I have been humming and thinking as well as doing about as much research as I can on the use of waste vegetable oil (WVO), in a common rail diesel. My leaning is to buy a Jetta TDI of the 01-03 variety and do a conversion (either Frybrid or Greasecar), on the unit, stick to the proper maintenance schedule: Oil changes every 3-4000km, checking injectors/IP regularly for damage, lube oil frying pan test (for polymerization), oil analysis etc. as well as making sure the WVO is absolutely as water & particle free through rigorous filtration and de-watering as I can make it. That much I have learned....:cool: I'm still reading and expect there is much more to learn yet. (such as no programmer/chip, keep mods for power to bare minimum), and think about water/methanol injection as a preventative measure to prevent coking by "steam cleaning" your engine. Very kewl that...kinda like what the fighter jocks did in WWII with their P47/P51's although they did it for that extra boost not a steam job.!

Anyway I am curious though if anyone here has converted a D'max, and in particular, an LBZ..?? If so I would love to here how long you have had it running WVO, type of conversion done whether kit or home built, type and # of valves, lift pump, heating system: flat plate heat exchanger, type of line heat used: HIH or HOH. (Hose in Hose or Hose on Hose) and all that good stuff. And best of all where do ya live...Alaska or Florida.?

Tell me what you did. What worked and what didn't. Anyone else running WVO in a TDI is most wecome to add to the discussion as well. I have a good source of used Canola...and that's half the battle.

thanx muchly,

stk

I have been running WVO for 1.5yrs and 35K miles. No issues and runs great. The key to running a common rail on WVO is fuel cleanliness. I have invested more in my filter system than the Grease car kit. Greasecar will be releasing a kit for the D Max very shortly and will be selling a filtration kit that will get your WVO to the ISO code of Dino a critical key to success;. Thier will be no blue jean filtration on these. Check out my garage. Secure your source of WVO and standby.

These days securing sources seems to be the hard part.

If I had the VW, I'd probably just brew bio. With the mileage they get, you wouldn't need to brew much :)

theres alot of oil out there... its just a little tricky to get sometimes

Basshopper: How many miles were on your truck before you installed the WVO equipment?

Basshopper: How many miles were on your truck before you installed the WVO equipment?

10K Miles

Does anyone know when Grease-car will have theirs ready?
They will not answer any of my e-mails.
I might have to buy from some other source if they are not due to release soon.

I'm running B-100 and would be leery of running SVO in a common rail injection system for an extended period of time. I say this due to the viscosity of SVO over Bio or Petro diesel. BD and PD are much thinner than straight veggie oil. The thickness of SVO puts undue strain on the fuel pump and injectors they were not designed for and I suspect you'll see failure in these components over time.

Does anyone know when Grease-car will have theirs ready?
They will not answer any of my e-mails.
I might have to buy from some other source if they are not due to release soon.

As you can imagine everyone wants to convert since $5 Dino, GC is slammed. I would call them then wait on an email. Good luck

PS a properly engineered kit will give you the viscosity needed to burn WVO in a D Max 40K flawless WVO miles.