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Originally Posted by Tobra
Didn't old Otto design that motor to run on peanut oil?
I like the idea, would do a truck like that
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Actually I think the first diesel engine ran on coal dust. Imagine that! But yes, the first ones ran on a variety of fuels, including peanut oil. The idea was to make a compression ignition engine that could be run on whatever fuels were on-hand. We're just coming full-circle.
FWIW, the best oil I have EVER run was peanut oil from a szechuan restaurant in Montreal. Car idled 200 rpms higher and went like the blazes. Never understood why.
As for trucks, the dodge cummins are the BEST to run, as long as they aren't the 98.5-2002 engines with the VP44 injection pump. As long as you buy one before or after those years, they are the best trucks to run veggie. Some say the Cummins 12v 5.9 is the BEST engine to run on veggie, car or truck. Ford Powerstrokes are great too, but the Chev 6.2, 6.5 and 6.7s have injection pumps that are REALLY sensitive to heat & viscosity.