Converting a bicycle engine to run on cooking oil

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BarelyAWake

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Finding a small enough diesel is more the challenge :(

http://motorbicycling.com/f4/small-diesel-engine-moped-23395.html

TBH, personally I'm not really interested in the biodiesel aspect... I mean it's cool an' all, but w/our application even just pump diesel would be amazing methinks ;)

BTW, few to no diesels will run well or for very long off of just plain old "cooking oil" or vegetable oil & certainly not the "used fry oil" ya hear so much about;
Biodiesel.org - Biodiesel 101
Vegetable oil fuel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Additional modifications such as a preheater, a secondary tank w/petrodiesel, and/or adding a mix of kerosene are commonplace methods of reducing the viscosity & help combat poor combustion & carbon buildup - the "used fry oil" thing bugs the heck out me, while it's a viable source ya really do need to re-refine it at the very least as the water contamination alone is massively excessive, not to mention the other organics.