Monday of Memorial Day.
I found myself on a 50' sport fishing boat, anchored, drinking beer and taking in the sun and the passing bikinis. Who would have expected that also on the boat was a senior Cummins Engineer that specialized in fuel system development. We talked, and drank more beer. This is what I gathered from the conversion in respect to WVO as an alternative fuel in diesel engines.
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Clean it - Literally the first thing he said was that it needed to be clean of solid contaminants. Obviously the fuel needs to pass through the injectors, but he also pointed out that the fuel is also the lubrication for parts of the fuel delivery system. Abrasive contaminants in the oil will cause scoring in the injector and IP parts leading to a costly repair. Also, generally speaking, newer engines have much smaller injector sizes require
