blimy my post is still going.... glad to see that its helped everyone. SHAME IT AINT HELPING ME lol
SO How the hellp am i gunna refine veggie oil done t the same viscocity as diesel. £1.11 takes the piss!!
anyone wanna rob a diesel tanker lorry thing with me?? we can hide it in my garden under some brances.... free diesel for ME and Whoever wishs to assist
Found this,
[quote]
Other vehicle manufacturers remain cautious over use of biodiesel. In the UK many only maintain their engine warranties for use with maximum 5% biodiesel — blended in with 95% conventional diesel — although this position is generally considered to be overly cautious.Scania and Volkswagen are exceptions, allowing most of their engines to operate on 100% biodiesel. Peugeot and Citroën are also exceptions in that they have both recently announced that their PSA HDi engine can run on 30% biodiesel. [quote]
Guys
The use of waste oil is a pain. Fresh oil was fine in my old 4X4. I started off paying duty on the oil I used but it was left to each person to declare what they used.
This was scrapped at the end of last year and there is no duty to pay on oil as fuel now .
a friend of mine runs a spare parts store...(car parts mainly)
basically...he had a nice little clio 1.9 diesel...(approx. '98 i think he said)
picked it up for a little over £250...
ran the engine on 3/4 veg oil to 1/4 diesel...
with the type of mileage he did, saved himself about £1500 a yr....
when that car packed up...he repeated the process....
other then that he has an M5 (which he treats nicely)
my advice...pick up a banger to do it in, the engine will inevitably die....whether its the veggie oil...
or if it was the engines time to go....and when that happens...start over!
I run a 1998 2.2 DT Laguna on 95% Standard Vegetable Oil. I pick it up for 55p per litre.
My car is suitable because it is IDI *Indirect Injection, and has a Bosch Pump. Therfore I can add SVO straight into the tank with no mods.
I wait for the fuel light to come on then add 5 Litres of Diesel to the tank. I then top up the rest with SVO (a further 60L).
I only add diesel as it is cold at the moment and this helps stop the Veg Oil from going thick and taking a while to start (about 30 secs with no Oil). It starts fine with the current mixture, even in the snow last week. In the summer I will try 100% SVO.
Lucas pumps (and therefore th Pug 406 2.1 Diesel) are not suitable for running on Veg. Sorry!
when is this country going to turn round and cause a stink for our money hungry government?
all they do is us for their pocket money.... £22.000 a year for home fernishings, £400 per WEEK for food.... Taxis / Limos / Planes / Helicopters THEIR HOLIDAYS!! THEIR COCK UPS! who foots the bill..... US!
FUxin CRAZY country! we work our ass's of for them, and assilum seeker, who also bleed us dry. when are we gunna say PISS OFF!!!
Lucas pumps are a complete no go for Veg Oil and I believe that all 2.1s unfortunatly have them.
I have a 1.9TD with a Bosch pump and have run it on a very high blend of Veg Oil/Diesel sincie I bought it a few months ago, at the moment probably about 80% SVO and 20% Diesel, when it starts getting colder I will probably go down to about a 60/40 mix, I've had a 405 and a couple of Xantias previously all 1.9s with a Bosch pump and all ran SVO fine with no problems at all, the 405 was noticably the quickest of the lot though!!.
