Welcome to VEGGIEGARAGE.COM.
This is the website for Alternative Auto Care in Mesa,
Az. The shop opened in March of 2007. My specialty and
passion is converting Diesel cars and truck to run off
of recycled veggie oil, most commonly used in restaurant
deep fryers.
Alternative Auto Care is a small
shop where all clients receive some of the most personalized
Veggie Installs available. It is owned and run by Dave
Roberson, an auto tech with over 30 years of Dealership
and Independent shop experience. Our shop labor rate
is a very fair $50.00 per hour.
Just about any Diesel engine
can run off of used veggie oil! First you must filter
the oil and also make sure it is water free. You will
need a 2 tank system. Your stock Diesel tank remains
untouched and is still used for Diesel fuel or Bio Diesel.
You need to install a second fuel tank for the veggie
oil that has a heater in the tank or heated fuel pick
up in the tank. You also need a heated veggie fuel filter,
switching valves for switching the fuel supply and return
to tank back and forth from Diesel to Veggie and back
and should have a final heat exchanger for the veggie
oil before it enters the injection pump. Some cars and
trucks will also need a separate fuel pump for the veggie
oil. The fuel heaters are usually heated with engine
coolant plumbed into the car or trucks heater hose circuit.
The veggie oil needs to be heated up to flow and well
as diesel fuel. It also needs to be heated to burn as
well as diesel. If you do NOT heat your veggie oil first
and only use it when the engine is warmed up your engine
WILL NOT last as long. With clean hot veggie it should
last LONGER.
After your vehicle is converted
to run on veggie oil you start it as you always have,
on diesel fuel, or Bio Diesel. After a few miles, when
the engine is at operating temp, you can press the switch
to run on veggie oil and drive on as normal. The only
difference is you will not be burning 3 dollars a gallon
diesel fuel. 30 seconds or so before you shut off the
engine you just switch back to Diesel. You do this to
“purge” the injector pump and injectors
and fuel lines of veggie oil and replace it with Diesel
fuel before the engine cools. In a very simple form,
that’s all there is to it!
There are many veggie conversion
kits on the market at the present time. Call me for
a recommendation before you buy.
Alternative Auto Care would
love to install your kit from any of the major manufactures
or we can design one just for your needs.
At Alternative Auto Care I can
also update or repair your existing veggie system. How
about new Bio Diesel rated fuel hoses or rewiring properly
with relays and fuses? How would you like to have a
veggie temperature and veggie fuel pressure gauges installed?
You will never have to guess about when to switch over
to veggie or when to change the veggie fuel filter.
Your gauges will keep you informed.
Check out my install pages to
see photos of my work. We have fittings, hoses, fuel
pumps and more available at the shop just call and ask
for Dave.
Curious about what others are
doing with their VO systems and their experiences? Click
here to go to one of the Best Veggie forums on the web:
www.burnveg.com/forum
Call any time to arrange a one
hour personal one on one consultation about converting
your car or truck to run on Veggie Oil today!!
Come on in. Check us out and
watch us grow!
Thank you for visiting VEGGIEGARAGE.COM
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