People started doing this a lot in the UK a few years back when diesel went over £1 per ltr, shortly afterward the price of vegetable oil went from 20 pence ltr, to over £1 ltr so it was cheaper to buy diesel.

Interesting process, very simple. I'm a biochemistry undergrad that's researching biodiesel made from ethanol and using potassium glyceroxide as the catalyst (made from glycerol). We want to optimize the safety, sustainability, and efficiency of biodiesel production with our methods!

Like several of your other commenters, a decade ago I could make biodiesel extremely cheap and used it to fuel my farm equipment and my dually Ford. I was able to haul away used cooking oil from several local restaurants and cafes. That all began to change and the ingredients began to sky rocket and a company I won't name lest I give them free publicity, signed contracts with my cooking oil sources, to a man, and they pay them for their used oil. I sold my little refinery that I made and perfected and resigned myself to pay at the pump. I have since retired from farming/ranching but I just thought the viewers should know that it may be interesting and even intriguing to make your own diesel but it's not necessarily economical.

that is another reason I love my 7.3, it eats anything

Thank you for including the disclaimer. I had a newer duramax come to the dealer with low power complaints and a ton of codes. Exhaust smelled just like a deep fryer. Customer failed to mention he made his own biodiesel until service writer (finally) called and questioned the guy. This will not work on new trucks with emissions equipment. It could get cost prohibitive very quickly. A fresh tank of real diesel fixed the issues

I feel like I'm watching a ruff cut episode of breaking bad

It seems like a easy science experiment we all should of been taught in school .

I can’t wait to see the larger scale video. I’m pretty happy to be driving my alh powered tdi getting 40mpg even cheaper fuel would be great

Made my own biodiesel for 5 years at over 1000 liters per year. Had to give it up when used oil became hard to get and what I did get titrated to high. You have the basics but you need to refine your process. Hopefully you will do so with a larger processor.

Thanks for this video, I can't wait for the larger scale version

In my younger days, I used to get my oil from a restaurant, (free), clean it up using an old cream sepatator as a centrifuge, and pour it straight into my ‘81 VW Golf. Never had injector or filter problems. Of course, I could only do this when the temperature was above 12 centigrade. I got 40 mpg (imperial gallon, not U.S.)

any diesel truck as long as it is not an HDi engine (high pressure injection) will run on a 50/50 mix of veg oil and diesel regardless of pump make in the summer months when temps are higher than 10 degrees C, if however you have a Bosch fuel pump you can pour straight vegetable oil, sunflower oil into the tank and run it without problems in the summertime. in winter you would need a tank heater. I ran my 1998 Citroen diesel on reclaimed vegetable oil for 7 years in a row during the summer and had no issues at all, my Father had the same car and ran his to on vegetable oil.

I've never owned a Diesel engine, or a vehicle powered by one, but I have heard that biodiesel will eventually create clogging in the fuel system, and is quicker to gel or freeze in lower temperatures.

You are nearly there, did everything right, but forgot to remove the Glycerol, but instead, mist washed it while the Glycerol is still at the bottom. You then poured it all in and the water that was in it. You need to remove the Glycerol, then wash it, keep removing the water from the bottom until the water is clear, then heat off the water until bio is dry, then filter the bio

Small refinery makes 5-8 gallons per hour of diesel and half that of gasoline from waste crankcase oil. No chemicals to buy, free waste motor oil. Better solution from someone who has spent more than a decade making biodiesel.

thank you for posting. mr wizard meets chemical engineering. don herbert would be proud.

That was a very cool video JR thanks for sharing can’t wait to see the large scale video

Hi, I make my own biodiesel, from Nottingham, England. I remove the Glycerol then rinse, then heat off the suspended water. I would of thought water in it would cause hydrolic lock, and thought all diesels would over time, caramelise the pistons then be harder to start on cooking oil.

And if you make soap you have 0 waste . I like that

That is if you can get old veg oil, nowadays here by us every drop of old oil is scooped up by the recyling companies. Your only hope of finding old veg oil is in your own kitchen after making fries and thats not gonna fill a tank in a few months, so yeah not really worth it. Its a much better idea to make diesel and fuel from old plastic via pyrolyses. Those are much easier to come by and you get much more variety, you even get gas for your stove😉😄👍

Excellent....thank you for the chemistry lessen ..

