Vegetable Oil As Fuel, Is It A Solution?

Yes, Vegetable oil as fuel is now possible. Back in the 1900s this new idea was introduced at the World's Fair by the Otto Company showing that they had an engine running on pure peanut oil. The idea was researched and studied by Rudolph Diesel himself that vegetable oil can be used as an alternative fuel in engines.

Before you run down to the grocery store and start pouring vegetable oil into the tank of your diesel powered car, there are a few things which you should know. To begin with, the viscosity of vegetable oil is higher than that of diesel that means it's thicker and won't atomize completely when injected into the fuel system.

If you use plain vegetable oil you can stop or clog up the engine which will lead to engine failure and needless to say hundreds of dollars to clean out or a whole new engine all together and we all know that isn't cheap.

There are several different methods that have been tried to fix the problem such as diluting or mixing the vegetable oil with diesel or kerosene. There are many companies on the market that will sell you hundreds of dollars worth of solvents to complete the atmoization but they don't work it all must be done properly in order to function correctly.

The new and easiest way to use the two tank system is by placing diesel fuel in one side and the other with vegetable oil with the proper heating elements and proper combinations the two can be mixed together and therefore run your vehicle just like putting gas into your car now.

The newer model engines can run on vegetable oil because of the single tank system that is involved and the use of fuel injectors, injector pressure adn other modifications to provide seamless vegetable oil. They are making the pre-heaters which allow the vegetable oil to be heated to a certain temperature so that is can go into the fuel system and run properly. They also come with an automatic feature that allows the car to stop automatically or turn off during cold temperatures.

So to answer the first question yes the use of vegetable oil to run a car is possible and a alternative to fossil fuels. With today's technology and new things coming out everyday it is possible to run your engine on vegetable oil.