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alt fuel cost/benefits
Bjorn, with your calculations using bio/WVO this past year or so, how does the bottom line look?
Costs of materials, investment in space/personal time, etc...is there some sort of "ballpark" number that you might hazard a guess as to a "price per gallon" for your...
greasecar website
Bjorn, I've been glomming thru greasecar.com, saving stuff to my PC and it is truly a great resource.
Also, I've been doing the same with all of your posts on your WVO/bio work....made a "bio" folder to use as reference when not on the 'net.
Good luck on the 240D conversion...
Re: RE: alternative fuels
now here's something ironic....old 240D's and 300D's/TD's are on my short list of Xperimental bio-cars that I've been thinking of....given the choice between older/plentiful diesel vehicles (old rabbits, jettas, etc).....
my brother-in-law has a parked 82 300SD that...
alternative fuels
Thanks for your insight, BB...I had the sense that "burning oil" in the form of used motor oil would be fairly noxious....
but I had not done much research yet into the possibilities. I am trying to go as "clean and green" as I can....it would be great to be able to truly go...
alternative fuel choices for diesel....opinions
Guys, thanks alot for those perspectives on use of other fuel substitutes. Lee, thanks for that numerical data.....wow! Veggie oil & biodiesel sure seem to be pretty darn clean!
I am thinking of not only using my duece :P but experimenting with...
alternative fuels
what exactly happens to the filters? are they just clogging, do you notice a performance difference, what's the exhaust smoke (visible smoke) like, how's it smell (does it smell like a car does when it's literally "burning" oil), these are a few questions I had about using...
I am doing more and more in-depth reading on the use of WVO, SVO, biodiesel blends, and so on (used ATF, used motor oil, among other things) for diesel-powered vehicles and equipment.
Mostly, I am interested in these options as a way to save money from overpriced fuel, but just as importantly...
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