Cold and creamy oil

Well winter is here and my filtered wvo is pretty creamy. I filled up yesterday and the oil was coming out of the hose pretty slowly. I have had no problems starting up. I am using the glow-three-times winter strategy that a mechanic taught me. I turn the key so the preglow light goes on, then off. I turn off the key and do it again. Then I do it one more time before starting the engine. It has worked like a charm even on a 20-something degree morning last week.

Vegtruck blog

As many of you may know, a couple years ago, I named this blog Vegcar because the domain was available. I had heard the term used a couple of times but it wasn't (and still isn't) part of the lexicon.
Today, I became acquainted with a blog called Vegtruck that started up at the end of May 2007. Clearly a cousin of this blog, it has some good information and stories. Kudos to its author Clayton (pictured in photo)!

Fuel tax story on ABC

CBS did a story on Sunday on a vegcar converter in North Carolina that got a visit from the IRS to try to collect the federal road tax from him. They say in the story that North Carolina (and three other states) passed laws exempting vegcar drivers from paying the road tax. If the road tax is a federal tax, how can states exempt anyone from paying it? Any thoughts or information?

Veg Oil Fuel in the Wilderness

As I have posted, I do worry about leaving my vegcar overnight in Yosemite.

WVO Home Delivery - Slideshow

Here is a slideshow from the delivery of 1,000 gallons of SVO we received in May from Sphere Energy out of San Luis Obispo, CA. A

MPG and power running on veg oil

A vegcar.net reader asks:

I [am] interested in running a diesel pickup (Ford F-250) on WVO. What kind of performance-MPG, HP can I expect? could you tow a small boat or plow snow effectively? I realize the engine size,vehicle weight, climate, altitude etc. can make a difference. can you give me some guidence with these issues?

I'll try. To the best of my knowledge, diesels running on vegetable oil usually get just about the same mpg as when the run on diesel. As far as power, I have seen Ford diesel trucks running on veg oil pull a trailer with 1,000 gallons of veg oil on the back. Together with the trailer, this is over 9,000 lbs. I have heard some folks claim that there is a 5-10% loss in power when running on veg oil but I haven't seen any data on that. If anyone out there has some information on this, please send it my way and I'll post it.