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I am not surprised that you had trouble running 70%wmo to 30% #2diesel on a 6.2. You will find that 20-30% gasoline, or 30%-50% kerosene to WMO will work better. Also, WMO tends to be very dirty, so I recommend blending, then settling it for at least a month to 2 months, or run it through a centrifuge. But, settling is free.
I have a 325 gallon tote with about 150 gallons of oil that I heated too 100 degrees then filtered the oil into using a 1 mircon bag filter through the top of the tote, let it settle for about 2 weeks then drained it till it got thick, it was about 5 to 6 gallons. Then filtered it using a 1 micron bag filter again into a 6 gallon bucket with the diesel, worked out to be about 70/30 mix in the 6 gallon bucket. I don't have a centrifuge but have looked at a few companys, don't really want to spend a lot of money on this project, that is kinda the whole point of the wmo.
I am not supprised that you found no change running 25% gasoline to WMO on your diesel genset. Like Iceman3005, I filter down to 1-micron all of my blends, but after settling. I found even after a week of settling, then filtering to 1-micron, a centrifuge still pulled almost a full bowl of black crud out of my WMO-gasoline blends. However, I found a month to 2 of settling removes all of the black dirt. You could even filter just with a paint filter after that, just to get the odd chunks out.
No, you want any precipitates to form, so that you can remove them. After removal there should be no more precipitates; however, it takes about 2 weeks for all precipitates to settle out from WVO-gasoline blends. It takes about 2 months for all precipitates to settle out from WMO-gasoline blends. If you want to speed up the settling process, then purchase a centrifuge.
Correct, because there can be liquids that are also precipitates, such as water, or radiator fluid, or tar, so the sediments need to be separated from the uniform solution that floats on top. There can even be contaminants that float on top, so you have to pay attention to the fuel that you are making.
I would recommend to pour in the gasoline first and then pour in the WVO or WMO (never both could jell). This way it will be mixed the best, other wise it could separate again in the barrel or be rich with gas in the top of the barrel. Or you could pump mix once blended.
Too late. But they have had a good sloshing on the drive home, plus me going out and shaking the truck several times. It will be pumped around again when I filter it. Just waiting on the filters to come in.
