Run your car on fryer grease

TractorLegend · 07-12-2005, 12:11 AM

www.frybrid.com

Thought this may interest the inquisitive.
Maybe they'll make a Kioti kit?? [img]/forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img]

RedRocker · 07-12-2005, 07:25 AM

I can see it now, "I'd like an eggroll, fried won ton and fill er up." [img]/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

JLoaf · 07-13-2005, 04:17 PM

My brother-in-law recently told me about a guy he does business with that runs an F-250 on 25% diesel / 75% KFC grease.
The guy is a mechanical engineer. He supposedly made a grease filtration system in his garage for about $500.
He gets the grease free! That's cheap fuel.
Why hasn't Exxon told us about this? [img]/forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

lhfarm · 07-13-2005, 04:56 PM

Helped a friend and his daughter install one of the Greasecar kits in an old VW Jetta. You warm the engine up on diesel and switch to grease. Before shutting down, you throw a purge switch to clear the fuel lines and switch back to diesel.

You plumb the heater hoses to the trunk where the 2nd tank is located. Coolant is run through the tank (and around a second filter) and the fuel line is run inside on coolant line to heat things up. Would take some engineering to install on a tractor [img]/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img].

BigAl · 07-13-2005, 04:59 PM

I wonder if the exhaust would smell like French Fries ? I think I might like that [img]/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
Big Al

Av8r3400 · 07-13-2005, 06:00 PM

This concept has been around for years. ( Greasel )

The reason for heating the oil is to get it to flow and burn easier. If some smart chemist out there would come up with an additive to add to straight vegetable oil to get it to flow at low temps, that would be the end of the oil (and ag income) problem.

TractorLegend · 07-13-2005, 09:43 PM

Im afraid if the oil companies control this I wont be able to afford french fries anymore?? [img]/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

07-12-2005, 12:11 AM	#1 (permalink)
TractorLegend Platinum Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Normandy Park, WA and Randle, WA recreation property Posts: 834	Run your car on fryer grease www.frybrid.com Thought this may interest the inquisitive. Maybe they'll make a Kioti kit?? [img]/forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img]

07-12-2005, 07:25 AM	#2 (permalink)
RedRocker Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Lewisville & Montague County, TX Posts: 2,046	Re: Run your car on fryer grease I can see it now, "I'd like an eggroll, fried won ton and fill er up." [img]/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

07-13-2005, 04:17 PM	#3 (permalink)
JLoaf Silver Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: White Co., ARKANSAS Posts: 217	Re: Run your car on fryer grease My brother-in-law recently told me about a guy he does business with that runs an F-250 on 25% diesel / 75% KFC grease. The guy is a mechanical engineer. He supposedly made a grease filtration system in his garage for about $500. He gets the grease free! That's cheap fuel. Why hasn't Exxon told us about this? [img]/forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

07-13-2005, 04:56 PM	#4 (permalink)
lhfarm Gold Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Central Indiana Posts: 405	Re: Run your car on fryer grease Helped a friend and his daughter install one of the Greasecar kits in an old VW Jetta. You warm the engine up on diesel and switch to grease. Before shutting down, you throw a purge switch to clear the fuel lines and switch back to diesel. You plumb the heater hoses to the trunk where the 2nd tank is located. Coolant is run through the tank (and around a second filter) and the fuel line is run inside on coolant line to heat things up. Would take some engineering to install on a tractor [img]/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img].

07-13-2005, 04:59 PM	#5 (permalink)
BigAl Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: California , Idaho and a little island in Panama Posts: 579	Re: Run your car on fryer grease I wonder if the exhaust would smell like French Fries ? I think I might like that [img]/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] Big Al

07-13-2005, 06:00 PM	#6 (permalink)
Av8r3400 Platinum Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: North Central Wisconsin Posts: 679	Re: Run your car on fryer grease This concept has been around for years. ( Greasel ) The reason for heating the oil is to get it to flow and burn easier. If some smart chemist out there would come up with an additive to add to straight vegetable oil to get it to flow at low temps, that would be the end of the oil (and ag income) problem.

07-13-2005, 09:43 PM	#7 (permalink)
TractorLegend Platinum Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Normandy Park, WA and Randle, WA recreation property Posts: 834	Re: Run your car on fryer grease Im afraid if the oil companies control this I wont be able to afford french fries anymore?? [img]/forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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