Check out the 3000 mile oil changes and the second engine in it!!

Many camps use military rough terrain lift trucks, which are multi-fuel that can run on diesel or gas. Multi-fuels are used in all types of military over-the-road vehicles. The rough terrain lift trucks also were best for loading and unloading products from supply trucks in the sand and uneven road surfaces.

Now, an embarrassing confession. I had a relapse of the disease
cranial-rectum-itis, (you know, head up your ---- disease) This was my wife's Jeep and she drove every day and even took a big road trip by herself out to visit her family out west. Any way I was busy with the business and have to admit that I didn't follow my own advice and keep up on routine maintenance, like oil changes. To make a long story short, In cases of gross negligence with maintenance, there is a condition called crank case oil polymerization and the oil doesn't flow around the engine. This happened to the wife's Jeep. I pulled the engine, and determined instead of rebuilding the engine I would just put in a new one. I chose not to go to the dealer for warrantee work because I knew it was my own darn fault. Sometimes negligence is expensive.

Long story short I bought an engine from LKQcorp, a very reputable company, and replaced the whole engine. I have the paper work and the certification from them. The engine had the same mileage as mine, 11,000. Turbo and everything was replaced, so everything that could have been effected has been replaced. While this was going on I found my wife a rare diesel minivan which fits our 4 kids better, so the jeep is being sold. I recommend 3K mile oil changes, and as far as maintenance on the veggie system, it is a simple filter change every 3 to 5 thousand miles. Running on free veggie oil is not difficult, but it does take a commitment to learn a new way to do things. And it is very rewarding, not just financially.

Noticed the Check Engine Lt Stays on

Dad:

We gathered the second engine info from the eBay ad:
http://cgi.ebay.com:80/ebaymotors/Jeep-Liberty-2006-Jeep-Liberty-2-8L-CRD-Diesel-SVO-WVO-System_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ43916QQihZ011QQitemZ320104498841QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW

I don't think 3k oil changes are bad, assuming 3k IS the magic number. This guy started Greasel/Golden Fuel Systems, one of the first US grease-kit companies, so he has a bit of experience. I would think the split-tank alone is an interesting feature, even if one never runs grease. Might be nice for running 100% Biodiesel in cold weather, especially homemade stuff.

Hey, Dad, where are you located? I'm in Berlin, CT.

You have sufficient fuel temps and as long as the engine is at operating temp before switch to VO I would be satisfied. The issue of early switch is this: Let us assume that you have a tank filled with 160-180F oil and you start the motor and switch right to VO. If you look at the function of the engine you will see that diesels bypass quite a bit of fuel past the rings until they reach operating temp, when the engine has heated up and the pistons and rings expanded enough to seal properly, they bypass very little. If the fuel bypassing the rings is VO you will end up with polymerized oil in the crankcase which will burn the bearings out of the motor. Larger diesels do this so badly that professional drivers and captains start and run the motor under load, but not full load until warm, then come on the power hard to clear the system out and seal the rings. Bus drivers will fire up a motor, let it run at fast idle until the air system is up, then they warm it and hit a hill at full throttle before picking up any passengers just to get the power up and the rings sealed. While this means little in smaller engines it does accurately represent the bypass of fuel into the oil. Check out the blowby on your engine cold by removing the oil fill with the engine running, then do it again after a good loaded run.