cold start on veggie

[zippy656]

How to start on veggie when to cold


Any tips

[R1cho]

put some diesel in lol aint jokin either i had problems startin once when cold, i had to WALK :eek: to the petrol station and get can filled up, only 5 liters put it in and gave truck a shake to mix it up, turned engine a couple of times and it started

[zippy656]

Yep im at 33% diesel now

[Big and Daft]

I've been running at closer to 70% diesel with this little cold snap. It sucks having to use more diesel, but I'd rather it start and run than not.

[zippy656]

Ok up the deisel then

[supergnome]

Rapeseed does not thickken as much as soya, a bit of petrol thins too. Get your ass to Farmfoods . Check the plugs. David.

[Kamsin]

On the Beast im running 100% diesel now, but on Misty she is at about 50% SVO and diesel.

Beast dont like cold mornings, even with a new battery, but Misty is fine.

I will start to thin it down a little though as it gets colder.

[makeitfit]

Check your glow plugs 50% veggie should start a piece of p1ss:augie
Check your compression if the glow plugs and relay are fine.

[Banshee]

I run till I'm empty and then whack 20 litres of Diesel in and then the rest SVO or WVO, whatever I've got really

[geoffdown]

I run till I'm empty and then whack 20 litres of Diesel in and then the rest SVO or WVO, whatever I've got really

waste this time of year with out twin tank or heat exchangers or heated fuel filter it will wax up this time of year so be careful with wvo:thumbs

[Banshee]

waste this time of year with out twin tank or heat exchangers or heated fuel filter it will wax up this time of year so be careful with wvo:thumbs

Didn't know that :/, think I'll be trying to get as much SVO as I can then until the temp picks up next year

[zippy656]

Uped the dino stuf now starts like italways has

[Kamsin]

Check your glow plugs 50% veggie should start a piece of p1ss:augie
Check your compression if the glow plugs and relay are fine.

I think its the starter motor Pete as its a bit slow. Just put new Glow plugs in.
If i roll it down hill it will fire right away and once started keep starting alday.

[arcascomp]

Mine likes 20% petrol and a shot of diesel too in this colder weather to get easy starts, I have shiny new glow plugs, there in the boot :doh!

Without the diesel and on soya oil, I was struggling to get her fired up on a cold one, rest of the neighbourhood usually disappeared in a cloud of white smoke when she finally got started. :augie

[supergnome]

Waste veg oil is a pain at this time of year. The solid fats are impossible to filter out to 1 micron and you will need several stages, a messy and slow job. New oil is an easier way but costs more. At 50% your fuel should be about £1.20/L. David.

[arcascomp]

Yer not kidding, I have a 30L container of waste oil jelly in the garden at the moment, normally 50% of it would be usable. Trouble is I need to suss out somewhere to store the damn stuff as I don't want to lose the free collection. I think I'm going to have to accelerate my plans to build a proper bio plant.

[makeitfit]

I'm so glad I dont need all this bother anymore, just run neat bio :sly
Cheap as chips :lol
Well £1.10 at the mo :o usually under a quid but our usual maker has gone under cover :augie

[arcascomp]

If I could convince the wife that buying bio in bulk was a good idea, I'd probably go down the same route.

Needless to say, I'll probably go the usual way of spending £100's to save £10's but hopefully I'll end up with a easy enough setup for making bio and dealing with the manky oil without too much hassle.

[Fez_uk]

I'm so glad I dont need all this bother anymore, just run neat bio :sly
Cheap as chips :lol
Well £1.10 at the mo :o usually under a quid but our usual maker has gone under cover :augie

Pete I am in talks with another 4x4 friend in welshpool who says he pays £1 a litre for any amount big or small. Just seeing if his bio friend does larger quantities for you. :thumbs

[makeitfit]

Pete I am in talks with another 4x4 friend in welshpool who says he pays £1 a litre for any amount big or small. Just seeing if his bio friend does larger quantities for you. :thumbs

Good work Fez, we'll be buying again before crimbo so keep me posted. Manchester guy is cheaper at 95p but a pain to tie down :o

[kwondo]

waste this time of year with out twin tank or heat exchangers or heated fuel filter it will wax up this time of year so be careful with wvo:thumbs

Totally agree with this statement, mines still running 100% svo with heat exchanger and twin tank when veg gets to 60 degrees c in exchanger turn over to svo. Just remember to turn back to diesel afew miles before stopping. as in this cold weather it wont like starting on cold veg,

Thanks again Geoff, cheers Russell

[rustic]

Trouble is I need to suss out somewhere to store the damn stuff as I don't want to lose the free collection.

On a similar note, I store rainwater in two IBC's ie 1000 litre tanks.
We dug huge holes to bury them in the garden, and put decking over them. ( well away from the house though).
Part of my automatic garden watering system and pond top up, using an old car battery, a solar panel and a reconditioned boat water pump.

I guess you could store waste oil in similar style. Recycled IBC 's only cost around £30

Cleaning an underground tank could be a pain though, and you would need a suitable pump, but the finished product could be stored there.
Just a thought.

[makeitfit]

We get our bio in 1000 l IBC . Easy to pump from or simply poor it out of a tap.
I use about a tank a week say 60 litres. So every three months or so get a refill. That's a saving of over 400 quid every 3 or 4 months :sly
Floats my boat :clap