wvo system not working at all... Help
October 18, 2005 - 2:53pm
HI all. I was trying to clean my used veggie oil tank, so I emptied the tank, and put in diesel fuel. now at the clear plastic fuel filter right before the main fuel filter for the WVO system is showing green fuel color, and the car doesn't run at all. Base on the color of the fuel, could it be coolant? Please help.....
October 19, 2005 - 10:21am
#2
thanks, I will check on that
October 19, 2005 - 10:45am
#3
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Originally posted by: ancient
HI all. I was trying to clean my used veggie oil tank, so I emptied the tank, and put in diesel fuel. now at the clear plastic fuel filter right before the main fuel filter for the WVO system is showing green fuel color, and the car doesn't run at all. Base on the color of the fuel, could it be coolant? Please help.....
What is your tank heat exchanger(HE) and tubing from outside to heat exchanger made of? I'm especially interested in the tubing that goes from the wall of the tank to the HE.
Possible you caused a leak when cleaning if it is aluminum line. If made out of rubber hose it's possible the diesel degraded it. Diesel is rough on rubber not designed to hold diesel.
Let us know what you find.
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Steve M
1985 300SD (Benny)
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October 20, 2005 - 8:48pm
#4
I found the problem. It turns out the problem was the fuel line that is inside of the coollant line that goes into the little plastic fuel filter for the WVO set up. Here is what I did. I disconnected the T, and slower pulled out the fuel line since the fuel filter still shower green fluid. I pulled out a fuel line that was about 5 feet long, and I am guess the other half is still in the coolant tube that goes back to my wvo tank. Now where and what kind of fuel line I need to get? I am planning to disconnect the whole line from the tank, and pull the whole 20 some feet of robber tube out, and run the new lines in. Any suggestion on the fuel lines? Thanks.
October 21, 2005 - 3:14am
#5
I like the stuff i got with my greasecar kit its a rigid platic tubeing. I think its called pex tube it's held up very well for me. Wonder how your fuel line got broken this is literarly the first case i have heard of. Hope the pump is ok never a good thing to suck coolant into the IP.
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October 21, 2005 - 6:23pm
#6
Ancient,how much line do you need? I have alot of extra laying around from all my Greasecar' install's I can send out to ya! If need be.Let me know
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November 6, 2005 - 7:48pm
#7
HI, I need about 20 feet long. Let me know how much will cost to ship them to 21014. I can pay for them. Thank you very much.
my address is
1357 Sweetbriar Lane
Bel Air, MD 21014
TC
November 7, 2005 - 2:10pm
#8
mcmaster.com has pex tubing that would do the trick for you. Just do a search for it on the site. That site has everything and it's where greasecar told me to pick up parts if i ever broke anything. ;)
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2001 VW New Beetle TDI
6000 mi wvo and counting....
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November 8, 2005 - 10:08pm
#9
You could use cross-linked polyethylene (PEX) tubing, or you could get some aluminum tubing which will transfer heat much better.
I'd hesitate to use scraps cobbled together as Wallystroke mentioned, any connections will serve as a restriction for either the fuel flow or the coolant flow.
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Ryan DeWald
Custom Vegetable Oil Fuel Conversions
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2001 VW Jetta TDI.
Greasecar kit
6000 miles on SVO
averaging 200 miles per diesel gallon.
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November 13, 2005 - 10:42pm
#10
Got the right tubing from MCMaster. Will install soon, and keep the updates going. Thanks everyone.
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Well easy way to answere that is it the same color as your coolant? Coolant comes in a LOT of colors. Also is your coolant now running low? that tank in the back there would probably hold all the coolant your car circulates if that was the issue.
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01 vw jetta TDI
Vag-Com tool at home
RC stage 2 ECU (loveing it)
VR6 clutch / single mass flywheel.
Running on Veg sence summer 04 still learning new tricks
House and property protected by expert marksmen.