mk1turboestate

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as above just bought 20 litres of veg oil for £20, im going to try it in my x reg transit with te bannana engine in,

HOPE IT WORKS

ben_frst

let us know how you get on


how are you doing it 50/50 diesel/oil

scottyrs

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as above let us now if it works ect and what mixture are you using?

mk1turboestate

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will do, iv been told this engine will run on it straight, so im just gunna pour it in! whats the worst that can happen, lol

saph4be

it won't run on it staight you asking for trouble!

RichieST

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Famous last words

Mr.T

Some engines do. Like the old VW or renault engines. THey run on the veg oil without and diesel mix

Fil

Have you seen the Dr Pepper adverts?

mk1turboestate

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i can always drain it out

RichieST

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I think it is down to the pumps, some like it, some dont. For the sake of 20 litres and a saving of less than 10 quid, I wouldn't risk it personally! If it was an old snotter that you didn't care about and you had a considerable quantity of oil, then I would do it!

Psycho Warren

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thats not that good a price on vegetable oil. restaurants have obviously caught onto it and upped the prices to cash in. Bit of a liberty when you consider a trader normally PAYS to dispose of old oil.

RichieST

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True, but when demand outweighs supply of used oil, they can charge pretty much what they like!

mk1turboestate

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its new oil, just bought from costco,

it is my old shitter of a van,

more interested in seeing if it works

1223456

i think it also has something to do with the injection system, for example is it common rail injection?

There was a company on the estate who sold bio diesel (chip fat) for 70p a ltr (only for heatres though lol) a mate had it in his vivaro, never again he said. mixed it 50/50 and it took 3 fuel filters out, thats after he even stopped using it!!! the van stank and dropped a bit in power, but the hasstle he had with it was too much.

But I have heard older vans run better on it, but its something ive not seen with my own eyes and I wouldnt try it myself personally.

But good luck and post up all the details about your results mate, i would be very interested as fuel is killing me at the mo, £1.35.9 round here at the mo :-(

mk1turboestate

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i will post up tomorrow what happens, its the old bannana engine and i think it will run ok,

hope so anyway, not the end of the world if not


has anyone else done this with the same engine??

mk1turboestate

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im only trying it in the van, i have a bmw e60 diesel and i wouldnt even put 5% veg oil in that,

1223456

get a spare fuel filter before you do anything and keep the relevent tools in the van with it in case you get stranded, as this is what happened to my mate,,,,,,,twice lol

mk1turboestate

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AA what veg oil? lol

Marvin_hagler_

Raj, the forklift firm opposite you called Manton Hire used that shit off the industrial estate and there Merc Sprinters were conkin out all over the place,i know someone else who used it and told the fella selling it exactly what he thought of it when his van conked out too.
the neat veg oil was £1.49 in the gas station i was in today it will run in a old smiley front transit no problems and i know a few people running it in say older toyotas and vauxhalls and peugeots with mechanical diesel pumps no problem. I do know someone who bought a 03 mondeo tdci that had been run on central heating fuel and lets just say its fucked and going to cost twice as much as its worth to fix haha

mk1turboestate

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mines a smiley so should work ok then,,

i paid £1.00 per litre for mine

boothy

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The banana engine will be fine with that but mix a bit of fuel.Then you have your own mobile chippy

ben_frst

put the 20 liters in if it struggles bung 20 liters of diesel in ontop to thin it out lol

mk1turboestate

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there is about £10/15 worth of diesel in there i think

1223456

lol marv,

that fella was a bit of a charcter, I was going to try some off him but decided it against it. My berlingo is the old xud engine with mech pump (non solenoid) so that would run fine according to the hear say so im proper interested in how the op gets on

Glenn_

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A know of a lad that runs his V reg focus deisel on veg oil.He said it takes some starting on a morning but apart from that its ok.

Marvin_hagler_

netto was 89p a few weeks back,someone i know runs that good shit neat and the motor runs well infact they had a dti astra on a 52 reg 3 yrs ago that ran mazola for 15000 miles no problems and then sold it to someone they know and its still running no problem so from my knowledge it runs great if new in certain engines. Its the common rail fuckers that don't like it so stick with older mechanical pumps

Marvin_hagler_

i'd run it dude no problems but honest i don't know what the heddlu or customs and excise would make of it if they dipped you. you could always ask them but thats the grey area getting a tug and dipped

i also know someone crafty that ran the red diesel and i found out its all crap what people say about it fucking up engines,i know one farmer who dyes red blue and runs it no problem and another dude runs red in 2 brand new lamborghini tractors and you would not do that if it fucked the thing up man

Psycho Warren

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has the number of people wanting veg oil for fuel massively jumped last few months then???

One of my friends uses old veg oil to make biodiesel in his own plant in the garden and he refused to pay over 50p a litre as by the time you factor into processing it, it just isnt worth the time and effort to save that amount of money. He got a lot of his oil for free, although he had to get a operators license and show adequate insurance before any bigger/chain restaurants would give him oil as a lot of places needed the paper trail.

mk1turboestate

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rite, well iv just poured my veg oil in,

only change is i now have half a tank, was just above the e mark, it running on the drive and iv stopped and started it a few times, no change whatsoever

graham c

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am sure you meant to thin it down before you stick it in! and diesel has 20% bio it it any way it says that at morrisons

AJC

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you cant beat a bit of veg oil in tank, 1.8 endura ford diesel laps it up

mk1turboestate

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more people than i expected have been doing this then! van starts perfect and i put it in neat, will update as i use it more but no problems so far

graham c

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its years old

paul0461

people have been doing this for yearsssss

mk1turboestate

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i no that but not so many poople have bothered with it untill fuel prices went so high

mk1turboestate

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been and started it up again and no problems so im hoping it all go!

fraser9764

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used to run my old smiley front 2.5di (post banana engine) on veg, anything more than 75% veg 25% diesel and it ran like a pig. optimum was about 60% veg as economy incresed too

Rsmat

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This bad boy loves it neat.

stevealien

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i got a j reg 1991 ford transit 120 pop.
people have told me its the perfect engine for running pure oil.
is that right?
i use it every day so dont wanna ruin it

RWD_cossie_wil

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I didn't buy diesel for nearly 8 months, mk2 Mondeo td. Just pour it straight in, will run perfectly on the old mechanical systems. DO NOT run any high pressure diesel on veg, it will kill it very quickly due to tight pump tolerences needing the lube from the diesel.

When it gets cold, just run 1/4 mix of diesel to stop it being too thick. If you can be arsed filtering old oil, you can almost run your car for free.