Thinking of buying one of these for a cheap runabout, need to know how well they run using vegetable oil mixed with it's diesel??


Thanks in adavance

 

 

It WAS a serious question!!!

 

50/50 will be fine, just take a sniff and add more diesel if your worried.

I got to 90% veggy but it was starting to struggle starting on cold mornings and I smelled like harry ramsdens

 

Thought it is ILLEGAL to run diesels on veggy oil ????

 

it is!

the government dont triple the price of it with tax!

smells like your local chippy tho!

 

not if you return your duty to the government it's not illegal.

goto the HM Customs and Excise webby and there is a form to download that will have a little man come round and see your setup and then you have to declaire every litre of chipfat used - the duty is only 25.4p a litre at last check, and if you get your chipfat for free, then its well worth it

 

Was this on a 306 TD???

 

ive got mk2 mondeo 1.8 turbo diesel and wanted to run that on veg oil too.

Dont wanna put it in if it gonna fook the car up tho.

Its prob best to build up to the 50/50 mix first.

 

It doesn't matter which car or engine it is providing its diesel. Just remember diesel engines were never originally designed to run on diesel.

It may even make your engine run smoother, it has with mine. A little quieter.

 

Just shove a litre in, it'll run fine you'll not even notice it. Then keep going until your worried about the smell then back off a bit with it.

50/50 is cool though

 

i read on a web site if you run it mixed it can clog your injectors. just search in google there are some good sites for this topic.

 

It does matter.... diesels engines are design to run on diesel...

I use to design them


Alex

 

Initially though didn't Diesel himself intend his engines for the developing world, specifically to run on veggie oil and the like?

 

Back in 1890 I'm not sure either Herbert Akroyd or Rudolf Diesel cared much!

They have always run on a heavy oil, but the exact type has changed a fair bit.

You will certany screw a common rail diesel with chip fat. end of!

An old 306 with a rotary pump should be ok on 50/50, but again with time it will block the injectors and trash the pump.

Alex

 

Save a few ŁŁ on fuel and pay out Ł1000's on repairs to the engine, Quality! DIY at its best

 

We'll see

 

This is starting to sound like a pain in the arse

 

will the veg oil not fook the turbo

 

How would the oil ever come into contact with the turbo???

 

:door:

 

One thing that REALLY fucks me off,Just buy fucking diesel


Got a prick of a neighbour who does it and it fucking honks

 

how cheap is veg oil ??

is th saving that great?

 

I may pop down the local cash and carry and pick up a few tubs of this stuff and just try it a little at a time - altho i doubt i would see any savings at this miniscale level.

 

PIKEY!

 

shut it boy - ive seen birds drive more masculine cars than that poofter mobile

 

PMSL, hey u wont be saying that when in a week i got the car full of bird in bikinis going to the beach

 

the only bird you will get in that car is Big Bird off Sesame Street -

 

Answer the question dammit.

 

ok stealth you win - Im useless at anything useful

 

 

 

Didnt the population of south wales get nicked a while back using chip oil to run diesels on?I seem to remember the local chip shops were struggling to keep open?It made the tabloids.

 

I heard the police just stopped cars and sniffed their exhausts to find those using it... might just be tabloid bullshitting but...

 

Use heating oil

 

heating oil?

care to explain...

 

Is that cheaper/better??

 

heating oil = gasoil = red diesel = 38p a litre

 

Surely vegetable oil can be got even cheaper???

 

fook it just piss in the tank