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Originally posted by Robbie Alexander:
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Originally posted by ZmOz:
I'm working on a little project with a small diesel engine that will power a generator. -*-*
I'd consider first to go with an off-road fuel. It is usually dyed redish in color and you don't pay the fuel tax so you save I think about 30-40 Cents a gal. This will "pay" for any treatments.
All diesel motors I would treat with a fuel treatment and now more so than ever if you are going to use normal diesel instead of the off-road stuff because it is going to be phazed-out to the low sulfer (EPA-regs) stuff.
I'd stick with a good diesel oil with a good high TBN, and treat the fuel, This IMHO will be better than attempting to burn used oil.
This engine is going to be run on free/nearly free fuel. What I am trying to do would make absolutely no sense if I was paying $1 a gallon.
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Originally posted by hannaco:
Instead of using used motor oil, how about using used fryer oil from a fast food joint? You could make BioDiesel from it, or burn it as is. To pre warm it, you could run a loop of hot water from the motor.
I've heard about that before, but just about the only way to get that is to dig through the dumpsters of fast food places - and I'm not about to do that.
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Actually, it will probably run on almost any kind of oil I can find, motor oil, fryer oil, hydraulic oil, whatever.
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Originally posted by DEWFPO:
Put an ad in the local paper for do-it-yourself oil changers (like most of ourselves) to bring you their used motor oil. Explain why you want it and that you only want motor oil. You'll probably be swamped in no time.
DEWFPO
Most auto parts places take oil for free don't they? I don't see why people would bother bringing it to some weirdo who wants used oil when they could just take it to the auto parts store.
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Also I live in a relatively small town that is out of the way to alot of people around here, I've run into that problems a few times in the past when running ads for a garage sale. Nobody knows where I live...
[ November 02, 2003, 12:52 AM: Message edited by: ZmOz ]