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Yes, I agree your fuel probably had bacteria growing on it. Bacteria needs water, and your fuel had some water in it. A small amount of gasoline added to your fuel pod will force the water out of solution with the diesel fuel, and kill the bacteria. So, you could rinse the crud out of your...

WVO does not seem to deteriorate as a fuel source. My first batch of WVO sat in the desert for 2 years before I blended it with gasoline at 20%, then filtered it down to 1-micron. It ran fine. But, if you are going to use new or old oils for fuel, then you need to filter it down pretty...

Food grade oils are generally made from vegetable oils; and when it comes to turning oils into diesel fuel, then oil is oil. Gear oil is pretty viscous, so i would cut it with gasoline at about 50%, instead of diesel fuel, then blend that at about 60% with diesel fuel, when running it in any...

I think acid processing is worth looking into, because distillation is dangerous and complicated; but I think it should be done on a small scale because, hot hydrocarbons plus H2SO4 could go ballistic. You might take note that I was banned from the diesel stop forum for advocating blending...

Thanks, joshuak, that was useful. I have done vacuum distillation of WMO, and it worked quite well; however, the technology for doing so is over the head of most people. I will try the acid processing, then neutralizing with NaOH [ Caustic Soda ] then filtered through Bentonite clay. Sounds...

I know that this is an old thread, and great photos, which help a lot, but my return lines are leaking, and the fittings sure are not normal. So, does anyone have a line of rebuilding the return lines, ie. hose type, dia, where to get the fittings, if needed.

Thanks, Squirt-Truck. Your D-2 only multifuel looks a lot cleaner than the above engines that had run WMO. But the engines that had run WMO still look pretty good for having run garbage as fuel for so many miles.

If the WMO is not ancient, such as the WMO that others have report here coming from natural gas compressors, then it will most probably blend just fine with WVO. However, if it is black, then probably not. I forgot to leave a link to my research on what happens when you blend old, burned WMO...

I have mixed a wide range of new and used oils, with a wide range of new and used solvents. I have had no issues once I learned to settle those blends in the shade for at least 2 weeks, then I must be careful to remove the sediments from the translucent fuel blend, prior to filtering. However...

Thanks for more information in support of burning WMO in a deuce. OK, so this is good analysis of engine internal working parts and whether they will be in contact with the WMO in such a way that it could cause excess wear on the engine. Rayzor's conclusion is the only place where wear is...

Thanks all for the input. Yes, rayzer, my return lines are also leaking. So, I am just going to have to do a complete work over on the fuel system to stamp out the leaks, and improve injection, thus improve starting and mileage. It only gets about 5mpg right now.

I watched the videos on this thread http://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?79196-Cold-start-up-M35A2-Video and was surprised to find other deuces start right up in the cold better than mine does on a hot day. I typically have to crank it several times for long cracks to get it to start...

Thanks, RAYZER, that is useful information I am glad I could help Thanks, Terrh, this is useful information. Most of the people who I have read of running WMO for long periods of time with little trouble happened to be doing it on a 7.3L PSD. I do not happen to believe that there is any...

Thanks oddshot and others for your input. Knowing whether these engines had turbos will help a great deal, because in the reports that I have read from people claiming to burn WMO without trouble, the presence of a turbo, and direct injection, seems to make all of the difference.

People who run 50/50 blends of any waste oil and diesel tend to have success in the summer, but come winter it won't work. Also, I would rather donate less money to the petroleum lobby, because they do not seem to need any more money; whereas, I never seem to have enough.

I do not know if water washing will work for either removing the alcohol, or the carbon. It would be nice if it did. I have heard people propose it, but I have not heard of anyone trying it. It would be a serious mess to clean up if it did not work. It is true that to make alcohol blend with...

The color of your final product depends upon the color of your waste oil source. If you have a clean source of waste oil, and your fuel-making practice is good, then your fuel can come out looking like diesel fuel. I make fuel out of WVO, which has been used too long, so my fuel comes out dark...

Good recommendation. I always have a spare IP with me at all times. Well, if you get your DIY fuel practice down, then it will burn like diesel fuel you paid for. Adding RUG to waste oil at the correct level makes it run just like diesel fuel you paid for.

I did a year of post graduate research in petroleum refining at Chevron Research, and I have making my own diesel fuel out of waste oils for more than 7 years. Gravity filtration is good, because I find slow processing, and no pump, means less turbulence, which produces a better product...

It sounds like you are going to try the heated, straight vegetable oil idea of burning heated waste oils in your m1008. If so, then I would not recommend it. Blending gasoline with WMO works quite well at 20%-30% gasoline. Your WMO-gasoline blend will need to be settled for 2 months, or...