Unfortunately here in the UK the vegetable oil is just as expensive as the diesel..It's interesting that our natural gas price is 5x higher than the rest of Europe.If that's not an agenda I don't know what is.

I ran a biopro saves alot of the time involved

I was making “bio” diesel over 20 years ago before it even had a label or required regulation 🤣

Safety glasses are a must !!! and some type of thin nitrile gloves maybe . Just saying , 🫶🇬🇧🫶

3 women drove their diesel van across the U.S. without paying for any fuel. They gathered the used cooking oil that was being thrown out behind the restaurants where they ate, and used that as fuel.

Hi just a comment you need to wash bio d in h2so4 sulfuric acid and water diluted. And before washing separate the free fatty acid and glyerene off the product. When the h2so4 is initially washed separate and wash another 2 times with fresh water and a bubble stone from an aquarium with an air pump. Your bio d will be clean and ready to use when it's clear if you have issues with water retention add a little isopropanol alcohol. I manufactured bio d to the en 14/2/14 standard. And was one of the original bio d ers in the UK. Regards Martin steele

you can use filtered vegetable oil, but you have to keep it hot all the way up to the injectors to the glycerine doesn't sludge it out. '

Buffets are a the great chip source of ysed cooking oil. I used to put 275 gall toat at buffet. Then exchange it.

You should get jars with taps on the bottom.

Ah yes, the quintessential / typical "MI. Gray" day as always, somewhere there is sunshine..

All of the used oils and hydraulic fluids I collect at home I catch as clean as possible in a catch can I keep sealed in double trash bags. When full, I pour the 15 qts into 5-qt oil jugs I save from new oil/fluid changes. I let the jugs sit for at least 90 days and then slowly pour off the top 4 quarts. The last quart has the settled solids or contamination in it. I mix 3 gal of the clean used oil with gasoline nearly 1:1 in 5 gallon fuel cans and shake for 1 minute, and put two 5-gallons cans into a 3/4 full tank of diesel. My 2005 Ram diesel has a 40 gallon tank. This makes a mix of about 15% used oils. It seems to run fine Winter and Summer. I do change my fuel filter a little sooner than typical, about every 10,000 miles, rather than 15,000. The dirty oil left in each jug i combine again and let settle another 90 days and repeat. The 2nd time I pour off the top and use the remainder as chain-lube and make two-cycle fuel for my chainsaw, and some start my wood boiler at night. It's a cheap and easy way to get rid of collected fluids, have a little free fuel, and not waste anything either.

A bit strange to do even the example the wrong way. You always empty the glycerol first and after that you can wash it several times with water. The more washes, the cleaner diesel. Conical containers are always used to easily empty out glycerol and dirty water that settle on the bottom.

JR I assume this would work great in my little Kubota, with no emissions crap on it.

Diesel engines originally used peanut oil

Very much looking forward to the large scale vid.

The first diesel engines ran on peanut oil. There are quite a few videos out there and different diesel engines that run on vegetable oil.

4 quarts = gallon. 3.78 litres = gallon

The cost of using unused cooking oil is more than buying diesel not to mention the cost of the rest of that

I'm here wondering what it would take to switch out the methanol with ethanol and still make the biodiesel

While it's good in a pinch, you can't store it. We use bio diesel on base and it ruined injectors and separated in the fuel tanks. What I would like to learn is distilling crude oil to make diesel...

