If you own a diesel fueled vehicle it has to intrigue you to think that you can fuel your vehicle with refuse vegetable oil from a restaurant fryer.  It may also surprise you that used motor oil and especially transmission fluid can be used as fuel for your vehicle.  I will expound on this in a later post on this site.
Vegetable oil is the most puzzling item on the list and information is spotty online for this application.  As one who knows and has been through the troubles of trying to turn out a reliable fuel from this stuff, I can enlighten you in your quest for information.  First, we have to discuss the several methods and the reasons for them.  Second, we must discuss the alterations that have to be made to your vehicle in order to run your finished product.
In order for used vegetable oil to be made into fuel, you must first acquire the product.  There are also pumps that you should use that will help you in you acquiring of the product.  I will discuss this a little later in a subsequent posting.  Used vegetable oil is readily available and obtaining it is simple but it is messy, so be prepared.  You can go a long way to keeping your operation clean with a few simple methods that I will discuss in a later post.
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