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Yeah the smell of vegy at startup means it wasn't completely flushed out. That's trial and error.
Where is your return line going to?

Where is Eagle, WI?
If it's near Eagle River do you know Jack Spear?
Does this one have the hydrolic lifters?

Dear Puzzled, Uneven idling is what I've noticed when the oil is too cold. If I'm reading this right, your heat exchanger (other than the oil being warmed in the tank and the filter being in the oil) is a 3' HIH. That doesn't seem like enough. You tried adding a small heat exchanger and that didn't ...

With fuel getting so valuable, you might try to find a locking fuel cap.

I left mine on top of the car once ... and found it in the middle of the intersection and broke up.
vwpieces might be able to help you. I started a post that linked to his stuff ... I remember seeing some fuel caps there.

You should read zero on the vaccum gauge most of the time while the fuel line is looped.
4 means something is restricting the fuel.
These restrictions can draw air out of the fuel. Drawing it into bubbles.
Getting the vacuum down might keep the air bubbles from being visable.

The 1.6 TD has the same crank key problem.
I got a free car from a guy because of it ... and my other turbo diesel engine has obvious damage to the crank keyway and gear but hadn't completly gave out yet.

It looks like you are runnign a return to tank setup.
You should have a vacuum gauge on your fuel line.

1. I think when trying to use a return banjo they ended up pointing in the wrong directions. Tap the bolt and thread it 1/8" NPT. Using 2 taps (one a bottoming tap) so you don't start threading below the holes and make the bolt weak. I'll try to post a pic later. Fuel will actually ride up the ...

45 amps at the beginning?
How many amps when the glowplugs were hot ...just before the glowplug relay shut off?
Silvertop slowglows 9 amp each
or gold top fast glows 12 amps each?

Keepitsimple, over on the vortex, had one.
I'm going to move this to the classifieds.

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WVO and biodiesel have more lubricity than diesel.
They lube fine as they are.

I've been reading about dewatering over on the biodiesel forum and they suggest heating the oil above 212F then spraying it into the air. They are saying the water will settle to the bottom and heating the oil won't cause it to vaporise, rise off the bottom and dissipate into the air. I think they s...

About any lighted vacuum gauge will work. I'm not sure VDO makes one. Sometimes they are called fuel economy gauges because on gassers ... the lower the vacuum, the more fuel you are using. They are more colorful than a plain vacuum gauge. I'm having a hard time finding them at the local parts store...