Veggie Terms
SVO Car - Straight Vegetable Oil - This is a car that can be run on vegetable oil that has not been processed other than filtering

WVO Car - Waste Vegetable Oil - Same as SVO but using waste vegetable oil

Two Tank Car - Two tanks are used in WVO set ups to store both the vegetable oil and the diesel fuel.

Single Tank - Cars can a be run with a single tank by mixing diesel and vegetable oil, usually 50/50 mixture.  There are also some conversions that use a single tank and 100% vegetable oil. These cars are typically run in warmer climates

Bio Fuel - Any fuel made from renewable energy sources.  Wood from trees, oil from vegetables.........

Bio Diesel - Bio diesel is diesel fuel made from vegetable oil.  Vegetable oil alone is not Bio Diesel.  It must be processes with ethanol and lye first before it is concidered a diesel fuel.  Bio Diesel can be run in any diesel car. 

5 micron filter - a micron is equal to 0.001 millimeters (.000039 inches) and is used to measure the size of the pores in a filter.  The smaller the number the smaller the particle it will filter.  Most diesel car filters are 10 micron.

Lift Pump or Fuel Pump - The pump that moves the fuel from the tank to the injection pump.  Can be mounted in the tank or attached to the engine.

Injection Pump - This is a high pressure pump that injects the fuel into the combustion chambers.
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