Quote Originally Posted by More Power
Anyone who has first-hand knowledge of using SVO/WVO should let us know what they've done.

Jim
I'm a newbie, not only to this forum, but to diesel trucks, and not much of a mechanic. However, I have been successfully burning WVO for nearly 3 years, first in a 2 tank system ( WVO tank heated with coolant. An accident waiting to happen.) 1990 VW Jetta ecodiesel and second in a single tank MB 300D T done with a rather elegant modular system designed by Kent Bergsma of mercedessource. com.

IMHO, one of the most important things one can do is to start off with high quality WVO. My WVO comes from two Japanese restaurants who pour it directly from their fryers and into my jerry cans. All of the water has been cooked out of the oil and it's not dumped in outside containers which may be subject to all sorts of harmful contaminates.

Still, one should bear in mind that, no matter what any self described expert tells you, burning WVO is still in the early experimental stages. That said, even though I have had a positive experience with it, I personally wouldn't try it on the newer common rail engines.


However, I am planning to convert this old 6.2L rig to burn WVO. ( I bought it a little over a week ago with this in mind. ) But first I'll make sure its running at its very best. I've already changed all fluids and filters, including a radiator and tranny flush. Next I'll do a Lubro Moly diesel purge to insure the IP and injectors are clean. It came with 2 tanks and an additional 2 micron water/separator filter, so all I need to do is build and install 2 glow plug inline heater sump chambers which heats the WVO to 160*. One tank will be for diesel and the other for WVO. I won't heat the WVO tank, but thin with dino diesel, as needed.

The 2 inline glow plug heaters are made from black plumbing pipe, a snap on thermostat, barbed fuel connections, fuse holders, and a brass connection milled by mercedessource.com ( $14. ea ) to take a MB pen glow plug and screw into a section of black pipe. One glow plug heater will be installed before the water separator/ fuel fiters, ( heated WVO saves the expensive filters/water separtors ) and the other one will be installed just before the fuel enters the IP.
I live on an Island in the PNW, but it rarely gets below 28*, and that's a hard winter. I'll run 100% WVO in the summer, and 60 to 90% during the winter, as needed.

If anyone is interested, I have a silly photo show of my MB WVO modules, and will eventually do a series of pics of the 6.2 L installation.. including building the GP heaters.