No, it will be 3.5g per liter.

It does heat when you mix the lye with the water before you added it to the methanol. When we prepare the lye mix we use a big water tank to absorb the heat.

Try Univar, and for the sodium hydroxide any chemical company should have it.

A good point about the glasses. We wear glasses, respirators, and long gloves when handling this material. This video was made a few years ago when I started.

Not to be a dick but I would have liked to have seen glasses on when working with the lye. One sneeze and ya coulda gone blind lol. Great video. The more people are able to see on great sites like YT just how easy it is, maybe the more people will get involved and bring the cost of both materials used (methanol for instance) and other fuels (gasoline, diesel fuel) down and stabilize the economy a bit more. Supply and demand. Less need for petroleum-based fuels, the cheaper it becomes.

So where might I find the methanol and sodium hydroxide?

I saw on another video, that they heat it in the prosses? Your way seems so simple. I assume you have no problems using it?

Wonderful video, Thanks You AAAA++++

Is the titration process neccesary when using pure vegetable oil?

I make a degreaser. Check out "making Biodiesel Part 4". Let me know what you think.

What do you do with the glycerin waste?

In this particualr example, I am using used vegetable oil. Yes it matters if you are using new or used oil in only that you are going to need more lye for used oil. No metal tank os needed and yes you could put it straight into the tank provided of course it is for a diesel engine. You do not need an extra kit. At cold temperatures, I have had no issues with gelling, but viscosity does increase so flow restriction through filters has been an issue only in high biodiesel ratios.

are you using waste vege oil or brand new vege oil, does it even matter? so by using this formula and adding all that stuff, you can put it directly into your gas tank with no heat cables and it won't gel or cause any problems in the cold? do you need a metal tank? do you need to buy a 2000 kit still or do you only need the kit when you put vege oil straight in it?
thanks

It is possible and it requires the vehicle to have a heater in the system and a tank just with regular diesel. As you know, oil hardens in cold temperatures, and if the vehicle is turned off with oil in the system, the following day the injectors, fuel lines, injection pump could be plugged. With biodiesel no additional equipment is needed.

i saw on mythbusters they ran a car on used fry oil, but i dont think they did anything to it but filter it. Is that possible, and if it is, does it do any damage to your car?

thanks, i also saw on a motoring show that you can mix 3 parts white spirit to 97 parts diesel,and that it would work in any diesel without modification

I use a 100% concentration, i.e., one ml of water for one gram of NaOH. The water used is small and it is worth the proper mixing of the lye and methanol. I use regular water.

No, biodiesel and regular diesel mix and you do not have to do a single thing.

to run a car on biodiesel, do you have to drain out all of the conventional diesel first, and will any diesel run on it

The name of my company is Transit Systems Unlimited, Inc. and beside the buses we operate, I buy Jettas and Beetle TDIs for the staff which also run on biodiesel.

It is that simple.

Lye is the name given to NaOH or KOH. Call Westco at 323-877-0077 and see if that helps you. It is very important you used the right chemicals at the correct purities. Again, titrate on pure vegetable oil to make sure you are doing it right.

I did find this out from the cleaner I developed using the excess glycerin. One day I will re do this video because there are some issues I would like to address. The message was that it is very easy to make ( 4 plus minutes)

Diesel cars do run on straight vegie oil. Mercedez cars tend to be very forgiven, but I have not tried it on my buses mostly because I can mix regular diesel with biodiesel at any ratio.