BIO Diesel

Can you give us an address Angelo, i'll be over that way tomorrow so i might give it a try myself.

Baz.

I'll probably go over tomorrow for my 3rd tankful too.
Cnr of Marrickville Rd and Sydney rd Marrickville, the servo is painted blue and a has a big G up on the post.

Hi there Ange, know of any servo's in the penrith area that sell this stuff and is it suitable for me to run in my hiulx 1989 model 2.8 D Regards Steve M

Ange,
Not trying to be negative or a smart@rse etc........but isn't there some issue about seals in the pump needing to be replaced shortly after starting to use Bio-diesel?
Apart from that it sounds like a god move mate. Not much chance of us getting it here in the sticks for a few hundred years I expect!!!
Cheers.....look forward to reading about your longer term results, mileage figures etc.
Roachie

If you have a pre 96 diesel you will need to change your pump seals to run low sulpher diesel. If this is done running bio diesel is not a problem.A mate has been runninghis 80 series on it for quite some time with no problems.

A friend knows someone outback NSW makes his own.... 27 cents per litre!

Cokeaddict, post some fuel consumption figures to see if it changes that side of the equation.

I saw a SAFF in Blackwood SA the other day. Don't know how long it's been there for, but there's one furthe north too. That's 2 I know of in SA that sell Bio.
Anyone know of any more in SA?

D-Jack

Hi Angelo,

Just a word of wartning. The Bio diesel will clean a lot of bleep out of the system and will block the fuel filter in no time. Get a spare one to keep in the car incase you break down. After it has cleaned everthing out it will then be OK as per normal.

its too much of a new idea for me to put in a 12000$ engine. how do you know that it cleans your engine/fuel system, especailly if its a new concept. sounds like your trying to sell it.

Just thought I would toss my 2 pennith worth in.

My brother in law makes his own bio. It is quite an elaborate process and much labour and organisation is required. He also prices the output at something below $0.30 a litre. If one factors in all of the labour, set up costs, storage, floorspace etc etc and then adds in the excise that he is supposed to declare it would be much more than his $0.30. He has arrangements with 2 large users of cooking oil to collect 200l drums of the stuff as soon as they can fill them. There are the transport and handling issues involved (tried lifting a 200l drum of oil?) then the filtration and bi product to dispose of (all of which are biodegradable). He can't burn the fuel he makes at the same rate he can make it. Storage comes into play. He can't use it on trips away - back to propriety product. He has a sweet running sweet smelling late model troopy and all his storage sheds and workshop are full of "oils". I am not game to try it in my ZD30 - I am just happy it isn't showing any of the signs this forum assures me it ultimately will. I have great admiration and respect for my brother in law and people like him and I really hope it continues to develop but as for home manufacture much space and dedication is required.

Interestingly, on my last trip I met a Diesel Mechanic who was explaining to me that what goes into our trucks often comes from any number of bi products. Paint coys are renowned for selling vast quantities of their ingredients to fuel manufacturers - generally over orders or end of batch leftovers. The fuel makers then have their chemists work out what additional constituents will be required to balance the mix and before we know it bang - its in our trucks as diesel. Little wonder we sometimes get problems in our hi tech machines if this is true.

Kenell

Roachie,
Sorry, should have been clearer. Once he reaches the end of his range he has to go to servo like the rest of us. I'm not sure how the motor is going to respond to the "now you see me, now you don't" routine. I am watching the experiment with great interest.

Kenell