FUEL : Diesel / City Diesel / Bio Diesel / Sun Flower Oil / Vegetable Oil / Waste Oil

[ste68blue]

Bio diesel should have the consistency of normal diesel so there is no reason why you should have any problems, the problems people usually experience with the injector pump is due to using straight veg oil which is much thicker and will sometimes put extra strain on the pump and cause it to fail.

What i was told when i first started using commercially produced bio was to mix it 50-50 and then when you realise it is fine increase it until you are running 100% bio

Just make sure that once you have used a couple of tanks worth change the fuel filter, bio will flush all the crap out of the fuel system and into the filter.

 

[makeitfit]

Hi guys just read this thread and there is a place near me that sells bio diesel

So can I run my 2001 2.7 TDI on it without damaging the pump ?

I've run mine on it for a couple of years now :sly
Who is it near you and how much? :naughty

 

[stinka]

Well there's a place in a town near me, gonna ring them tommorow and see what the score is with them

 

[makeitfit]

OOO sounds all very secret squirrel :lol
Let us know the outcome then as the last lot we got was 90p a bloody litre :doh
That's a slap So we're keen to find a new supplier:thumbs

 

[zippy656]

not found bio close to home
but bookers is 94p ltr veggie oil

 

[makeitfit]

Ah yes but once you've bunged some diesel in it at say 50:50 then the total per litre in your tank will be around £1.20

 

[briggie]

http://www.petrolprices.com/biodiesel-companies.html

 

[makeitfit]

Cool I'll ring that lot tomorrow and see how pricey they are. Why cant they just put a bloody price on the listings? :doh

 

[zippy656]

will be 100% veggie as soon as warmer

 

[briggie]

http://offline.cooperatives-uk.coop/live/cme2806.htm

 

[teng1]

x trail dci running on GTL.

 

[stinka]

Gtl ?

 

[supergnome]

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http://offline.cooperatives-uk.coop/live/cme2806.htm

I looked them up and the nationwide offshoot "Good Fuels" went bust last year.


I filled up this weekend with KTC . It ran ok but my fuel gauge has been on a go slow
since. Will fill up with derv to see if it goes back to normal. David.

 

[teng1]

GTL/ gas to liquid, higher cetain, cleaner burn, more power, engine runs smoother, than on ordenary diesel.

 

[Mountain Goat]

Cheapest diesel I can get in france. Not sure of the pump but its never been changed. All round town driving with a bit of motorway generally hits just the right or just the wrong side of 30 mpg. 3.0 is a great engine. No engine mods.

 

[meatball]

will be 100% veggie as soon as warmer

got to ask, i know its been asked before no doubt, but do you run some sort of heat exchanger? or just pour straight in, i know there is a difference with fuel pumps, i think mine is hitachi maf, but dont know what pump is on,

sorry to go over old ground,
thanks in advance
craig:thumb2

 

[4wheel]

Running on standard diesel here in Spain, either Shell or Repsol, getting about 320-340 miles to a tank, that's about 60% off-road mountain tracks and 40% town & autovia (motorway) driving. Just tried Elf Ultima diesel (€116 a litre instead of €112 for normal), engine seems quieter and not such a big cloud of black smoke on start-up.

Whoa,stop the bus!You are paying how much for fuel?116 euro per litre.? What a pleasure.Can you please send us some.

 

[kwondo]

will be 100% veggie as soon as warmer

already using 100%, Makro 93.75p per lt ktc soya in 20 lts containers

 

[meatball]

already using 100%, Makro 93.75p per lt ktc soya in 20 lts containers

what year is your truck, and what maf is fitted,

anyone else tell me about heat exchangers, are you using anything to warm veggie or just running as is?

 

[melissachels]

need 2 have a bosch fuel pump 2 run on bio deisel or veg oil! if u don't have this u'll reck ur engine, can also cause carbon build up on pistons ect to the point my vectra went bang! with oil n water all over the rd n big black smoke that no1 could see thru :doh

best to do is filter it properly! get a kit or buy it ready made ( it should have some sort of white sprit idea thru it) n a 60/40 mix is probs best tbh

tho my mates pug 406 ran on asda veg oil straight out the shop n neva had a problem!

try, fail, start again me thinks