As aside, we have a local coffee roaster, Larry's Beans, which has a delivery van powered by recycled cooking oil. I'm not sure if it is entirely vegetable oils or if that includes animal fat, but it isn't petroleum. I believe they source this from restaurants and other commercial food outfits that produce enough quantity to burn in a vehicle. I don't know how well it burns or if it requires special refitting of the engine, but it has been in use for more than a decade. I'd say, don't try this with your new Ram truck.
My wife has simple dreams, or else I’d not have been her husband over 20 years.
Her dream car is an early 80s Mercedes diesel, she thought was sooooo cool while she was a teenager.
I’ve looked into buying her one, and the only thing really wonderful about them is Mercedes quality. They are slow as pond water, but last almost forever.
They are something of a “cult classic”.
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Online there is a lot of info into converting a Mercedes (or any other) diesel into a “waste oil burner”.
I can guarantee you my wife demands a diesel that I can fill up with diesel at the gas station.
There’s a host of challenges to burning waste cooking oil in a diesel and above all the worst is you have to process and filter your own fuel.
