GotEngines.com continuation post realted to the “Grease Car” post from yesterday 5/5/9:

1. Read reasons # 2 through reason # 5 on why you should spend $$$XXXL on a vegetable oil conversion kit. Greasecar conversion systems are designed for use with filtered vegetable oils only.

2. When buying a vehicle to convert make sure it’s in good condition. If you buy a lemon, it will still be a lemon after you convert it. Use our 23 point inspection checklist to help you out.
3. Engine operating temperature plays a stronger role in proper fuel combustion than fuel temperature (general temperature guide lines are 150F⁺ engine temperature and 120F⁺ fuel temperature).
4. Greasecar kits are ideally suited for those who do a lot of driving. The vehicle must start and stop on diesel (remember the engine needs to be warmed up and vegetable oil needs to be heated before it can be used) therefore if you drive short distances and shut off the engine before it has time to warm up, or if you drive infrequently this technology is not optimized for you.
5. Do not underestimate the importance of proper and complete pre-filtering. The more energy and effort you put into filtering your oil the happier your car will be and the more successful you will be running on veg. Check out our article on filtering. Once you have a good system in place this process should take less than an hour per week. Please remember that newer vehicles require higher quality fuel than most older vehicles.

More convincing information:

Clean fuel is essential to operating your Greasecar reliably. A well thought out plan on how you are going to transform waste oil into clean and inexpensive fuel will dramatically increase your success with Waste Vegetable Oil (WVO). You should ONLY use vegetable oil on converted diesel engine’s, otherwise you will run the risk of ruining your engine or injection system. Remember, gas engines cannot be modified to use WVO.

Pre-filtration is the process of transforming waste oil into a usable fuel product. To do so you must separate the water, particulate matter, and hydrogenated oils from the product you want to use as fuel. Most pre-filtration systems use heat, gravity and time to achieve a final product suitable for the needs of your vehicle.

·Pre-filtration filter or pre-filter

A prefiltration filter is a filter that the oil is passed through before it is added to the vegetable oil tank.

·Fuel Filter

A fuel filter is a term for the filter located on the vehicle, that the oil passes through before being introduced to the engine. The purpose of this filter is to catch matter that still may be existing in the oil, or in the tank. This filter serves the same purpose that the diesel filter does for the diesel system.

I gathered this info exactly how it was written at: http://www.greasecar.com/index.cfm

Sounds like a lot of fun!! lol..Based on what I could find in terms of cost, It looks to cost in the $3500 to $6000 dollar range to buy and have a kit installed with a fuel tank and filter system. No prices are actually given, you need to call to get a price. My experience with “you need to call for a price” is that it costs so much, one look at the price and click bang, see you later..the good thing about it is that you are genuinely recycling used oils and you know I approve of anything “Green”.

I just thought you would like to know the good side of these kits, other than re-cycling the oil..It is not cost effective at all and vegetable oil is a limited resource. You want to hear about the bad side too? Well, I’m not done with this subject, GotEngines,com Blog will have more info on this set-up, in the mean time chew on this for a while.