• Carbon neutral = no contribution to global warming
• No foreign oil
  
• Zero upstream  pollution
• Zero sulphur emmisions
• Up to 60% reduction in particulate matter
• Uses  a waste product for energy
  

• Unknown  longterm impact on the engine and  mechanical components.
• Not  currently consumer friendly .  ( handling vegetable oil is messy)
  
• If  SVO (straight vegetable oil / unused oil) is used for fuel it could have far reaching consequences for world food supply.
• Burning vegetable oil is better than burning petroleum, but it still has a negative impact on the environment.
  

We chose a conversion kit from a company named PLANTDRIVE . www.plantdrive.com

The installation work was performed by  Tony Oliveira
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The conversion has not been without challenges. But, it's been a very rewarding project so far..

December 2006 a fuel hose sprang a leak.

March 2007 The heavy vibration in the engine compartment allowed the heat exchanger, which we installed above  metal coolant line to cut through those pipes causing a coolant leak. The solution was to cut the pipe out and install some double wall rubber hose.

Noah approves of his dads' vegetable powered truck

Update December 2007

Truck has has 21,000 miles on vegetable oil, experienced some fuel starvation.
Changed out the primary fuel filter. Truck is now running perfectly

Update September 2007

No vegetable oil related issues to report.

The truck is running great!

It now has about 19,000 miles on WVO waste vegie oil.

June 2007, we  completed a 1400 mile road trip to San Diego.

Chris @ evolution auto in Santa Cruz has been doing the  maintenance work.  He's great if you need a mechanic in santa Cruz. 

Diesel engines are designed to run on "diesel fuel". Diesel fuel is much thinner than vegetable oil. Used cooking oil is generally thicker than new vegetable oil.

To use Vegetable Oil in a A Diesel Engine as FUEL, it must be made "thinner", so that it can be moved, by the "lift pump", from tank, to filter, to injection pump, injectors, and into the combustion chamber, and burned successfully.