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

lol suprised cheepo gas stations havent just swaped out the disel for veg oil and not told any one and charged the same :P....... "has a idea"

he should be paying the duty on it, and it doesnt work very well with new cars,
Kerosene or heating oil is the other trick, just dont go to france as they might did the tank..

A colleague at work has an N reg diesel escort for sale for £200 and I was really tempted to try this but already have a car so can't justify it.

Originally Posted by Von Teese

Awaits Speedplays 'Bitty' contribution...

I'm over that now

I worked with a guy that used to do a 50/50 split with diesel and veg oil in his transit van years ago (irish guy too, says it all )and as said above, it did stink and smoked loads on startup.
It may be cheaper but I wont be running it through my car (I'd lose the tax allowance for a start!).

if using straight veg oil you need to pay,if using waste veg oil your allowed 2500 litres before incurring any charges, but its not totally straight forward-some fuel pumps can't work with veg oil, over a period of time the fuel filters get totally gummed up,if mixing with diesel and basically running on bio it starts to "eat" through hoses.
Like stretchie I looked at this for my landy but due to the increase filter changes and hose problems its not worth it.
As for using kerosene thats a major no no as its classed as the same as red diesel, get caught using it and your vehicle is confiscated and your hit with an on the spot fine and then further action(more money).
The cheapest and best addative to make diesel go further is old engine oil-filtered down to remove impurities then mixed with diesel -doing your bit for the enviroment and saving some readies in your pocket.

yeah didnt add kerosene is a no no lol

I don't do it as I have a 3.0 tdci in which they say i can run up to 95% bio diesel but they wouldn't recommend it.....

Originally Posted by 454697819

yeah didnt add kerosene is a no no lol

I don't do it as I have a 3.0 tdci in which they say i can run up to 95% bio diesel but they wouldn't recommend it.....

The Ford tdci diesels aren't supposed to be very compatible with bio-diesel and you certainly shouldn't try to run them on cooking oil. I've heard (& do your research before trying this) that Merc diesels will run happily on any oil, including chip fat, so long as it's filtered.

Looked at getting the biodiesel kit but for the money and time its to much effort at the moment.Also would be interesting how the local council would look at me having a mini refinery in the garage.Maybe when diesel prices go sky high i'll have to change but i think it needs to go to about 2.00/l to be uneconomical.

I'm getting just under 60MPG from my diesel at the moment, just about to get it cleaned out with a service shortly and thats from a 150bhp 2 litre diesel running a bluefin box.

I know things can be a bit tight at the moment, but theres tight and then theres so tight you squeak when you walk.

Originally Posted by speedplay

I'm getting just under 60MPG from my diesel at the moment, just about to get it cleaned out with a service shortly and thats from a 150bhp 2 litre diesel running a bluefin box.

I know things can be a bit tight at the moment, but theres tight and then theres so tight you squeak when you walk.

Yup, my 2 litre 130bhp diesel mondeo does just under 60mpg. That's better than either of my bikes.