Strange conversation in Asda tonight.........
 

Was at the checkout, guy behind me starts to pile up 4 x 5 litre bottles of Smart Price Vegetable Oil. Random conversation ensues...........

He tells me it works out at 83p a litre so saves a small fortune on his car diesel costs :confused:

Runs his car to approx 1/4 full tank then fires in a bottle and fills up.

He was deadly serious, honest :smt107

Being a mechanic in a previous life, here's me thinkin that I knew all the tricks :-#

Was he at the windup or anybody else heard of anything like it :confused:

Re: Strange conversation in Asda tonight.........
 

i thought everyone knew, illegal though.

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Heard of it being used in certain 'older' diesel cars. Don't reckon it would do the latest generation ones any good though.

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i know you can convert your car to run of chip fat but have no idea how much work that involves, guess the principle here is the same.
Or is he simply "watering down" his fuel with something that will still work ok-ish?

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I used to run my Transit on a veg oil/ diesel mix, save loads of money. Don't think it's illegal though.

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Oh yeah I don't thnk it works on the newer common rail diesels

Re: Strange conversation in Asda tonight.........
 

yep, as per my OP although he did say it runs very well

never asked him how old it was though


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Re: Strange conversation in Asda tonight.........
 

and he also said that its not modified in any way either, just pours it straight in

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They did this on top gear YEARS ago

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well i now know if i need to buy an old banger to get an old diesel and do this. The Org is full of good info.