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Now the weather's a bit warmer I'm going to start feeding it to my Peugeot again. Tesco has 99p a litre veg oil. Does anyone know of a better deal?
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Costco today, was selling 20 litres for just under 16 quid
Ttfn Glenn
Running straight veg with 5% petrol to thin it and a dose of Miller diesel power plus for the additive package
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I used to find Costco was usually best using 20l drums, but Asda occasionally had deals on there own brand 3l bottles which worked out approx 60p/litre if my memory serves my right.
Just looks strange with a whole trolley packed to the top with bottles of cooking oil 😛
I never ran anything but 100% svo in my smiley Transit and it loved the stuff.
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Just looks strange with a whole trolley packed to the top with bottles of cooking oil 😛 I never ran anything but 100% svo in my smiley Transit and it loved the stuff. Tty the looks when filling your tank in the supermarket car park Ttfn Glenn |
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Tty the looks when filling your tank in the supermarket car park Ttfn Glenn I've done that as well! Had a guy questioning me about what would happen if he put it in his '57 plated Astra and then wouldn't believe me when I said it probably wouldn't end well! 🙄 |
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Bought some from Tesco yesterday for 90ppl, it is in 5L bottles on the "international foods" isle, away from the other oils. Choice of veg or sunflower, I tend to err on the side of sunflower as I think it stays thinner when cold. I have a Lucas pump, so mix it with diesel. Smells awesome.
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I find this thread interesting. The prices you guys are paying for vegetable oil are higher than the price of diesel here in New Zealand when the currency is converted. Even if we did manage to find an alternative fuel cheaper than diesel it would not be hugely advantageous as your tax structure is different to ours in that here diesel cars, and all heavy vehicles regardless of fuel type, pay road user tax on a per km basis whereas I believe yours is built into the retail price of diesel hence the cheaper coloured agricultural diesel for off-road use only.
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I get mine for free and when I can't get it 30-40ppl off ebay. Bit of hassle filter but saves you 1000s rather than 100s a year.
I hear bookers c&c do decent deals tho if your lazy.
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Currently on eBay, you can get 1000 litres of used, for 600 plus 75 delivery. Being used you will have to filter it and dewater it so the cost and time of that has to be added on.
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Currently on eBay, you can get 1000 litres of used, for 600 plus 75 delivery. Being used you will have to filter it and dewater it so the cost and time of that has to be added on. Ttfn Glenn Don't forget the volume you loose in processing as well, if that is you do it propperly? just filtering it isn't doing it propperly and TBH if your not going to do it propperly you may as well use SVO IMHO, dirty used cooking oil can really gum up a fuel system, Ok if you don't care about the vehical but if you want to keep it i'd allways advise SVO or fully clean used oil, ive had a few pumps appart that i've run uncleaned used oil in and the soaps and other goop that can build up! especialy as it cools after use, running stright diesel every winter does clean it out though (if the pump lasts that long) i killed a few with dirty oil in the P100 but then i couldn't get a decent bosch pump for it  |
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Apr 10, 2017 16:20:43 GMT
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I find this thread interesting. The prices you guys are paying for vegetable oil are higher than the price of diesel here in New Zealand when the currency is converted. Even if we did manage to find an alternative fuel cheaper than diesel it would not be hugely advantageous as your tax structure is different to ours in that here diesel cars, and all heavy vehicles regardless of fuel type, pay road user tax on a per km basis whereas I believe yours is built into the retail price of diesel hence the cheaper coloured agricultural diesel for off-road use only. Yep no Road User Charges over here in the UK, I can't believe there isn't a roaring trade in "mileage correction" services in NZ |
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Apr 10, 2017 23:07:13 GMT
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Such things are not unheard of Mr Rover but it is all very hush hush due to the, I suspect, huge fines involved if one gets caught falsifying records.
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Reading this makes me miss my old 1.9 Boxer van. Tescos put the price of veg oil up to that of Diesel during the last fuel crisis as we were cleaning the shelves of the stuff. The exhaust fumes from it made me feel hungry and it was a total curse word if you had forgot your lunch and was skint.
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Apr 14, 2017 10:16:31 GMT
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Are you guys literally filling your tanks with straight cooking oil? I thought there was a massive process involved to turn it into bio diesel? Doesn't it knacker your pumps being so thick?
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Apr 14, 2017 10:33:13 GMT
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If you've got an old Bosch pumped vehicle, just tip the veg in and go.
It knackers lucas pumps but bosch are fine. 100% veg in a newer diesel would be a very bad idea.
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Apr 14, 2017 12:01:37 GMT
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New Oil/diesel 70/30.. ish... Gets too thick on mornings that weren't warm otherwise and needed a good battery to get going. That was the old XUD (?) 1.9 Peugeot lump. I've seen a couple of customers HDi's on veg that were running fine but I spent no amount of time with them to know the long term outcome, the C5 had 150,000 on the clock but how long it was on chip fat for, I've no idea. (-Disclaimer: if you just read this and thought to yourself... "I'm going to try that in my old Picasso..." Do your own research first!)
There used to be a biofuel website a few years back of which the name escapes me. Participants regularly recorded their vehicle/ engine, fuel make up they were using/ mix ratios, pre heat fitted or not, mileage and running reports.
I stopped owning diesels when the motor industry thought that it was a great idea to convince everyone that Diesel cars were the future. I knew they were taking the curse word then! But that's another subject!
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Apr 14, 2017 13:57:22 GMT
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Are you guys literally filling your tanks with straight cooking oil? I thought there was a massive process involved to turn it into bio diesel? Doesn't it knacker your pumps being so thick? Older non common rail engines on the whole in summer will run at least 50% oil with no modifications. If you have a Bosch injection pump they will tolerate more. Waste (used) veg oil needs to be filtered and dewatered before it can be used. Making biodiesel is a different route to go down but will enable you to process used veg oil as well as heavy solid fats such as lard or dripping into fuel which can be run at 100% assuming compatible seals/ pipes are used in the fuel system. Using Veg oil in direct injection engines is supposed to be a no no but other than in taxis which spend a lot of time idling I haven't heard too many problems reported. |
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Are you guys literally filling your tanks with straight cooking oil? I thought there was a massive process involved to turn it into bio diesel? Doesn't it knacker your pumps being so thick? Older non common rail engines on the whole in summer will run at least 50% oil with no modifications. If you have a Bosch injection pump they will tolerate more. Waste (used) veg oil needs to be filtered and dewatered before it can be used. Making biodiesel is a different route to go down but will enable you to process used veg oil as well as heavy solid fats such as lard or dripping into fuel which can be run at 100% assuming compatible seals/ pipes are used in the fuel system. Using Veg oil in direct injection engines is supposed to be a no no but other than in taxis which spend a lot of time idling I haven't heard too many problems reported. I used to put 20% veg in my common rail Sedona, did at least 10k like that, apart from a filter blockage, I never had any problems, engine seemed to run quieter though. My Bosch pumped t4 is running almost straight veg, 3 litres of petrol to 20 litres of new veg with a splash of millers diesel treatment. Ttfn Glenn |
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Apr 19, 2017 11:29:21 GMT
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Asda is doing 5L for £3.85 so I've bought a boot full of that.
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Asda is doing 5L for £3.85 so I've bought a boot full of that. Scuttled off to indulge! Not in kilmarnock, 3 litres for 2.95, was the best, tried Asda, same price, will just have to settle for a jolly to Costco next week Ttfn Glenn |
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