With you on this one...But first I am going to say...Do not try this with the newer High Pressure pump engines...such as the one I have in my Jeep Wrangler CRD or the newer VW/Audi models. In the past I have run Landrover diesels, Rover car diesels, Perkins Diesels, Peugeot/Citroen diesels, even VW turbo Diesels. I never did any of the things you did....I ran my engines on. Diesel, Kerosene, Hydraulic oil, Brake fluid, cooking oil direct from the supermarket and mixes of all of these....like when a guy gave me 400 litres of old brake fluid.......I would throw half a tank of brake fluid in my Landrover and then top off with diesel, she ran perfectly if not quieter than on straight diesel....same with hydraulic oil.....The Landrover would run happily on hydraulic oil, so would the Perkins diesel.....but a bit of diesel or Kerosene to top it off never hurt matters. I would say that over the years I did this regularly I saved thousands of pounds sterling......I would occasionally take old engine oil from friends and from my servicing and run it through old denim a few times...Denim is a good filter. I also denim filtered some of the hydraulic oil, didn't seem to do much to it but it did take out a residue. I carried out all these operations in a small shed in my back yard and kept a big drum of my filtered fuel in my shed and for years only went to a filling station when I was waiting for something to run through my filter system.

The point is...grow sunflowers. All you need to do to convert SVO to fully compatible diesel is add kerosene or gasoline at 10% to it. No methanol or potassium hydroxide needed. In addition, to filter WVO you can just use gelatin mixed with hot water stirred in and settled. You do NOT need to react with methanol. The kero/petrol soluabilizes the fatty esters that you remove with this method. It also increases energy density in the fuel over and above standard diesel, whereas the methanol method reduces it. I've known about this method for years after a Kansas farmer used the results of a 2002 paper to convert sunflower oil to diesel. He tested it extensively on an injector bench, then stepwise used it in his diesel truck, and eventually started using it in all of his farming equipment, including 250k dollar combines. He grows sunflowers as a part of his rotation, and as fuel prices increased he realized he could save enormous money over selling the seed into the animal feed market.

I did my first batch. Its about 26 /28 liters or soo... i bought 5liters of methanol, it took 2 weeks, not very easy ti find. Then i did the ratio i found on a vietnamese video. 8l wvo, 2l metanol and 50 grs lye. It is wonderful, but still a pitty in winter it is not very usefull

For everyone wanting to try this please do you research on pricing first. Local sources to me ( middle of nowhere southern US ) Methanol prices are around $517 for a 54 Gallon drum, not 55, which comes out to approximately $9.57 per gallon. I buy well over 200 gallons a year and cant get a deal on it lol. Another local source for vegetable oil quoted me at $1,650 for a 55 gallon drum, approximately $30 a gallon. Even at my local supermarket I am paying $30 a gallon for store brand, and up to $60 a gallon for high end name brand vegetable oil. Just to cook with. For our UK friends that dont know, 1 gallon = 3.785 liters.

are you not including the price of the vegetable oil ?

And with pottasium hydroxide back titrate and if I remember right it's 5.25 grammes to virgin oil, plus titration for recovered veg oil.

What about used oil mixed with old gasoline or regular gasoline mix?

In UK vegetable oil is more expensive than diesel per litre. yesterday cheap Veg oil £2.09 Diesel 151.9.

BP, shell and Esso have left the chat!!

I did it in 2008 crises. By toats. I had f350 and always had a problem- methanol was eating o-rings in a low pressure fuel pump.

Hi, just found your channel, cool topics. I've got a question. I have about 200 gallons of 40 year old diesel. It is/was farm grade. It is now thicker and darker, and will clog up fuel injectors on an old tractor. Is it possible to restore the fuel for use? And if not, could I use it in a Chinese diesel heater (space heater) by adding "Heet" or an alternative to it?

Thanks. People will need diesel fuel engines and machinery, and diesel or oil will not work with gasoline fuel engines. Diesel engines were the first type of combustion engine. Robert Murray Smith has some ideas also.

