Run your diesel car on cooking oil?

Question

Has anyone yoused this .And when is the law changing that lets you use so mutch duty free ?

Answer 1

I have not done this but am very interested in this process and have read about it. They do not run soley on vegetable oil as they have to be started on diesel and then switched to vegetable oil. Also when turning it off, it should be switched back to diesel to clear the lines.

GOOD luck.

Here's some sources to check into.

Answer 2

Darryl Hannah, the actress drives a car that uses cooking oil. I have heard people pick it up, process it and recycle:)

Do searches and I would like to hear more.

Answer 3

Never had a diesel car but my brother-in-law keeps on about this.I just thought he was being stupid.I never realised you could do it

Answer 4

a store in calif put cooking oil in 5 gal cans on sale

five gals for $1.98 a gal

sold out in less then a hour.

i got 5 cans.

people were seen pouring it in there diesel cars in the parking lot.

i saved mine and just use a half gal everytime i fill up to clean the injectors on my diesel truck.

Answer 5

If your cars modern then there needs to be some special lubricating oil for the common rail injection system or else it will clog up, this comes naturally in normal diesel but not in cooking oil.

Answer 6

You can't just put the cooking oil in the car. You have to put it through chemical treatment first to seperate it into the right parts.

Answer 7

cooking oil is yummy! ur car will love it...cuz its yummy in its tummy

Answer 8

I pay 43 cents a gallon over 400 gals a year,the law.

Answer 9

No but I definitly think it's great! I saw the news report on it a while ago. I'm not sure when the law is changing

Answer 10

The cooking oil that is used in diesel engines is USED that needs to be filtered before it can be used. Using new cooking oil would cost more than diesel fuel which is a oil.

When using the used oil the exhaust smells like what was fried in it, examples french fries (chips), chicken, fish,