Delica Canada | Mitsubishi Van Club

I've been filtering a relatively large store of WVO and I've come across two or three (out of 30 so far) buckets of what appears to be rancid WVO. It is really cloudy and has separated into what seems to be water constancy liquid which is relatively clear and a thicker cloudy liquid. At first I though it might just be water that had settled out, but there was a large quantity of it (several litres). The oil from these buckets is totally different in appearance from the majority of the other buckets which contain the expected deep golden brown oil.

So I'm wondering if I should dispose of the suspect oil, if it is rancid. Will running on rancid oil harm the engine? I'm willing to take a chance on eating suspect lunch meat or shellfish, but this is my Deli we are taking about, I don't want to take any chances.

I think you should with your gut instincts on that Adam.

I'm willing to take a chance on eating suspect lunch meat or shellfish

Hmmmm, on second thoughts just get rid of it; take it your your local recyclers and pay the small price to get rid of it. What ever it may be, it might be fine for lunch but don't use it to drive home with.

Also, don't eat suspect shellfish. Yuck.

I think I'll listen to your advice on this one Kevin. It's only 2 cubes out of 30 so far that have looked rancid. The Nanaimo Recycling Exchange now accepts WVO for biodiesel production. I read somewhere that rancid oil is still usable for biodiesel production, but I'll have to look into it further.