I am contemplating what I can do to source everything from scratch. I’ve read that wood ash produces potassium hydroxide. There are people who use ethanol instead of methanol. I can brew ethanol and distill it. I am looking for plants that produce high yields of vegetable oil. Mostly to say I can. I’m curious if ethanol can be used instead of methanol. Another question is when you add water to extract the suspended methanol. Does that water now contaminate the fuel? I’ve read that most biodiesel is hygroscopic. This can cause excessive wear on the pistons and increased corrosion in the engine and fuel system. Is there a method to remove water? Also what’s the shelf life of most biodiesel? Because I know most vegetable oils oxidize (go rancid). Is this the same for biodiesel? Last question. Could pure unrefined veg oil be used in a 6.2L Detroit diesel? Thanks!

the only problem of biodiesel is that requires a lot of pure alcohol and it's incredibly expensive so people dont make it but just go to a gas station and have a regular diesel that is alredy tested and has nearly identical price (probably even cheaper). anyway you've made a nice guide man

You can use animal to make biodiesel, but there are challenges that have to be overcome. The lye (KOH or NaOH) is what causes the reaction, the methanol (which could be substituted with ethanol) is a catalyst and isn't mandatory... the process takes longer. It does NOT cause the "fats to drop out of suspension". The chemical reaction takes the triglycerides and breaks off the glycerine that binds the 3 fatty acids together. The by product is soap, essentially. EDIT (PSA): Also, when working with methanol and either form of lye (KOH or NaOH), you should be wearing adequate PPE. Methanol is lethal and readily absorbs into your body through your skin. As few as 10mL can cause blindness and 15mL can be fatal. Lye is caustic and will give you a nasty chemical burn. Despite how people are starting to freak out about it, you SHOULD use vinegar to neutralize the lye... you do want to be cautious and not let it stand, pour the vinegar on the affected site in a place with drainage (over a sink is fine, if it is your hands) and rinse with water to remove the combination which is exothermic. Proper PPE is elbow length cleaning gloves, goggles, and a good chemical apron as well as keeping the rest of your body well covered. Can you wing it without hurting yourself? Sure... but a bump or slip and you're screwed. Don't be stupid. PSA over.

What's the catch? I don't see it, because (at least here in EU) sunflower oil is 2-2.3 euro/liter and diesel is 1.5-1.8 euro/liter. Dinosaur juice is cheaper... + that chemicals and the work...

Would it be safer to make moonshine for fuel

Great shares..😊

bio diesel os great until your in a semi and it gels up in -45 degree weather and you have no heater cause engine wont run, in my semi driving career i never had a problem until bio fuels came out i got stuck for days more them a few times almost freeze to death 2 times

It would be interesting to know the comparative cost between Bio diesel and normal diesel? thanks.

I used make biodiesel, but I had to replace too many fuel filters clogged with soapy stuff. The biodiesel was clear and dry...if I make it again I will need to refine process and pay for a lab test.

You probably spend more money on bio diesel production than just buy diesel at the pump. But it's good educational knowledge.😊 Its $6.00 a gallon of vegetable oil in the grocery store right now😊. Its $5 gallon for diesel.

Hello antifreeze can be used instead of methanol? Thanks.

I have a ‘97 250 ram would I still need to filter the oil? And I’ve heard people use old restaurant fryer oil-if it was used to deep fry chicken or other meat patties wouldn’t that mess up the oil?

Bio diesel is a great additive however if run on pure Bio it will clean the fuel tank of sludge and send it to your injectors. The repair is very involved. And keep it away from paint and concrete or rubber. It will damage all three. I'll see how it works for heating my house.

If you use used vegetable oil from different restaurants AKA cooking oil is that pretty much the same?

Well done!

Hey bud a quick question could you not have just syphoned the bottom off quicker?

When you mixed keresone with vegetable you get the same result without wasting time the keeesone dissolves all the fat in the oil and its cheaper

It works with waste veggie oil as well... Some dinner places will give it to you for free... That process still need some washing and drying, but for a starter kit is great

I'm willing to do the 'green thing' as long as it is easy. I heat my VT now with biodiesel…works super…a weeeee bit more $ but that's it.

what happens if some of the glycerin ends up in the fuel tank?

You said 95 cents per gallon; do you mean per liter/quart or an entire gallon for under $1?

