I'm Now On Veg Oil

[Gary406]

well finally put sum new veg oil my car for the 1st time
only 9 litres . getting my costco card this week so by time i get that the car will have SVO in

GeordieBoy . what % of petrol shall i put in ? i will be getting 20 litre drums of new stuff . will 1 litre of petrol be ok in the drum of 20 litre ?
the 9 litres of veg oil ive just put in has gone in with about £15 worth of derv allready in there..

avarage temp outside here now is 2 degrees C

[StevieboyTD]

Welcome to the "black stripe"

At these temps .5L to 20L of oil is fine, below 0c make it 1L. Any other time of the year 0% petrol is best ;)

[Gary406]

ok cheers stevie . what months can i use it straight ? no petrol ?

[StevieboyTD]

tbh, as long as it's above 0c i don't bother with petrol myself, but then i have to put up with the engine hunting like mad for the first 5 minutes. Only once the oil needs two runs of the heater plugs do i add some petrol. The rest of the year i'm on pure oil.

Yes, i'm so tight i squeak when i walk

[Gary406]

so will the 0.5 litre of petrol stop the hunting ??

does your car fire up 1st turn of the key ?

[Gary406]

at the moment ive only put 9 litres of veg oil in,

there was about £15 worth of derv allready in so it seems normal ...

guess it will change when its pure oil only

[StevieboyTD]

so will the 0.5 litre of petrol stop the hunting ??

does your car fire up 1st turn of the key ?

Still hunts a little bit (my car has always had a slight hunting problem, think my needle lift injector thingy is giving the wrong signal, meaning my advance is slightly off when the engine is cold), but nothing bad enough to worry me.

Been first fire of the heaters until a few days ago actually, think my duraterm plugs are on the way out, fitted them over 2 years ago so i can't complain!

[Gary406]

ye i was watching sum videos last night on you tube , a 1.9 406 on waste oil . 202k miles
it hunted for about 15 seconds then went normal...

i could live with that . supose its only till the coolant system gets hot and heats the oil up 1st

ok thanks for the replies stevie

[Gary406]

well just bought 5 litres of petrol
off to costco 2moro to get my membership card

its the 1st time ive bought petrol in a bout 5 years

[StevieboyTD]

Gallon of petrol will last you ages.

[Gary406]

ye mate im gonna do what you said and put 0.5 litre in 20 litres of oil ....

so does your car run normal ? once warm ?

it feels really weird going onto veg oil , worried more than anything if something goes wrong once its pure oil in the tank

[StevieboyTD]

Car runs absolutely fine.

I'd feel dirty going onto a forecourt and paying assrape.9p/L for fossil fuel.

As for breakdowns, i've had a grand total of ZERO in all the years i've run veg, on several different vehicles.

Ignore the hysterical types who will pounce on the slightest problem with the car. Veg oil only shows up problems that were already there, it doesn't make new ones.

[GeordieBoy]

About time you joined the greener side. Get it on Waste Veg Oil for even more saving.

As said in PM, 5% Petrol should be fine in this weather, thats all I'm using now.

Keep a spare fuel filter and tools in car just incase it blocks quickly with it being new to veg oil.

[Gary406]

ok thanks. i was thinking 2.5% petrol (half a litre)
to keep costs down a little more

[Gary406]

well i m now officially on SVO with 2.5% petrol
must admit im really shocked with it .
my tank was bone dry from diesel, the low warning light has been on for 2 days now

i put 20 litres of veggie oil in and it took it between half tank and quater i'm shocked £20 gets it to there its brilliant

the only down side to veggie oil is the frickin smell it really does stick rotten like a chip shop in a morning

and when your driving down the road the heaters also make your car smell like a chippy
i think i need to invest in sum magic tree's