The Greasecar Jetta is finally here! As of February 8 2009, we're running our 2002 Volkswagen Jetta on grease, straight from a restaurant frier. Filtered of course, and with a greasekit from greasecar.com (just to make life simple) we're one step further from the man.
Things have been going well...overall. The car is working wonderfully. It has handled the grease like there's nothing different. The switching from grease to diesel is easy, with a flick of a switch. You have to purge before you park- our system takes 13 seconds or so. So far, we haven't forgetten to do that.
I did try to switch it on one day when it was about 0 degrees out... it didn't like that. I THOUGHT the engine was warm enough. Guess I was wrong. It was just a minor hiccup though. I realized in an INSTANT that something was not flowing properly. (Let's just say I was ready for it, and thinking about how COLD it was outside.) I switched it off immediately, drove 10 more miles to ensure the engine was warm enough, and tried again. This time it worked fine. I cannot detect any difference between driving on regular fuel and grease.
Here's more photos.
Here's my "Stupid" song (nothing to do with the grease car, but just a general frustration with a diesel car in the winter.)
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