Hi All
Fist time poster here. We purchased a 1995 Scania K113TRB coach bus about a month ago, and began fitting it out as a motorhome. Its a BIG rig, with a 22.5T GVM, 10T towing, three axles, and 14.5M of living space. With the fuel prices of late, I decided that its 600L main tank needs to become a black diesel tank (WMO) and the 180L overflow will be kept as a 'warm up' tank for 'extortion level' diesel. Just a few problems with this idea...
1 - We are permanent travelers. By permanent travelers I mean, we refused a compulsory government medical procedure and were forced into homeless vagrancy as punishment. So a 'settling tank' is an impossibility.
2 - I cannot find anything about my engine running on WMO. Its a Scania DSC11 as the 380Hp variant, which is an 11L straight 6 turbo. Shes has a mechanical type distribution injection pump to direct injection system (from what I can see?), but not entirely sure. They are most commonly used as marine grade engines, so should be very forgiving on what you feed them. One thing I am finding with this recent move is that information about truck engines and parts is a lot harder to come by than standard cars.
3 - I'm a newbie! But I am autistic when it comes to learning a new skill. Although I've never touched an engine with black diesel before, I know how it all works in theory. But I'm on here to share my experience with anyone who wishes to follow my journey in feeding black gold to a DSC11. But most of all... to learn off all of you!
The system:
Im going to have two 110L 'dirty' tanks, where I suck all my WMO from local mechanics as we pass through town. I hope that by sucking the top of their tanks, it helps with the lack of ability to settle my dirty oil. I'll have a 220V heated "raw power" 6000 RMP centrifuge from WVO Designs, which I will set to run on a circulation loop between the two tanks while driving with a 2L/min oil feed pump. This will give the oil anywhere from 3 to 6 hours a trip to cycle through the centrifuge. Once its spent a good time in circulation, it will gravity feed through the centrifuge one last time into a separate 300L 'clean' tank. After which, I will add my 15% ULP, and let the gear pump cycle that tank and blend the ULP with the clean WMO. Once I'm happy with the blend, I will then set the same gear pump to fill the main 600L vehicle tank... and viola! I hope... haha!
Anyway, hi again, thanks for your time to read my post, and feel free to feed me as much of your knowledge relevant to my situation as possible!
Bernie
Fist time poster here. We purchased a 1995 Scania K113TRB coach bus about a month ago, and began fitting it out as a motorhome. Its a BIG rig, with a 22.5T GVM, 10T towing, three axles, and 14.5M of living space. With the fuel prices of late, I decided that its 600L main tank needs to become a black diesel tank (WMO) and the 180L overflow will be kept as a 'warm up' tank for 'extortion level' diesel. Just a few problems with this idea...
1 - We are permanent travelers. By permanent travelers I mean, we refused a compulsory government medical procedure and were forced into homeless vagrancy as punishment. So a 'settling tank' is an impossibility.
2 - I cannot find anything about my engine running on WMO. Its a Scania DSC11 as the 380Hp variant, which is an 11L straight 6 turbo. Shes has a mechanical type distribution injection pump to direct injection system (from what I can see?), but not entirely sure. They are most commonly used as marine grade engines, so should be very forgiving on what you feed them. One thing I am finding with this recent move is that information about truck engines and parts is a lot harder to come by than standard cars.
3 - I'm a newbie! But I am autistic when it comes to learning a new skill. Although I've never touched an engine with black diesel before, I know how it all works in theory. But I'm on here to share my experience with anyone who wishes to follow my journey in feeding black gold to a DSC11. But most of all... to learn off all of you!
The system:
Im going to have two 110L 'dirty' tanks, where I suck all my WMO from local mechanics as we pass through town. I hope that by sucking the top of their tanks, it helps with the lack of ability to settle my dirty oil. I'll have a 220V heated "raw power" 6000 RMP centrifuge from WVO Designs, which I will set to run on a circulation loop between the two tanks while driving with a 2L/min oil feed pump. This will give the oil anywhere from 3 to 6 hours a trip to cycle through the centrifuge. Once its spent a good time in circulation, it will gravity feed through the centrifuge one last time into a separate 300L 'clean' tank. After which, I will add my 15% ULP, and let the gear pump cycle that tank and blend the ULP with the clean WMO. Once I'm happy with the blend, I will then set the same gear pump to fill the main 600L vehicle tank... and viola! I hope... haha!
Anyway, hi again, thanks for your time to read my post, and feel free to feed me as much of your knowledge relevant to my situation as possible!
Bernie