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| 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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