Cooking oil in TD5

lordluke1995 said:

no upto a certain concentration they will run water, think of tractors, red diesel has water in all the time

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does it ?

jamesmartin said:

does it ?

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That's what I said! But only if its stolen by pikeys! So won't apply to farmers or boats or most genuine users!


DD

And water seperators fitted to all diesels obviously aren't required cos they run it!


DD

Diesel Do said:

That's what I said! But only if its stolen by pikeys! So won't apply to farmers or boats or most genuine users!


DD

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oh yes you did ,im with you with anyone using nicked fuel

ok ok but red stored for long periods will gather water, im alsmost certain of it, my bio has a minimal bit of water left when i make it

lordluke1995 said:

ok ok but red stored for long periods will gather water, im alsmost certain of it, my bio has a minimal bit of water left when i make it

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If its stored properly it shouldn't have anymore than normal diesel! But you can't use it any way so what's the point!!!


DD

Ok i've had the oil standing for about 8 weeks now so i should be able to drain the water off, question is, will it be obvious when i've i reach the oil??

Was that a silly question?

Diesel Do said:

If its stored properly it shouldn't have anymore than normal diesel! But you can't use it any way so what's the point!!!


DD

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Some of the plant operators i used to work with that use big plant-90 ton diggers etc. Used to fill there tanks at the end of a shift so water in the form of condensation wouldnt build up in the tank.dunno how true it was tho.

goonarmy said:

Some of the plant operators i used to work with that use big plant-90 ton diggers etc. Used to fill there tanks at the end of a shift so water in the form of condensation wouldnt build up in the tank.dunno how true it was tho.

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It happens, but it happens with any fuel in a metal tank, I deal with a lot of narrow boats and the advice is leave em full over winter to stop it happening? In things that are used regularly its much less of a problem, same with diesel bug!


DD

Thanks so much for sharing this information about the coking oil. Greatly help me being a newbie.

indoor grease storage

Finally drained the water off from the oil. i was surprised how clear it was, i thought i'd have trouble telling what was oil and what was water, not had the courage to put it in the tank yet tho

Don't have a 90 to put it in now, it'll be going in the peugot, after its had its MOT

Hi, ppl.

I started using homebrew about 2 months ago, switching from red diesel. Until about 30% mix of homebrew with diesel nothing happened...at 50% there was a lot of smoke, but still going (below 0 C). Warmer days (+15C) lured me into going to 70% homebrew, but sudden onset of snow and cold weather last week...

I couldn't start my engine at all!!! I had to siphon fuel from tank (i have a nice submersible pump) and put 10 litre of clean diesel inside. For about 20 miles there was a lot of smoke, mostly black,but sometimes white-grey one. Now engine is ok, although still a bit shaky on startup, and idling roughly on 1/3 homebrew.

Any tips on how to use more homebrew during winter? Maybe i could make a dual tank system, start on diesel, than switch on homebrew? When i had to make a 600 mile trip, i started the engine on a few litres of diesel in the tank, than i fill her up when she warmed. A lot of smoke, but nice ride otherwise. Had to carry additional jerrycan of homebrew to last till home.

I wish it is summer, diesel is damm expensiwe where i live.

P.S. I used methanol to thin it down before filtering, about 10% in homebrew.

Also, i got problems running on clean DERV!?! That vile thing ate my fuel return lines and sprayed my windshield with diesel on the highway?!
Red diesel is better, no additives and a lot of sulfur and parrafin.

P.P.S. I use 10 micron filter socks, and i make about 50 litres at a go. Easier that way, since i work in my garden often enough.

Last week and this one too(until today) it was a honeymoon with homebrew at 75% again...sunshine and 18 C during the day (and my black bonnet made it even better), nights never below 8 C. Now snow whole day, and around zero during the day. No problems so far, thanks to jerrycan of gasoline i added in my fuel tank. But, damm how it smokes! At idle can't see behind me, but I'm leaving around 100 m long trail of thick greyish smoke behind me under full throttle.

Also, i have a lot of power right from start, after it warms up it is really good, at least 10-15% better than on DERV. Fuel consumption also went up, for around 20%, to 14l/100 km (about 20 mpg). Mostly urban/offroad/highway under full throttle, and webasto heater is always on, so it could be a factor.

This is what i use. I have only 10 micron stuff, since i believe it is sufficient, and i don't want to filter it more than once. If the filter clogs, i will buy a new one, or wash it.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3X28-50-1...566?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item27d0152a56

P.S. one thing i like using homebrew is that my car constantly smelled on red diesel while i was using it. Now i get only slight smell of used engine oil, barely noticeable.

goonarmy said:

Some of the plant operators i used to work with that use big plant-90 ton diggers etc. Used to fill there tanks at the end of a shift so water in the form of condensation wouldn't build up in the tank.dunno how true it was tho.

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Its true, as the diesel warms up in the tank during the day it (naturally) expands,at night when it cools and contracts it draws fresh air and any moisture that's in the air through the breather pipe,which will then condense on any exposed metal,liquid retains heat longer than air or metal.
It's made worse now due to common rail diesel engines as any unused very warm/hot fuel is returned from the engine to the fuel tank. The fuel tanks on the trucks at work steam gently after a long shift (in the rain) even in the winter and are nice and warm to the touch.

Derv is white diesel.

RustySkull said:

Derv is white diesel.

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Time Warp.....

With diesel near 2 quid a liter now, is there many others on used oil?

Holy catflaps batman! Old thread alert!