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Date Posted：17/11/2005 01:36:44Copy HTML Hello you all. I have a 4 litre dodge 1993 model phaser. Does any one know how i would go about running on vegetable oil as i use it daily and i am now skint due to the greedy engine.Thanks
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Re：VEGETABLE OIL? Date Posted：20/11/2005 02:09:55Copy HTML
Hi There. There was a lot of info on the site about the veg oil topic probably in the archives (Tech pages 2 & 3 etc). Good luck. PS.How greedy are you talkin ? You should be gettin bout 22- 26 mpg if you keep the speed to about 56-60 mph. Depending on what axle ratio you have or what size Body your Dodge is lugging around. |
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Re：VEGETABLE OIL? Date Posted：20/11/2005 05:14:57Copy HTML Hi Shippynatl. - - Before changing to veg-oil, I recommend adopting every other means of fuel economy first. See archives. For our Dodge 50 Pfaser we save almost 50 % on fuel when compared to its factory supplied condition, but still use diesel fuel. The other week, we had a 10yr old truck in for repairs, a direct injection which had been running on veg-oil fir the past 6-months. Serious con-rod bearing and piston damage was the result. Cause : Veg-oil had caked-up an injector so much that it began to drip ( instead of spraying ). So much fuel had acculumated in the combustion chamber resulting in huge hydraulic knocks on the crankshaft bearings. The Pfaser is also a direct injection diesel prone to the same sort of damage. The older Perkins 4 - 236 on the other hand is a pre-chambered engine. In which case , if an injector starts dripping, then the pre-chamber offers its construction to disperse drips or pissing into spray before reaching the piston crown. It looks as if our customer will now have to buy a new engine. Yours cautious - LR-exporter looking for co-driver germany to Kenya
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Re：VEGETABLE OIL? Date Posted：21/11/2005 03:26:15Copy HTML Hi ,L/Rover Exporter, Well, I guess thats what you get after pissing into the combustion chamber !!!!! 
Is this how you get a Dodgy Dick ? Sorry L/R , No offence intended . I could n`t resist a bit of humour. What we uncouth Brits would call " Taking the Piss !!!" regards JB |
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Re：VEGETABLE OIL? Date Posted：21/11/2005 04:09:46Copy HTML one of the veg oil debates can be found HERE
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Re：VEGETABLE OIL? Date Posted：21/11/2005 05:48:42Copy HTML Hi JFB 350. "Piss" in german has the same meaning as in english ! So be carefull when visiting germany. "Piss-off" = "Verpiss dich ". Wherby "dich " does not mean "dick". Further a "Pisser"is a nautical term desribing the thin light rope thrown from a ship whilst docking, used to haul in the attached heavy rope for tye-up. Being "Sachsen" = Anglo-"Saxon" it might have the same meaning in english. I think we,ll should return to technical ! rgds LR-exporter looking for co-driver germany to Kenya
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Re：VEGETABLE OIL? Date Posted：21/11/2005 06:18:58Copy HTML
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Re：VEGETABLE OIL? Date Posted：21/11/2005 06:25:58Copy HTML I don't need to start a german language section now do I?
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Re：VEGETABLE OIL? Date Posted：22/11/2005 05:52:32Copy HTML
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Re：VEGETABLE OIL? Date Posted：22/11/2005 08:37:39Copy HTML Flocky-nocky-naphillipa-illifercation
not sure of the spelling on that one but it means knocking something you know nowt about. I know nothing about Mercs or the German language. So I won't knock it. "Nothing travels faster than the speed of light with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own special laws."
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Re：VEGETABLE OIL? Date Posted：28/11/2005 03:30:36Copy HTML
Hi IR how do you acheive that? cheers Al |
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Re：VEGETABLE OIL? Date Posted：14/05/2007 07:22:33Copy HTML please tell me how you can achieve 50% better fuel economy |
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Re：VEGETABLE OIL? Date Posted：13/06/2007 10:54:19Copy HTML Don't try staight veg oil with a 6247 the injection pump is only just up to the job at the best of times cold oil will push it over the edge, you might get away with a 2 tank system being sure to get the oil nice and hot (i.e thin) before you switch over and give it a good purge with diesel before you shut off if you are going to be stopped for any length of time. It might just be easier to build a reactor and convert it to Bio-Diesel..
Good luck Giles |
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Re：VEGETABLE OIL? Date Posted：13/06/2007 09:52:07Copy HTML Thanks for your advice with that. My situation has actually changed and i am now selling up. Do you have any advice for starting it? I have been parked up for a while and foolishly did not run the engine. Any help would be good!!!
Many thanks, Nat |
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Re：VEGETABLE OIL? Date Posted：12/02/2008 11:53:24Copy HTML
be carfull with that rubish in the pumps as it melts ruber components(parts)( that bio muck that over prised) sory crap speller work with me here, its due to the alcoholl from that other stuff that they mix with it better chek first to see if you engine can take it, and here is a small tip if you need to heat the oil up first then look in the engine bay of a french car the older one had a small oild fillter that was also pre heated with water from the engine :o) |
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Re：VEGETABLE OIL? Date Posted：25/04/2010 11:30:29Copy HTML Cold Starting!
My Dodge 50 sits for months over the winter. I know it's not good for it, but I rarely have trouble starting. It's always good to disconnect the battery if you're planning to leave it stood for a while. If you haven't done this, then disconnect and put on over night charge. My best and obvious tip for starting a cold engine is to raise the bonnet and let the sun get on it a while. It really works well. use a mirror to reflect light if it's facing the wrong way. Then prime the lift pump B4 starting. I do this for both my vehicles, as also have a perkins 4203 in my Landrover, which I'm converting to a duel fuel system, as it has a second fuel tank. I have a book called "From the Fryer to the Fuel Tank" by Joshua Tickell, which I believe is the bible for duel fuel and convertions. |
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Re：VEGETABLE OIL? Date Posted：25/04/2010 12:42:37Copy HTML Do you know how the thermostart works for a cold engine on a dodge 50?
If not this link will take you to the correct way to do it, good tips though. "Nothing travels faster than the speed of light with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own special laws."
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