Veggie Oil Car - iTurnedGreen

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  • čas přidán 29. 10. 2009
  • Economics professor Matt collects waste vegetable oil to fuel his converted diesel car. He saves money and helps to minimize his impact on the earth by using his veggie car.
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Komentáře • 60

  • @PPCWizard
    @PPCWizard Před 11 lety +1

    in the UK, there are a few used oil "gas stations" as you americans like to say. They just add alcohol to the filtered veggy oil, this thins out the oil and you can just put the stugg straight into your tank and run it. No extra heating unit needed. The downside is the alcohol adds to the cost..

  • @isaaclemasters8432
    @isaaclemasters8432 Před 10 lety +7

    YOU DO NOT NEED A CONVERSION! I have a 80 300SD (same motor as vid) I collected from restaurants while driving over7500 miles all on the go. Instead of waiting to settle, Buy a Griffin G1000,10micron filter, a delavan pump, plumb it together and use your idling cars battery to power the operation. I kept mine in a Tupperware tote in the trunk. feed the hose into dumps. I spent 200 bucks on diesel to thin the fuel out when the temperature was chilly. thats it. Still drive the car today on oil

    • @georgewages8539
      @georgewages8539 Před 6 lety +2

      Isaac LeMasters what the amount of diesel per gallon of veggie oil when temps are chilly. And where would I get that filter. Thank you . I have been collecting 100s of gallons of oil for use later. Fuel is now over 3.00 a gallon here now.

    • @bennyfreenest
      @bennyfreenest Před 5 lety

      Hello sir im from Indonesia sorry for the broken english, is there any engine trouble about salt that might contain inside the used oil? Thank you

  • @karimunjawa
    @karimunjawa Před 11 lety +1

    It's a normal gatorade/powerade bottle. The wide mouth fits just right, and the threads allow it to be literally screwed into the funnel opening to keep it secure.

  • @garrettjocis3155
    @garrettjocis3155 Před 7 lety +22

    i don't really care what those liberal hippies have to say about the environment but I would do this just because it saves you a lot of money

  • @hawaiian813
    @hawaiian813 Před 10 lety +1

    Great Video! Thank You for sharing, I am truly inspired. Keep up the great work. I will be doing my own conversion soon.

  • @socalfrijolito
    @socalfrijolito Před 9 lety +11

    Saving up for my 300d

    • @RodrigoMaluf89
      @RodrigoMaluf89 Před 8 lety

      +socal frijolito i ve a 300D 1986 and still working on 100% Filtered Old Veggie oil ! :D

    • @nekikrkan8035
      @nekikrkan8035 Před 5 lety

      @@RodrigoMaluf89 Still?

  • @MadMoneyGirl
    @MadMoneyGirl Před 12 lety

    This is fantastic! Bravo! I first read about this in Mother Earth News some years ago. Great video.

  • @juozazole
    @juozazole Před 12 lety

    P2
    In Europe more than half of total cars are diesel powered. Every single diesel engine can run on cooking oil (clean of course). You can buy a can of cooking oil, pour it to your diesel car tank and the motor would run even smoother. However, there is one condition: cooking oil thickens at much higher temperatures than diesel, therefore even +41°F would be critical.

  • @joe4324
    @joe4324 Před 11 lety

    That oil looked good! :) Most states have no hauling-permit required.

  • @175yam1
    @175yam1 Před 5 lety

    My wife works at a school,,I get free veg oil,I've been running on veg for about a year now,,no conversion,,no heat,if it's cold I run on 50 veg and 50 per cen't diseal,had no problems apart from,a fuel leaj, from return to tank pipe,and it's very clean,,I filter it once,. Was getting it from Costco at half the price from the gas station,,but now it's free,,car runs great,

  • @rawmark
    @rawmark Před 11 lety

    yup you sure can. if you're on the east coast i recommend greasecar. they're up in Massachusetts. They sell the kits online or you can drive your car to them.

  • @MegaZombieland1234
    @MegaZombieland1234 Před 12 lety

    I love this, i will be doing this with with my car when i get one

  • @hyoussef3615
    @hyoussef3615 Před 5 lety

    great job

  • @drrhousley
    @drrhousley Před 10 lety +4

    if you, use ethanol free thinners's in the oil you can use it in your straight away

  • @juozazole
    @juozazole Před 12 lety

    P3
    Thereto you need an additional fuel-heating equipment which practically allows you to run the engine even in freezing winter temperatures. There are people who uses the filtered used cooking oil to power up their older diesel cars. Newer cars are too sensitive even for the used filtered cooking oil, but still can run on new cooking oil or the biodiesel fuel that is made from plants, cooking oil, or fat collected from the fat-removal clinics and processed by a special apparatus.

  • @blackbird69xxx
    @blackbird69xxx Před 6 lety

    Brilliant love it

  • @175yam1
    @175yam1 Před 5 lety

    Cool vid

  • @luckyman1170
    @luckyman1170 Před 8 lety

    to IsaacLemasters - do you still operate your WVO vehicle? Would like some info on coversion and cleaning filter.
    Thank you

  • @shaazy
    @shaazy Před 13 lety

    Great great stuff. I'm gonna do this shortly, but yes, I'm still kinda stricken for space, but lets see.

