Has anyone done a WVO conversion on a 6.9?

[cleithau]

Does it smoke a lot worse with the motor oil? Do yo filter it or just dump it in straight?

I can't wait till I have the money to do the veg oil conversion. I guess once I move to New Mexico I can just burn it mixed. That will be a nice change from the high of 20 today. Artic Fox makes some really good tank and pre-IP heaters. All S.S, theres's also a veg-therm, electric line heater. I have looked into it a lot but don't have the $$$ for it yet.

 

[Agnem]

I run up to a 50/50 WMO mix in the Moosestang. Poor thing wouldn't start yesterday morning. Low teens had the fuel too thick to flow. I should have thinned it out, but wasn't thinking when I heard the weather report.

 

[GREASE FIRE]

Cool. I wonder if reasonably well converted biodiesel eliminates this problem. Do you know?

most people running biodiesel have steel tanks unless they are newer cars that might have poly tanks. I use it for startups/purging in my 6.2 van in the stock tank as well in the summer and i have looked inside the tank and it looks fine so there should not be any problems. If anything it will clean the tank out if it is an old one so that could clog filters a little faster until all the crud is gone.

Paul

 

[donaldderby]

try www.greasecar.com if your interested in a full kit pretty decently priced and ive heared godd reviews also an excellent resource

 

[CSARebel916]

i dump my used engine oit in with a full tank of diesel almost.. ive never dumped in used gear oil though.. they say that you cant even burn that in your oil furnace..

Ray

I used to run my old 6.9 on 95% WMO (Waste Motor Oil) and 5% diesel fuel. Smoked like crazy and I hadn't even turned my pump up yet! I have since used motor oil, trans fluid, and gear lube. As long as its NOT Synthetic your truck will have no problem burning it. If you end up with some synthetic oil your truck will come to a screeching hault!

 

[KR69IDI]

I used to run my old 6.9 on 95% WMO (Waste Motor Oil) and 5% diesel fuel. Smoked like crazy and I hadn't even turned my pump up yet! I have since used motor oil, trans fluid, and gear lube. As long as its NOT Synthetic your truck will have no problem burning it. If you end up with some synthetic oil your truck will come to a screeching hault!

Could you explain further on the problem with burning synthetic oil?

 

[h2odrx]

Could you explain further on the problem with burning synthetic oil?

Yeah why would it stop your pump?

 

[CSARebel916]

It wont stop your pump. What I mean by your truck coming to a hault is when the syn oil hits yer cyl's it will make your truck die. Syn oil doesnt burn, at least from what I have incountered.

My friend heats his shop with a WMO burner. Well he was giving a 55 gallon drum of mixed oil. We tapped the barrel and proceeded to fire up the burner. After a few mins it started to cool off in the shop. Couldnt figure out why. Checked the furnace and the flame had been put out. We tried and tried to relight it but no go.

Called our friend that services WMO burners and asked him what happened. He asked what we were running and he told us that if a decent amount of syn oil was present, that the burner wouldnt work. We didnt believe him, but unhooked the barrel. Hooked up the other one, that we knew had no syn oil , perged the line and the furnace fired right up! From what i gathered, the additives in the synthetic oil wont allow it to burn.

I never tried putting it in my truck, didnt want to face the problems that might occur like in the furnace.

Yall are free to try it, but I was never that brave. I am now venturing into cutting down veggie oil, and running WMO all at the same time. I will let everyone know what my findings are there, lol!

 

[rkpatt]

I converted my 1994 7.3 F250 a few years ago but recently trashed an IP . Look around over at .

http://biodiesel.infopop.cc/eve/forums/a/frm/f/359605551

Use the search feature there for IDI fords and standyne pumps .

You might consider blending WVO with gas , diesel , or K1 . Looh at the solvent thiining threads there too .

 

[sootman73]

how do you filter the WMO? are there any small particles that would get past the filter and mess up an injector tip? who's oil do you use? just your own or do you trust getting it from other people?

 

[subway]

I keep hearing synthetic is bad but ran it multiple times with no issues before i knew better and never noticed a problem. i would only be dumping 2-3 gallons in at a time though........

 

[Dsl_Dog_Treat]

I've run up to 20% mix with synthetic WMO before with no ill fate.

 

[sootman73]

do you guys just pour it in the tank and follow it with #2? or do you mix it first to make sure it thins out? so in theory i could change my oi land then dump the used stuff straight into my tank?

 

[Agnem]

A shop heater or furnace generates a flame in a manner quite different than the type of combustion that takes place in a diesel. The burn is done at atmospheric presure, in an open space, The heat and presure in a diesel cylinder will burn synthetic oil.

 

[subway]

do you guys just pour it in the tank and follow it with #2? or do you mix it first to make sure it thins out? so in theory i could change my oi land then dump the used stuff straight into my tank?

yep you can just dump from a oil change. i add it sometimes before i fill up or just top off the tanks after i drive on them for a while. it is all oil based so it mixes up. it not like it will just all settle at the bottom.