspect" as far as cooking was concerned, so he experimented with it in his Toyota. He started with 10% olive oil and gradually increased it to 100%. He said he had no trouble starting and the engine had more "zip" than with ordinary diesel. We both live in The Bay of Islands, which is at the top end of the North island of new Zealand, so the climate is very mild.
I have a Ssang Yong Musso which hs a conversion unit on it and Iuse WVO which I collect from 2 local chippies. I have designed and help build my own filtration system which cleans the oil down to 1 micron. I am looking to "convert" 2 Toyota small passenger vehicles and become the first tour operator in all New Zealand to run on WVO. My question is, what is the view of those who know much more than I do, about just putting my nice clean WVO straight into the Toyotas, bearing in mind the success of the olive oil grower. Replies, comments and suggestions wil be greatly appreciated.
I would now like to share, what I hope will be, a helpful tip about filters. I have 2 "in line" filters in my little home built system, a 10 micron and a 1 micron. The filters started to get "clogged" and so I alled the supplier to find out if I could clean them. The reply was basically "no," you need to get new ones. I decided to take a look at them and there was a lot of tallow in them-I had been cold filtering. I had an idea which was what would happen if I put the filters in hot oil? It was very interesting,the tallow melted adn the filters were just about as good as new. When I first built my little system, all the oil was filtered cold and it was OH SO SLOW. I then took the plunge and bought a "drum heater." The difference was incredible. When I pump/filter the oil cold, it takes alost 10 minutes to fill a 3 litre milk carton, when the oil is pumped/filtered warm, the same 3 litre milk carton fills in a MINUTE and just a few seconds! AMAZING. I hope those of you who cold filter may find my experiments of interest and worth a try.
Well I guess that is my last contribution for 2006. I find BioFuels forum a great source populated by great people. Keep up the good work guys
Kindest regards
Geoff. Waterhouse
P.S. You might like to check out my website, Paihia Transport, Airport Shuttle Service, Eco-Tours around the Bay of Islands and also Opua-on-line, Community, South Pacific Sailing Centre, Home page to see where I am
Second I would appreciate some feedback on single tank unmodified engine use of SVO or WVO. I recently met a local olive grower who told me of his success using straight olive oil in a 1988 Toyota something which had absolutely no modfication to the engine. He had a batch of olive oil which was "suspect" as far as cooking was concerned, so he experimented with it in his Toyota. He started with 10% olive oil and gradually increased it to 100%. He said he had no trouble starting and the engine had more "zip" than with ordinary diesel. We both live in The Bay of Islands, which is at the top end of the North island of new Zealand, so the climate is very mild.
I have a Ssang Yong Musso which hs a conversion unit on it and Iuse WVO which I collect from 2 local chippies. I have designed and help build my own filtration system which cleans the oil down to 1 micron. I am looking to "convert" 2 Toyota small passenger vehicles and become the first tour operator in all New Zealand to run on WVO. My question is, what is the view of those who know much more than I do, about just putting my nice clean WVO straight into the Toyotas, bearing in mind the success of the olive oil grower. Replies, comments and suggestions wil be greatly appreciated.
I would now like to share, what I hope will be, a helpful tip about filters. I have 2 "in line" filters in my little home built system, a 10 micron and a 1 micron. The filters started to get "clogged" and so I alled the supplier to find out if I could clean them. The reply was basically "no," you need to get new ones. I decided to take a look at them and there was a lot of tallow in them-I had been cold filtering. I had an idea which was what would happen if I put the filters in hot oil? It was very interesting,the tallow melted adn the filters were just about as good as new. When I first built my little system, all the oil was filtered cold and it was OH SO SLOW. I then took the plunge and bought a "drum heater." The difference was incredible. When I pump/filter the oil cold, it takes alost 10 minutes to fill a 3 litre milk carton, when the oil is pumped/filtered warm, the same 3 litre milk carton fills in a MINUTE and just a few seconds! AMAZING. I hope those of you who cold filter may find my experiments of interest and worth a try.
Well I guess that is my last contribution for 2006. I find BioFuels forum a great source populated by great people. Keep up the good work guys
Kindest regards
Geoff. Waterhouse
P.S. You might like to check out my website, Paihia Transport, Airport Shuttle Service, Eco-Tours around the Bay of Islands and also Opua-on-line, Community, South Pacific Sailing Centre, Home page to see where I am
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