Tuesday, May 3, 2011

JR's bio-diesel blog

While doing some research I found a very credible source who works on engines. I decided to do a little interview with him and asked him the following questions.

1) Do you need to make any modifications to a diesel engine to make it run on a vegetable oil based bio-diesel fuel?

2) Do certain diesel engines run in different ways?

3) What should you not put in a diesel engine?
He answered the questions with the following answers.

1) Do you need to make any modifications to a diesel engine to make it run on a vegetable oil based bio-diesel fuel?
- Yes you should have to because a diesel engine runs a lot hotter than a vegetable oil based bio-diesel fuel.

2) Do certain diesel engines run in different ways?
- Older engines are a lot easier to start when they are cold but have to idle a while before being able to drive it.

3) What should you not put in a diesel engine?
- Regular gasoline
- Pure Methanol.

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