Jaybird180
Final Approach
I have several gallons of used peanut oil leftover from making 2 fried turkeys for Turkey Day. The oil is clear and appears of re-usable quality.
What should I do with it?
What should I do with it?
Wrassle in it?
Was going to have some folks over to shoot the breeze and fry another...but........Don't know how long it will keep. Got any plans to use it again before Thanksgiving?
Find someone making their own biodiesel in their garage, and donate it to them?![]()
Heck, filter it and dump it in as is. It will burn just fine.
Guy at my work does that. Before I knew about it, he drove by me in the parking lot at lunch time and suddenly I was thinking, "who's cooking french fries?"Find someone making their own biodiesel in their garage, and donate it to them?![]()
I heard a story and have idea if this true, but....It was told that the Diesel engine was originally designed to run on vegitable oil and not petroleum oil. If true it is funny that we are now getting to actually running Diesel with vegi-oilHeck, filter it and dump it in as is. It will burn just fine.
I'd go with the filter it and mix it with the diesel for your TDI. Should work great. I believe the ratio to use for fuel that isn't pre heated is 10 diesel to 1 of filtered peanut oil. If you go richer on the peanut oil you'll need to heat the fuel tank to keep wax from plugging things up.
Frank
Can't use bio in all the TDIs. I have a 2010 TDI and it is only able to burn up to 5% Bio. The reason is the emission system. The engine can handle it just fine, but too much bio and the Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF) will not be cleaned properly and can become chronically clogged.I'd go with the filter it and mix it with the diesel for your TDI. Should work great. I believe the ratio to use for fuel that isn't pre heated is 10 diesel to 1 of filtered peanut oil. If you go richer on the peanut oil you'll need to heat the fuel tank to keep wax from plugging things up.
Frank
where does the wax come from ?
+1...Heck, filter it and dump it in as is. It will burn just fine.
While that's nice and all I hate the thought that now the world is gonna smell like downwind of McDonalds.I heard a story and have idea if this true, but....It was told that the Diesel engine was originally designed to run on vegitable oil and not petroleum oil. If true it is funny that we are now getting to actually running Diesel with vegi-oil
Can't use bio in all the TDIs. I have a 2010 TDI and it is only able to burn up to 5% Bio. The reason is the emission system. The engine can handle it just fine, but too much bio and the Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF) will not be cleaned properly and can become chronically clogged.
Care to expand on the carcinogen part?There you go, mix it in 2 liters per tankfull and you'll have no issue. After it's been heated and cooled, you are correct, it's a carcinogen.
Care to expand on the carcinogen part?
Pretty much only if you get the oil so hot that you smoke it, but you are decomposing the oil at that point. Most things generate carcinogens you you start getting them so hot they decompose. Peanut oil has a high smoke point compared to other oils.I can't, my dad (MS Chemistry + MD) explained it to me, I just nodded and took it in, I can't regurgitate what all happens in the middle of the process.
In Illinios, a big corn and as such ethanol producing state. Finding anything less than B11 is already a challengeThere you go, mix it in 2 liters per tankfull and you'll have no issue. After it's been heated and cooled, you are correct, it's a carcinogen.