Finally - tonight was a success!
Many of you have come with a lot of good advices for me on my journey of converting my Suburban to run on WVO, and I would like to say a big thank you to you all! Tonight, it finally worked!
It turns out, my big hesitation-stumbeling-stalling issue came from my very own tank design. I was testing the system with very low fuel on the tank, and this caused the sub to suck air from the tank upon acceleration and uphill driving.
The ironic thing is that after my first two test runs, this was one of my thoughts, but I went down the rabbit hole with the new lift pumps, feed the beast and the thermostat swaps before actually adding more veg oil to see if it could be that simple.
Oh well, I´m choosing to be happy anyway! I´ve learned a lot, and I´m sure I won´t regret the upgrade of the lift pumps and the feed the beast mod.
The next quest will of course be to see if I can improve the feed from the tank. A sump would probably be ideal, but would make the tank much lower than the frame, so I´m thinking maybe a pipe from the front end to the middle could be a solution. Im gonna give this a good think before I make any decisions!
Many of you have come with a lot of good advices for me on my journey of converting my Suburban to run on WVO, and I would like to say a big thank you to you all! Tonight, it finally worked!
It turns out, my big hesitation-stumbeling-stalling issue came from my very own tank design. I was testing the system with very low fuel on the tank, and this caused the sub to suck air from the tank upon acceleration and uphill driving.
The ironic thing is that after my first two test runs, this was one of my thoughts, but I went down the rabbit hole with the new lift pumps, feed the beast and the thermostat swaps before actually adding more veg oil to see if it could be that simple.
Oh well, I´m choosing to be happy anyway! I´ve learned a lot, and I´m sure I won´t regret the upgrade of the lift pumps and the feed the beast mod.
The next quest will of course be to see if I can improve the feed from the tank. A sump would probably be ideal, but would make the tank much lower than the frame, so I´m thinking maybe a pipe from the front end to the middle could be a solution. Im gonna give this a good think before I make any decisions!