Archive for May, 2008

Are there any problems associated with using vegetable oil in Commercial diesel engines and must u mix it?

lillypilly52 asked: Because of the high cost of fuel and the low cost of vegetable oils I want to try running my car on vegetable oil .I was told that originally diesel engines were designed to run solely on vegetable oil is this true..Cheers all ….Caffeinated Content

why diesel engines are expensive to maintain than gasoline engine?

MercedesActross2000 asked: Does diesel engines have more engine parts than gasoline engines? This is why diesel’s maintaining costs is higher?Caffeinated Content for WordPress

How do turbo diesel engines produce high power with low CO2 emissions?

John P asked: Given two similar engines, one petrol and one turbo diesel, how and why does the diesel develop similar power but with much lower CO2 g/km emissions? Does the diesel have any disadvantages over the petrol engine?Caffeinated Content

Why do we use diesel engines in many places although petrol engines are more efficient for the everything ?

azarudeen b asked: Why do we use diesel engines in many places although petrol engines are more efficient for the everything else being same?Caffeinated Content for WordPress

hey, is it true that you can use used vegetable oil on diesel engines? how about on other machines that need g

My_name_is_Earl asked: how about other engines that need gasoline to run, (say, lawnmowers) can they be used also? How about in the car? If it is a diesel engine, do I need to change anything in it? Will it damage my car if I use used vegetable oil as gas? Can I also use coconut [...]