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25941
Hi there, I heard a lot about bio diesel and alt fuel but I never saw anything live. Does this truly works? I have a F150 diesel and would like to increase the...
vco usa
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Jul 2, 2009
7:00 am
25942
Hi Mick The reason your friend wants you to buy from the second site you linked is so he gets another free fuel card. With the first website you listed, it is...
Greg
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Jul 2, 2009
9:04 am
25943
Mick, If you want to know more about Biodiesel buy my eBook called the: "Australian Biodiesel Handbook". 25% more MPG? Who is he kidding? Regards, Arie ...
Arie van der Winden
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Jul 2, 2009
4:17 pm
25944
Mick welcome to the group!  Biodiesel works fine but there are many issues to confront when you begin this process:  First know that biodiesel, or even plain...
Randy mclain
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Jul 2, 2009
4:17 pm
25945
Mick, A couple of things; You stated you have an F150 with a diesel? I thought the F250 was the smallest PU they put a diesel in? I looked quick at the link...
Richard Bouvier
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Jul 2, 2009
4:18 pm
25946
I think that the original post was a cleaver attempt at spam. Which even got an answer back as spam. ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
rawbrown
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Jul 2, 2009
6:08 pm
25947
Rawhide, How are you? I even answered the post but now looking at it again, it looks like you are right, even a third response looks like a sales pitch. Rick ...
Richard Bouvier
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Jul 3, 2009
12:43 am
25948
I haven't brewed in a while. Surgery and life got in the way. Right now I simply blend WVO and petrol Diesel. But now the cost of Petro D is going back up so I...
rawbrown
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Jul 3, 2009
3:46 am
25949
Rawhide, Hope everything is OK. I still have the data I compiled, let me know if you need anything. Rick ... From: Rawbrown <rawbrown@...> Subject:...
Richard Bouvier
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Jul 3, 2009
5:45 am
25950
I have just finished my processor and 1 question remains. I am pulling, processing, settling and washing from the same pump. So I am wondering if I get some...
Justin
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Jul 3, 2009
5:46 am
25951
Hi Justin, I am not sure what you are concerned about. I use one pump for just about everything; It is the pump used to load, process, transfer to the wash...
Richard Bouvier
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Jul 3, 2009
3:47 pm
25952
Well I am processing in a 80 gallon apple-seed setup, but settling in a separate tank. I then send my settled biodiesel another seperate wash tank. The...
Justin
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Jul 3, 2009
6:50 pm
25953
in that situation, if I am concerned, I would simply divert the first quart and toss it back into the collected WVO tank. When I built my system, I added in...
rawbrown
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Jul 3, 2009
7:04 pm
25954
Justin, If I understand you correctly, you are concerned about the settled biodiesel picking up small amounts glycerin from the processed but unsettled fuel....
Richard Bouvier
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Jul 3, 2009
10:32 pm
25955
greetings guys - i have been making and using BIO for a few years now . I have Nissan Patrol 4.2 TDI - one thing i have noticed is that if i run more than...
Frank na
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Jul 4, 2009
2:17 am
25956
I have used German Mann filters on my Golf TDI none of the breakdown you mentioned. I have a prefilter before &  after the main filter.  These are common...
steven smith
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Jul 7, 2009
2:38 am
25957
I have noticed that after sitting for extended periods the gly by product accumulates a layer of bio on top. I don't think that the bio existed when the gly...
John E. Grabe
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Jul 8, 2009
11:40 pm
25958
I do the glycerol pretreatment step and have great sucess. It allows me to make great bio with less KOH and less methanol. That is the advantage. You can...
dougwene
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Jul 10, 2009
1:42 am
25959
The BD that you eventually find in the glycerine was in the drained glycerine since it came out of the reactor. There is also BD that gets drained out with...
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Jul 10, 2009
2:22 am
25960
I have 175 gallons of WVO. I need to use a processor or membership in a coop. I have 55 gallons of meth. barrels and various other components of a processor....
John E. Grabe
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Jul 11, 2009
12:26 am
25961
In Europe there is a requirement that diesel have a Bio content. I would think that all European diesels and system products would be bio proof. John...
John E. Grabe
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Jul 11, 2009
12:26 am
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Justin, I believe your wash steps should be able to take care of your glycerin/unsettled fuel found in your pump lines. However, if you were to put another...
Chad
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Jul 11, 2009
12:26 am
25963
Ben, Consider keeping the "creamy stuff" seperate from the clear. Process both seperately and save the clear WVO stock Bio for the winter and use the product...
John E. Grabe
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Jul 11, 2009
12:27 am
25964
Absolutely you can add your glycerin back to your oil. This is called pre-reacting the oil. It will do you two things, it will remove "most" (the methanol has...
Carl Shortt
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Jul 11, 2009
12:27 am
25965
when demething glycerine it is recomended that the glycerine be heated to 240f for best results,this assures that the gly is no longer meth bound and is safe....
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Jul 11, 2009
12:27 am
25966
Correct - the French have been using 2 to 5% since 1992. Therefore, all OEM (original manufacturers equipment) fuel filters in the European market are...
Terry de Winne
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Jul 11, 2009
9:06 am
25967
Hi We've been making the biodiesel for a year now and just had a big problem. The friend that was doing this with us is in bad shape this year with cancer, so...
jdbbio
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Jul 13, 2009
4:51 am
25968
I have an opportunity to purchase a 2005 Passat GL TDI. It has 71k miles and has never left Florida. ANything I should know before I purchase and start pouring...
Barry Latham
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Jul 13, 2009
1:33 pm
25969
Can anyone recommend an anti oxadent and a anti bacteria agent. Can I use the stuff made for diesel fuel that is available at the truck stops. Thank you, John...
John E. Grabe
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Jul 13, 2009
4:23 pm
25970
you need to check with tdiclub and read up on tdi's i think 05 tdi use the pd injection pump higher pressure smaller injector nozzles not sure which yr 04 or...
will jay
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Jul 13, 2009
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