As G-Oil is no longer available locally and the locally available biodegradable oil are very pricey, I decided to mix up my own veggie oil brew. Its mostly refined canola oil from grocery store with some sunflower,soybean and castor oil added in smaller amounts.
Did the test to see if my emissions were reduced. I also did a cat acid cleaning.
With Delo 400 syn 5w40 with 1700 mi on oil.
HC 0.9345 pass
CO 12.9422 pass
CO2 670.3496 no limit
NOx 5.5301 FAIL
After cleaning cats and O2's with oxalic and citric acid
HC 0.8458 max 2
CO 21.5061 max 20
CO2 774.7346
NOx 4.5651 max 4
With canola oil
HC 0.8449 pass
CO 13.6570 pass
CO2 691.0228
NOx 4.2559 FAIL 4.0 max
Two years ago I passed after cleaning cats and O2's with the acid wash and using G-Oil 4 cycle small engine oil.
HC 0.5986 pass
CO 9.9442 pass
CO2 555.035
Nox 2.8966 pass
I ended the test when I got notice that I will be going to AK and registering it up there and no longer need to pass CO strict emission test.
I would of kept doing the test but veggie oils get solid when put in deep freezer. I didn't want my oil to get solid as there is a cold front coming thought.
I put 400 miles on oil.
My start up smoke was reduced from when I started the test and the start up smoke was same as with other oils at start of test. The oil came out with a reddish tint to it and was dark. The motor has a reddish varnish all over the head under the valve cover. I can only assume that the veggie oil was cleaning the motor.
Per the guy that came up with the canola oil mixture, 12 hours was the max amount of hours the refined oil would last before it got clumpy. He said that unrefined oil lasted longer.
If I had a source of unrefined veggie oils, I would do more testing but I am sure I wont find unrefined veggie oil in AK at a resizable price if it were even available. If I were not going to AK I would of tried to find a source of unrefined veggie oils and tested all summer till the motor died or it got cold again. I really want to know if the oil removed all the varnish, reduced the start up smoke even more and if it caused engine failure.
The test vehicle is a 94 Land Cruiser with 458,000 mi on it.
Did the test to see if my emissions were reduced. I also did a cat acid cleaning.
With Delo 400 syn 5w40 with 1700 mi on oil.
HC 0.9345 pass
CO 12.9422 pass
CO2 670.3496 no limit
NOx 5.5301 FAIL
After cleaning cats and O2's with oxalic and citric acid
HC 0.8458 max 2
CO 21.5061 max 20
CO2 774.7346
NOx 4.5651 max 4
With canola oil
HC 0.8449 pass
CO 13.6570 pass
CO2 691.0228
NOx 4.2559 FAIL 4.0 max
Two years ago I passed after cleaning cats and O2's with the acid wash and using G-Oil 4 cycle small engine oil.
HC 0.5986 pass
CO 9.9442 pass
CO2 555.035
Nox 2.8966 pass
I ended the test when I got notice that I will be going to AK and registering it up there and no longer need to pass CO strict emission test.
I would of kept doing the test but veggie oils get solid when put in deep freezer. I didn't want my oil to get solid as there is a cold front coming thought.
I put 400 miles on oil.
My start up smoke was reduced from when I started the test and the start up smoke was same as with other oils at start of test. The oil came out with a reddish tint to it and was dark. The motor has a reddish varnish all over the head under the valve cover. I can only assume that the veggie oil was cleaning the motor.
Per the guy that came up with the canola oil mixture, 12 hours was the max amount of hours the refined oil would last before it got clumpy. He said that unrefined oil lasted longer.
If I had a source of unrefined veggie oils, I would do more testing but I am sure I wont find unrefined veggie oil in AK at a resizable price if it were even available. If I were not going to AK I would of tried to find a source of unrefined veggie oils and tested all summer till the motor died or it got cold again. I really want to know if the oil removed all the varnish, reduced the start up smoke even more and if it caused engine failure.
The test vehicle is a 94 Land Cruiser with 458,000 mi on it.
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