  • @juozazole
    @juozazole Před 12 lety

    P1
    In America diesel cars are pretty rare not to speak about the fact that it can run on oil. Your idea is not new, but in the states it's original for sure.
    Diesel motor was invented with the intention to consume oil wastes. Only later it was discovered it is cheaper to run on the petroleum-related oil. As the gas prices goes up, people repeats the history and returns to diesel vehicles.

  • @davekana8388
    @davekana8388 Před 11 lety

    Hey Green Daddy Matt, I have the same W123, where did you purchase that funnel for pouring the clean oil into your 300D's tank? Is your Mercedes still running? The ol' girl looked great in her film debute! Nice job!

  • @MrJFoster1984
    @MrJFoster1984 Před 2 lety

    Put the waste oil sludge in a biodigester 👍

  • @Aaronhouston33
    @Aaronhouston33 Před 12 lety

    ive seen resturants dump that oil down the street drain before

  • @tattoocozzi420
    @tattoocozzi420 Před 11 lety +1

    can i do this to my 89 ford f250 4x4 7.3 idi thanks ?

  • @EnergyxyzLightShadow
    @EnergyxyzLightShadow Před 8 lety

    how much does it cost to switch to vegetable power?

  • @valkeriyne2684
    @valkeriyne2684 Před rokem

    What aboyt emmisions?

  • @abrahamghannam2137
    @abrahamghannam2137 Před 4 lety

    Professor do you still run your car on veggie oil and if so have you had any problems sense please respond thank you sir

  • @Aaronhouston33
    @Aaronhouston33 Před 12 lety

    yes that can work but do people do this I myself puchase off road diesel in my comunity and and its 10cents cheaper than regular gasoline so i do dont mind pumping diesel fuel even if im paying 4.00$ a gallon

  • @juozazole
    @juozazole Před 12 lety

    P6
    Finally, if you wanted to turn even greener, you might want to check for a new vehicle: replacing your 3 liter MB with another old car with 2 liter diesel engine (like the old 1.9 TDI); this would improve your fuel efficiency while adding a few HP.

  • @chrischung2365
    @chrischung2365 Před 6 lety

    A mechanic recently told me veggie vehicles break easier. Is that true?

  • @fridaynightovernight
    @fridaynightovernight Před 12 lety

    i Love This Lets all Save The Planet On Gallon At a Time

  • @cindikato1
    @cindikato1 Před 11 lety

    "for our car!!!"

  • @juozazole
    @juozazole Před 12 lety

    P5
    What is more, before filling the tank you should have had the ground covered to prevent oil leakage. And don't tell me you're gonna fertilize the plants with that compost. How the plants are supposed to elicit a long-chain breaking reaction? Don't pollute your compost with the oil wastes unless you have long-chain-breaking bacteria, hopefully.

  • @valkeriyne2684
    @valkeriyne2684 Před rokem

    Is this legal?

  • @DuallyDieselFord
    @DuallyDieselFord Před 11 lety

    Good idea but takes a ton of time

  • @MrPhotodoc
    @MrPhotodoc Před 11 lety

    Oooo, yeah. That oil looks burnt @ 2:20. DO NOT get oil from places that deep fry!

  • @nz7476
    @nz7476 Před 8 měsíci

    wonder if hes still burning veg. I did biodiesel and svo in a w116 for 10 years then quit during covid. Time to get back to it with these BS fuel prices

  • @davekana8388
    @davekana8388 Před 11 lety

    My friend said his conversion will cost him $2500! 2000
    7.3

  • @arricat5e311
    @arricat5e311 Před 10 lety

    You can filter it out I think...

  • @juozazole
    @juozazole Před 12 lety

    P4
    There are a few flaws of your oil-processing idea. First of all, it's not advisable to keep oil supplies near the swimming pool. Oil leak is unavoidable and probably imminent. You should keep your barrels in the place which would protect the environment, supposing all the barrels cracked at the same time and everything leaked out. Although it's less likely to occur, but there'd be no risk though.

  • @rawmark
    @rawmark Před 11 lety

    yeah greasecar in MA is much better. also, they make almost everything so about 95% of the conversion is done with parts made in the usa.

  • @Kevinsstuffful
    @Kevinsstuffful Před 10 lety +2

    This is all a lie all you need to do is dump it threw a coffe filter into you're tank

  • @Aaronhouston33
    @Aaronhouston33 Před 12 lety

    but i will tell you this allot of people are careless they get grease all over the car the steering wheel it ends up on the seats the dash board keys get all nasty the headliner its crazy

  • @vanda028
    @vanda028 Před 12 lety

    great vid, but quit slamming your trunk. ;)

  • @Aaronhouston33
    @Aaronhouston33 Před 12 lety

    dont do it the salt content in the used fry oil has to much cooking salt and it will burn out the pump and fuck the engine

  • @Aaronhouston33
    @Aaronhouston33 Před 12 lety

    this is to much work i would rather pay 4.00 a gallon and get my 30mpg 40mpg to time to do all that

  • @MrBallmer
    @MrBallmer Před 12 lety

    Dam Liberal