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2.1 DT - Tolerance to alternative fuels.

Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 6:47 pm
by DrDoctors
My current 1.9DT seems to be able to run on anything that has 'oil' in the name (100% Veg oil currently), I like this fact because its cheap and other things it runs on are free. Unfortaunately though it is knackered and I'm thinking of replacing it.

I have seen a 2.1 DT cheap near me with T&T, I quite fancy it as a tow vehicle but only if it runs on crap fuel as well. (or I'll find another 1.9).

Can anyone advise.

Re: 2.1 DT - Tolerance to alternative fuels.

Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 6:51 pm
by steve_earwig
Man this is everywhere :shock: Bosch pumps work fine on anything, Lucas pumps (which the 2.1 is) don't like anything other than diesel. Standard practice seems to be to replace the one on the 2.1 with a fully mechanical Bosch off an older 1.9.

Re: 2.1 DT - Tolerance to alternative fuels.

Posted: Fri Feb 04, 2011 7:02 pm
by Gary406
other alternative is vegetable oil if you wanna kill your pump .

as steve says its all over forum mate .

you need to do a bosch pump conversion to run on vegetable oil ///