Cooking oil in TD5

another question - would clean hydraulic oil out of tractors do the same job as engine oil?

dale1438 said:

another question - would clean hydraulic oil out of tractors do the same job as engine oil?

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Hydraulic oil is even better than engine oil. It is near the consistency of diesel and has less contaminants. I often use hydraulic oil from a friends plastic moulding machines. You can mix it 50/50 with diesel and it needs very little filtering if it is clean.

Shifty1962 said:

Hydraulic oil is even better than engine oil. It is near the consistency of diesel and has less contaminants. I often use hydraulic oil from a friends plastic moulding machines. You can mix it 50/50 with diesel and it needs very little filtering if it is clean.

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well thats good news! beens im an agricultural engineer that stuff is readily avaliable after service's, good clean stuff aswell

I always thought hydraulic oil was thicker than engine oil. :S

Can used engine oil be used in the 2.5TD engine? I've been told the 2.5TD engine doesn't like veggie oil so was wondering about waste engine oil.

With the budget I have I think I'm going to have to look for something a bit older.

The word biocide was used previously. What is biocide please.

Rhinohide said:

The word biocide was used previously. What is biocide please.

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A chemical substance intended to stop BioDiesel from acting as a breeding medium for bacteria.

This can happen, and if it does it can make a black mess in your tank.

CharlesY

indeed be a bit carefull i started running on veg oil mix of about 70% deisel / 30 veg and after about 3 tank full got a problem with my injection pump seizing !!

Thanks, i need to buy a landy first but the info is helpfull. Something else came up on the news t'other day in that a reported said that her deisel froze as it was minus 18 and deisel freezes at -15.

Just wondering if mixing it with the used oil would prevent this or if not would there be problems of seperation etc within the tank.. just a thought.

Rhinohide said:

Thanks, i need to buy a landy first but the info is helpfull. Something else came up on the news t'other day in that a reported said that her deisel froze as it was minus 18 and deisel freezes at -15.

Just wondering if mixing it with the used oil would prevent this or if not would there be problems of seperation etc within the tank.. just a thought.

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petrol will do that for ya

Just bin reading this thread mmmmm quite interesting!

Though im a bit confused with all the 'brews' and mixtures1

So do i mix 50/50 used oil/diesel or 50/50 used oil/petrol?

Just read shiftys post and it say he mixes used oil, petrol and deisel!

Bin a yorksire lad me sen eye wunt mind a peice of this money saving.......er i mean recycling work!!

scott02464 said:

Just bin reading this thread mmmmm quite interesting!

Though im a bit confused with all the 'brews' and mixtures1

So do i mix 50/50 used oil/diesel or 50/50 used oil/petrol?

Just read shiftys post and it say he mixes used oil, petrol and deisel!

Bin a yorksire lad me sen eye wunt mind a peice of this money saving.......er i mean recycling work!!

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What shifty was saying was he thins down 180 litres of used engine oil with 20 litres of petrol. Then he mixes that 50/50 with Diesel.

Cheers mate!

What is biocide please.

A chemical substance intended to stop BioDiesel from acting as a breeding medium for bacteria.

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anyone know a convenient place to get this stuff? Is it a branded product or can it be homemade??

The_Big_P said:

What shifty was saying was he thins down 180 litres of used engine oil with 20 litres of petrol. Then he mixes that 50/50 with Diesel.

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50/50 during the winter but I have been using 75/25 in the summer months.
Dont forget it need to be filtered before you put it in your tank.

Have you had time to take any pics/find links for me yet Shifty?

Shifty, will the old 2.5TD run on a mix of Diesel and used engine oil? I've heard the 2.5TD's don't like the veggie oil/WVO.

The_Big_P said:

Shifty, will the old 2.5TD run on a mix of Diesel and used engine oil? I've heard the 2.5TD's don't like the veggie oil/WVO.

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I have no experience of this engine but I'm sure others can fill you in.

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Have you had time to take any pics/find links for me yet Shifty?

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Not yet but will be either today or tomorrow.

OK here we go.

This is my setup as it stands now.

I rough filter (through geotex landscape mesh to catch any nuts and bolts etc.) 180 litres of the raw oil into the oil drum and add 20 litres or a Jerry full of petrol (stale stuff is excellent for this).

I made a compressed air gizmo out of standard plumbing fittings and washing machine hoses which reaches down into the drum and stops about 4 inches from the bottom. This lets the sludge settle out. I use this to pump 50 litres of thinned oil into the blue 60 litre catch tank (£60 on eBay). No more than 10psi is needed which a standard oil drum can handle with no problems. It takes about 2 minutes to shift 50 litres. I ground everything to prevent any static sparks for obvious reasons.

Once again using compressed air (cos I'm too tight to buy a proper oil pump) I filter the oil/petrol mix through two stainless mesh filters of 100 and then 50 microns. These are not shown in these pics but they are mounted in line before the dual marine filter on the 60 litre catch tank. I'll add a picture when I take one.

Kerosene Heating Oil, Bio Diesel, Fuel Filter 15mm on eBay (end time 19-Jan-10 17:44:33 GMT)

and then through this little beauty which is a 5-10 micron marine diesel filter.
Spare filters are £1 each on eBay and they filter about 200-300 litres before getting clogged.

Twin Double Fuel Filter Lucas CAV - Diesel , Bio WVO on eBay (end time 20-Jan-10 21:29:25 GMT)

I used to use paper paint filters but this is much better and less messy.

Once its filtered it goes into a second clean oil drum from which I can use it as required.