Back in the UK I converted my Mitsu L200 Animal to run on veg oil which it did fine.  Are there any such kits available in Thailand? I have a Mazda BT50 2.2 2019.  I am aware these kits run better on older diesels but I am curious.    I was considering electric but selling my car on to someone else to use and buy a new vehicle doesn't workout planet saving wise.  Not a member of extinction rebellion btw.   My truck only has 30,000km and will keep it for a while for my motorbike.  

The old chap who takes away the used oil from the family restaurant (he pays for it, 15 years ago we paid him to take it away) mixes it 50-50 with pump diesel and runs his old indirect-injection Nissan pickup on it. He also sells to the local farmers who run the Kubota Iron-Buffaloes on it. Yes, the exhausts smell of fried fish.

 

I'm not sure I'd want to be doing that with a common-rail diesel mind. IIRC the conversion kits concentrate on getting the viscosity to a level the engine can handle by warming the oil, not so necessary in the tropics.

How much oil do you actually have access to?

 

It might be better to find a chap like ours who will pay for it and let him do the green bit leaving your expensive engine to live another day.

 

We have a Fortuner, I believe it is 'Common Rail' but I have no idea what that means, anyone help me understand ?? Thanks ????

3 minutes ago, Golden Triangle said:

We have a Fortuner, I believe it is 'Common Rail' but I have no idea what that means, anyone help me understand ?? Thanks ????

 

Wikipedia is your friend https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_rail

 

In a nutshell, don't put anything in the tank that's not pump diesel unless you know exactly what you are doing.

 

You can also Google "SVO in a common rail diesel" (SVO - Straight Vegetable Oil) most of the articles I see say "don't" ????  

Diesel engines have moved on a long way, the common rail thing, fuel injection has become more complex, filtering is essential to keep the modern fuel delivery system good, so I reckon there will be a lot more to it using KFC waste...????

37 minutes ago, Golden Triangle said:

We have a Fortuner, I believe it is 'Common Rail' but I have no idea what that means, anyone help me understand ?? Thanks ????

It's made by Toyota who recommend diesel fuel.

Running a Bht 1.5M vehicle on chip fat.   555555

4 hours ago, Crossy said:

 

Wikipedia is your friend https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_rail

 

In a nutshell, don't put anything in the tank that's not pump diesel unless you know exactly what you are doing.

 

Don't worry, I'm not about to, I can afford to pay for diesel ????

9 hours ago, Golden Triangle said:

Don't worry, I'm not about to, I can afford to pay for diesel ????

I can afford to take the risk.  It's my motorbike toy.

 

There's a company in the US that does a kit that works well on modern trucks.  Couldn't comment on mine as he wasn't familiar with a 2.2 Mazda.

 

16 hours ago, transam said:

Diesel engines have moved on a long way, the common rail thing, fuel injection has become more complex, filtering is essential to keep the modern fuel delivery system good, so I reckon there will be a lot more to it using KFC waste...????

Yeah - contrary to popular belief there is quite a significant amount of "fluid" in these oils. At very least once filtered you need to let them rest for a day to separate the fat (oil) for the moisture