Diesel prices

A local mechanic has one about 10 miles from my house. The first time he fires it up every year some one invariably calls the fire department :)

I have never seen one used yet for WVO though.

It is not illegal to burn waste motor oil in a commercial facility that produces it. So in the mechanic's shop he is fine. Some of these furnaces that burn it are actually EPA certified to burn cleanly. I don't know how they do that with the heavy metals that are in the oil, but they managed to get them certified.

About the only place that it is illegal to use it is in a single family dwelling. Single family dwellings have to be heated by a UL listed device, and UL does not have any testing for waste oil heaters.

Bill

maybe in W VA it is legal, but in many places it isn't __________________________________________ Never argue with an idiot. They'll drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.

Snohomish County is in Washington state, one of the most obsessively "green" places in the country.

JD

that could be, but apparently they've missed the boat on this issue __________________________________________ Never argue with an idiot. They'll drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.

Econoheat is one of the manufacturers of the EPA certified burners. There are more, but I can't remember who else is in the field. Google if interested.

Bill

What does it mean to "fix the C289 to be 2X fuel efficient" ?

Please let me in on a secret since I am possibly now considering a C280. What year? What experiences in general?

With these three, it was fine beyond the communication challenges. My Spanish is really bad and my Chinese is non-existant, so it took a while to describe what it was that I wanted (non-hydrogenated used vegetable oil). There were a few other places where communication difficulties led to just giving up, but sadly most restaurants around here use (partially) hydrogenated oil which is as bad for the motor in your car as it is for the motor in your chest. Folks in NYC and Baltimore, at least, have the pick since those cities (and probably more) have banned the use of hydrogenated oil in the restaurants.

The Chinese place actually had just cancelled his oil pickup because he was disgusted with them wanting to raise the prices to him but still turn around and sell it themselves. I went in only an hour or so after he'd cancelled that service and he said, "I was wondering what I was going to do."

The difference between the oil from the three places is noticable. The Chinese has a lot more solid matter in it, but otherwise I use it all. The Mexican must be cooked hotter because it gets somewhat hydrogenated. The Greek is a mishmash of oil, olive and peanut mostly, and is pretty clean overall but the bottom of the barrel always has a huge pile of falafel sludge in it. This burns the hardest (especially in cold weather) but it still works ok. I've started pouring 8oz of Marvel Mystery Oil per tank in, it definitely helps with combustion. Car stinks like french fries, which isn't a problem on the freeway but it always wafts up when I pull up to a light. The MMO helps that, though, by helping the fuel burn more completely.

-tom!

I tried using oil from a Chinese restaurant once. The car ran fine, but an hour later I had to fill the tank again.

Geoff

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