[Diy_efi] Re: veggie van

[Bill Washington]

Steve,
    In Australia, a company is selling commercially (in a limited number 
of rural areas) Bio-diesel which is made from 100% Canola and other 
vegetable Oils. I have used it in my Turbo Diesel and experienced a 
slight reduction in economy (approx 10% reduction in range), and price 
is (or was when I tried it) about 10% less than mineral diesel. No other 
observed effects. Drivability, acceleration, etc appeared unchanged.In 
cold weather it apparently solidifies at a higher temperature than 
mineral Diesel, but in winter mineral diesel is a different composition 
anyway to lower the temperature at which it solidifies.

Here are some of web sites that relate specifically to this:

<http://www.apsracing.com.au/bio-fuel/biofuel_1.htm>
<http://www.apsracing.com.au/bio-fuel/biofuel_2.htm>
<http://www.apsracing.com.au/bio-fuel/biofuel_3.htm>
<http://www.biodiesel.org.au/>
<http://www.australianoilseeds.com/__data/page/44/Biofuels_-_Bob_Gordon.pdf>
<http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_404.html>
<http://www.citroen.com.au/news/news17.html>
<http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_future.html>

Regards
Bill W

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>Message: 3
>Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2002 22:05:18 -0600
From: steve ravet <sravet at arm.com>
>To: diy_efi <diy_efi at diy-efi.org>
>Subject: [Diy_efi] veggie van
>Reply-To: diy_efi at diy-efi.org
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>Has anyone else heard of this?  Apparently it's making the rounds on
>Discovery, CNN, etc.  There are people out there running their diesel
>vehicles on sunflower oil, used french fry oil from McDonalds, etc. 
>Does this really work reliably in the long run?
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>http://www.veggievan.com is one of the many sites that talk about this.
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>--steve
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