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Date:         Mon, 24 Jan 2000 03:32:27 -0600
Reply-To:     John Rodgers <inua@HIWAAY.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         John Rodgers <inua@HIWAAY.NET>
Subject:      Re: French Fry Exhaust, Was:  biodesiel
Comments: To: Dldemarest@AOL.COM
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There as a guy in Anchorage Alaska that for a time ran used frying oil in his
rabbit diesel. As I recall he added 15% kerosene to his mix. It was back in the
early '80's.
Don't know how long he kept that up.


John Rodgers
"88 GL Driver


Douglas Demarest wrote:


> I read the biodesiel article cited in the recent post and some web pages that
> it linked to.  They claim that any unmodified desiel motor can burn this
> stuff, and that its easy to make from used vegetable oil, which restraunts
> throw away tons of.  It seems like it just can't be this easy.  If it is, why
> aren't all of the desiel Vanagon owners on this list running on french fry
> waste?
>
> Doug Demarest
> Minneapolis, MN
> 86 Vanagon
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