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    • December 4, 2015 at 11:38 am #45687
      kenotractors
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        I have not tested this on the tractors…..

        But I own a 94 Cummins 12 valve.  I will run my truck on used oil, ATF, hydraulic oil, diesel mixed with gas, kerosene, any type of fuel!  It runs great.  EGT’s get a little hotter with some of the fuels.  And will plug a fuel filter every now and again.  Just shows that diesels will pretty much run on anything, as long as they fuel system can handle it.

        Over in China,  they run the Jinma tractors (and I’m sure many others) on peanut oil.  The “diesel” they have is very interesting,  there is usually a fair amount in the tanks of our tractors when they get to our shop.  It smells very strange, feels very dry and is a different yellowish color.

        Tyler Nystrom
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      • December 5, 2015 at 4:38 am #45692
        Tinbender
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          There’s a company in Bend that collects cooking oil and chicken grease from restaurants all over Central Oregon to make this stuff. Sure beats pouring it into the ground or whatever they were doing with it before.

        • December 10, 2015 at 8:59 am #45702
          yocsr
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            It’s been a year or two back a couple of trucking companies went to that with great success, but same as you their biggest concern was winter temps. If memory serves me right I believe they did have a few issues in extreme low temps and ended up going a mix diesel/bio-diesel in extreme temps.

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