I've seen the report where they tested quite a few different diesel fuel additives for their wear protection, and the diesel with 2% SoyPower biodiesel had the best wear reduction results. This has something to do with soybean oils' excellent lubricating abilities.
Many of us have been running 2 cycle oil in our 4 stroke engines at around a 500:1 ratio. I recently switched to a fully synthetic ester based oil, but it is quite expensive at $27 per gallon. I can get a 1.25 gallon jug of 100% pure soybean oil at Costco for less than $8.
I did see that report a few years back that warned against using unprocessed vegetable oils and animal fats as fuel, but they was in a much higher concentration than I would be using here. Do you think that soybean oil in a 500:1 concentration would cause deposits in my combustion chamber? Would it cause other problems? Fuel hose or seal incompatibility? Some sort of chemical reaction?
Many of us have been running 2 cycle oil in our 4 stroke engines at around a 500:1 ratio. I recently switched to a fully synthetic ester based oil, but it is quite expensive at $27 per gallon. I can get a 1.25 gallon jug of 100% pure soybean oil at Costco for less than $8.
I did see that report a few years back that warned against using unprocessed vegetable oils and animal fats as fuel, but they was in a much higher concentration than I would be using here. Do you think that soybean oil in a 500:1 concentration would cause deposits in my combustion chamber? Would it cause other problems? Fuel hose or seal incompatibility? Some sort of chemical reaction?