I made it home in about 19 hours and about 1 gallon of diesel, tired but happy.

I left with a full tank of diesel and a full tank of veggie oil as well as 50 gallons of veggie oil in one of the barrels i was bringing home. I drove from about 5 pm to midnight to a rest stop in northern California just as the veggie tank went dry. Luckily the temperatures where in the 40s and it was raining instead of snowing as i came over the mountains.

I took a five hour break, slept in the back of the cab, refilled the veggie tank and headed south again. Heading up the Grapevine pass the fuel pressure started to flick back and forth and the green light indicating i was running on veggie started to flicker. As i still had half a tank of veggie oil, this indicated that the pressure in the veggie system was blocked. It is expected that the first filter on the V3 system will last for just over one tank of veggie as all the dust and crap in the tank are cleaned out. I made it home by running on diesel on the uphills and veggie on the flats and down hills.

The truck is unloaded, the filter is changed and i am running smoothly on my last 20 gallons of veggie while i build out my home filtration system and get some local oil. See pictures of the whole trip here.

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