Fun fact ammonia aka nh3 nitrogen hydrogen 3 is a cheap renewable fuel and can be run in any gasoline and diesel engine with minor modification. Look up ammonia as fuel videos. Ammonia as a fuel and engines existed before gasoline combustion and diesel engines. Rudolf diesel made ammonia engines before he made diesel compression engines. 1960s NASA space race was fueled by ammonia. Rockets, aviation fuel is still made with ammonia. The land speed record is held by a rocket car running of straight ammonia. You don't hear about ammonia as a cheap renewable fuel because of corrupt politicians and businesses that want force you to buy their products and tax control you. a cheap fuel means can't control you. You can easily alter any gasoline engine to run off ammonia all requires is a propane tank kit and a 2nd fuel pump switch kit. But fill with ammonia. This can be done on a car , truck, boat, and generator etc. A diesel engine can run off ammonia but requires more tuning to control compression vs combustion in gas engines. Diesel pickup engine tuner kits will help alter control compression of ammonia. You can make ammonia at home from nitrogen pulled from air and bond with water where hydrogen once bump off oxygen bonds with nitrogen. There are also farm scale production methods to make ammonia, where ammonia is used as a fertilizer. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jq6Ki6Srnr20aYE.html kzfaq.info/get/bejne/la5ki72Q0p20YHk.html kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gpaYdaSrm7Pcc2g.html kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eJx4rbNpmbHMn40.html

I tell you, the poorer the country the more expensive "waste" becomes, ironically.

Well. Thats a process. But these prices might make me do it anyway. Very cool video

Good stuff man! Living in the Netherlands I am interested, we pay about 7.5 Euro/gallon for Diesel. Unfortunately we will likely get the death penalty if we get caught making cheaper full. Wonder what can be done for the newer Diesel engines with common rail high pressure injections systems.

People in Europe should be all over it. Oh yeah, I've forgot - it could get you arrested over there. Avoiding taxes I think 😐

Thans for the video. What happens whit the waste?

The plastic fork is important

Very impressive, this upload...

As vegetable oil is at least as expensive as diesel in the UK, there is little point unless used oil is available in quantity, which is pretty unlikely if there is any competition for it.

Nice and easy thanks pal. Do you heat the oil to 150 Farenheit or Centigrade ? Liked and subbed.

Can you use this as a replacement for "#2 heating oil" (aka farm/ag/offroad diesel) in a home oil furnace?

good job

I made mine back in 1990s using 5 x 1ltr bottles of vegetable oil and 1 1ltr turpentine and half liter of diesel and mix it and smell like a dish n chip shop :😀

Nice vid, what year is your Toyota, and what engine is in it?

Cool stuff! BTW: Does it smell like Diesel?

With all the chemicals have you figured out what your TOTAL cost is per litre or quart? Comparing large quantities of mixing vs small quantities? I am looking to do this for my oil furnace in my home..... heating oil just shot to $2.85 PER LITRE 🤯

Can't believe corruptube hasn't pulled you video

What would the proportion if using sodium hydroxide?

If you use waste oil from, say, a restaurant's deep fryer, even though it has been filtered and re-filtered, before being discarded by the restaurant, because it has become pretty nasty for culinary use, despite being filtered multiple times, is it not still going to have things mixed in with it that came from all the food items that were deep-fried in it? Potato starch? Fat from fish, chicken, beef, pork, etcetera, particles of potato skin, chicken skin? Glob knows what else. How will these work in the diesel engine's fuel injectors, fuel pump, cylinder heads, cylinders, piston rings, valve, valve seats and valve guides. Will all this extra stuff, that isn't in commercial diesel fuel, be ok to use in a diesel engine? Will they deposit themselves to some extent on moving surfaces and affect how long the engine lasts? For all I know they will help the engine last longer. But I don't know all that much.

Just where are you getting vegatable oil for less than a $1 per gallon? You need a list of ingredients and their cost!

What a mission...

I did it years ago but then the government turned up and told me I had to pay duty on it.

I think U need to heat up bio diesel b4 U use it. To get rest water out. To the leftovers you can distil to get their methanol back out of it

Been buying methanol in 5 gallon buckets, but can’t find the 55 gallon drums for a decent price, where do you buy yours at?

Most interesting and boring video ever. But I appreciate the effort

Do you use a line heater to thin it out? its been below 20f all week where im at its not fun with an 85 diesel.