winterizer and miss fuel time

[Rotary-Motion]

hi all

just poked me head outside at 6 am and looks very damp and almost frosty, i guess the time of winter is creeping in on these early morns, the time we all get caught out if we dont keep tabs on it...


think the pug 406 single tanker will be ok for abit longer as got a fgood batt and a new glows in

the pug boxer van is twin tanked so cold starting on dino...

[greasemonkey]

Almost failed to start tuesday morning on 100% WVO. Bit better yesterday morning with a bit of petrol in. I know the oil I have in there goes waxy fairly quickly.
Thinking of fitting a flame plug in manifold.

[Soupstone]

 Car needed defrosting a couple of weeks ago off a nightshirt, I'll probably just start running it on 100% bio and take it from there.

 Next batch I'll get some in the freezer and tsake it from there.

[Tony]

I guess it's much colder in Lanark than it is in Southampton - nowhere near worrying about the bio freezing up yet down here!

[Tony]

Although... just seen the first HMPEs of the season...

[Rotary-Motion]

crikey its brass monkeys out there today folks 6.00am ..brrrrrrrrr

[Carrington]

Evening all
I have just been given 75 L of misfuel. Just wondering about % to add to bio , probably going to add about 5% just incase it's mostly petrol

[K.H]

Thats about right,5% petrol = 20% diesel effects wise,might be worth checking the %
http://www.vegetableoildiesel.co.uk/forum/viewthread.php?tid=14224
How to,s about halfway through

[Carrington]

Cheers Kieth
Will be testing fuel later , very interesting read

[Rotary-Motion]

also note if you are useing a fphe or not or pug filter mod etc maybe lower.

[Tony]

That is presumably because it can vaporise in the FPHE and form a bubble that can't be pumped?

[Glycer-rides]

Any of you HMPE-obsessed bods tried using fertiliser / weeing in your processor?
(wee contains 9.3 g/L of urea)

http://www.make-biodiesel.org/Biodiesel-Chemistry/urea-clathration.html

"In this process, Urea, commonly used as a fertilizer, is added to unwashed biodiesel, heated and stirred until it is fully dissolved in the biodiesel. Then it's cooled to 20C where the saturated methyl esters become trapped inside the solid urea. The biodiesel is then filtered and the resulting biodiesel is extrememly low cloud point biodiesel. The stuff caught in the filter is washed to release the biodiesel and the urea is reused on the next batch".

Then add the vinegar.
Just for Julian: 

[Tony]

I guess you'd have to pee in a barrel until you've got enough of it then put it on the condenser to purify it.  I think I'll take my chances with HMPEs though.

[greasemonkey]

I'm sure urea is easily avaliable, unless it was banned when I wasn't looking. Some things have been lately.
Its used to put on the stumps of felled trees, to stop some sort of infection into the root. At least thats what I understood it to do. I did quite a lot of it when i was a kid.
Dont really know where you get it from, but shouldn't be a problem.  If its the right variation of the stuff or not, I dont know.

[Glycer-rides]

Here's some
http://www.gardendirect.co.uk/garden-care/fertilisers/general-fertilizers-chemicals/urea
Farm suppliers will have it much cheaper.