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johnny123 - 7/22/2005 2:59 PM
I checked out producing biodiesel myself and came to the conclusion that it's just to difficult and time consuming in order to do it properly. It also can be dangerous and literally unhealthy unless you follow specific safety precautions. I like the idea of adding good old WVO to your tank.
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Are you aware that your time involvment in a batch of biodiesel would be less than five hours? Also, if you produce your own, it would cost you around $.60/gal. The only safety precautions you need to take to ensure that you don't suffer blindness or death are; Don't breath the methanol or sodium methoxide fumes, and don't allow methanol, lye, or sodium methoxide to touch your skin. Thats pretty basic, if you've ever taken a 200 level chemistry class you would have no problem with that. Honestly, it's not as hard or dangerous as a lot of people think. You can easily build a processor for $100 or less that allows you to perform the entire process without ever exposing yourself to any dangerous chemicals other than lye. You are right though, it is a lot easier to just mix some WVO right into your fuel tank and not worry about anything.
Just make sure you keep a few prefilters, a primary filter, and the tools to change them with you at all times. You will be able to keep the same primary filter through at least 3 prefilters. Just so you are aware, I didn't make it five miles after my first addition of WVO before my prefilter clogged.