FRY POWER How to Convert Your Car to Run on Vegetable Oil

FRY POWER: How to Convert Your Car to Run on Vegetable Oil What if you could refuel your car at a restaurant instead of a gas station? Some enterprising environmentalists have discovered that restaurants will gladly give away their used fryer oil, since... More

FRY POWER: How to Convert Your Car to Run on Vegetable Oil What if you could refuel your car at a restaurant instead of a gas station? Some enterprising environmentalists have discovered that restaurants will gladly give away their used fryer oil, since they usually have to pay to dispose of it. This oil can be filtered and used to run cars and trucks that have been converted to run on vegetable oil. Your exhaust might smell like fries (no joke), but you¶ll be recycling, emitting up to 70% less CO2, and saving yourself some money. The first thing to know is that only diesel cars can be converted to run on veggie oil. Diesel engines were originally designed to run on a variety of fuels, including peanut oil and vegetable oil. These engines work by injecting the fuel into a chamber of compressed air, where it ignites. Gas cars use a spark plug, which won¶t ignite veggie oil. You should start with a diesel car that¶s 15 years or older, says Farhad Ghafarzade, a veggie oil mechanic w Less