Mixing Waste Motor Oil and #2HHO

[q]Anyone with experience in this? Mixing the two aren’t a problem with the pumps I have. Is 50/50 a good way to go?…I’d prefer the highest %age of WMO since it’s free to me. My thoughts are that the preheating of the oil scenario would change. Is it possible? Or even be eliminated? My goal […]

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Conversion of Riello to Burn SVO

I was thinking about converting a Riello Gulliver RG0.R to burn rapeseed oil. The oil is readily available here and sells for about half the price of HHO and parts for the Riello are easily accessible. The Riello is a “normal” residential burner with a pump operating at 12 bar. I was thinking about removing […]

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WVO or Waste Crank Case Oil?

[q]I have been trying to read through the posts and gather as much info as possible. I have also looked at all of the pics. Lots of info. I was wandering if there is a difference between burning WVO and waste crank case oil. Is the BTU about the same for the two of them? […]

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FAQ on Converting Burners to Waste Oil/Biodiesel

1) Q. Can I modify my existing gun-style oil burner to burn waste oil (motor or veggie)? A. Yes, but it is highly recommended that you purchase a used oil burner and keep the original burner set up the same. (In case you aren’t successful or run out of waste oil or your wife gets […]

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Wood Burning Water Heater to WMO Water Heater

[q]I have an out door wood burning water heater that heats water to heat the house and also provides hot water for showers etc. Cutting and spliting wood has gotten old. I would like to convert it to burn waste motor oil. I like the method that I see Eric is using for the burner. […]

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Waste Motor Oil

[q]The whole idea of declaring used motor oil a hazardous substance came about because people were disposing of real hazardous substances, such as PCB’s from transformers, by mixing them into used motor oil, this caused so many troubles for the fed regulators that they said “What the heck, we’ll just class ALL used oil as […]

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