Chrispndry
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Stock engine with heat exchanger to heat oil
There is a heater built into the oil filter housing.Stock engine with heat exchanger to heat oil
I do not fancy your chances running an L322 on unprocessed veg oil.I run 2 p38s on veg the hse is the one I am having problems with I have ran it on veg for 2 years the other for 18 months. The hse has had a heat exchanger for the oil and a preheat chamber for starting...the other not been touched and starts off the button.
I have been checking flow rates today...new.in tank pump in a bucket give 180ml in 10 seconds....once in the tank it give 70.to 80ml in 10 seconds...removed all extras heat exchanger and pre heater incas they were blocked...next step is fuel line from the tank it was starting good until the cold snap, it tried but ran the battery down. Also thinking maybe new battery time too.
I have the chance of a l322 vogue handy money so may start with big percentage of diesel small percentage of veg...see how it goes and increase until it becomes noticable.
Filtering does not remove the glycerin which is what gums things up.I filter it to 0.5 microns I have been told if the viscosity is right it would run a viscosity cup is what I need I think. I have just tried a solid state pump pushing veg oil it pushes 190..200 ml in 10 seconds that's from bucket to jug...will try it on the truck tomorrow see if I can push it up to the filter I have put a in tank sender body in the tank with no pump just a pick up pipe so will see what happens.
I would happily run old mechanical injection on veg, but I wouldn't fancy trying it on modern electronic injectors. Even 20% you have the glycerin. Trouble is that if you try it and it fails, it could be very expensive.So making bio is the alternative or pure diesel.....would it not run on say 80 diesel 20 veg
So making bio is the alternative or pure diesel.....would it not run on say 80 diesel 20 veg
What was he runningI looked at making biodiesel years ago. You can get some decent automated kits and I was going to get the waste oil from the chippy. Then the council started grabbing all the waste oil for their reactor and after that I decided it was more hassle than it was worth.
I had a friend who used to shove the odd can of veg oil in and top up with diesel and he had no noticeable issues.
had a look at the one for sale it was a shed...found a nice looking p38...it might join my collectionI would happily run old mechanical injection on veg, but I wouldn't fancy trying it on modern electronic injectors. Even 20% you have the glycerin. Trouble is that if you try it and it fails, it could be very expensive.
What was he running
I recently had a leak from no1 injector which made it seem FIP leaking. Replacement injector and seal all is goodYou may even be lucky and the FIP seals are fine but the diesel is from #1 leak off.
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