My first car was an 86’ diesel Volkswagen Jetta. Its was slow, smokey and noisy. But it was cheap to fill up (back when diesel was much less than petrol). I loved that car. Since I moved to Vancouver, I have had no need for a vehicle so it had to go. Tear.
But I have always liked diesel cars for their fuel efficiency. I have also for quite a while been interested in making my own things. I enjoy do-it-yourself projects, which is why I looked into making my own bio-diesel as an experiment at home.
Now, when I have read about people making their own bio-diesel from waste cooking oil from restaurants and I have always though that that was fine, but the idea of driving around to a bunch of restaurants collecting sloppy dirty oil has never seemed to me to be too sustainable. Also, it only s economical if you can get the waste cooking oil for free. ..and if everyone started colleting the used cooking oil, pretty soon it would not be free anymore. Buying enough cooking oil to fill a car tank (50-60 liters) is really not very economical ☺.
Regardless, I have decided to try it anyway just for fun. There are tons of resources on the web of how to make it, I looked at wiki-how http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Pop-Bottle-Biodiesel and also watched a few you tube videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TC9h78b2RM4&feature=fvw.
All the products can be purchased at a grocer and hardware store. I have all the ingredients and will try it this weekend. Check back soon for another post of the results of my experiment. Not sure how I will see if it can actually be used in an engine….
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