Sunflower Oil £5 for 6Ltr & Tesco

[Darwin]

Sunflower oil is thinner than Veggie Oil

 

[mully]

just bought quite a few litres of vegie oil from Tesco at 83p (£5 for 6 litres) thats got to be worth it? at a 50/50 mix im sorted for a few miles!!. So would have the sunflower oil been better?

 

[irm750]

It's a great feeling pouring the veg oil in and then driving around for much less than you would otherwise have been!

You'll get strange looks while pouring it in which is fun.

Enjoy!

 

[zippy656]

where do you pour it in.. home or in tesco carpark??

 

[tezzer]

i've just filled up with bio diesel @ £0.98plt, running 100% bio at present with no problems.:thumbs

 

[makeitfit]

Been on near enough neat bio/veg oil for 6 months ish
It was ok in the freezing winter too:thumbs
It's gone up a bit recently:doh but still ,75p a liter ready done is pretty cheap
This is the guy we've been using, http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250587332090&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

 

[wildbri]

I would like to use veggie oil in my 1997 tdi but am unsure that it is suitable as I have the Hitachi MAF and I think that means I will have the non Bosch fuel pump which i have heard is unsuitable.... anyone with the Hitachi MAF successfully using veggie at 50-50? regards bri

 

[makeitfit]

Pants
Mine's an Hitachi MAF and I can assure you my truck goes like a train:sly

 

[tezzer]

Been on near enough neat bio/veg oil for 6 months ish
It was ok in the freezing winter too:thumbs
It's gone up a bit recently:doh but still ,75p a liter ready done is pretty cheap
This is the guy we've been using, http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250587332090&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

thats not the guy i gave you is it pete? i might be getting a ibc of bio shortly, my cousin wants to run his lorries on it so he may order 3-4 ibc's depends if he can get the price down abit, lol

 

[makeitfit]

No the guy you gave me the number for was a bit er , er , slack
He also said he put all sorts of strange stuff in it, so didn't have a lot of confidence in him in the end:augie
In Feb we were getting it for 64p a litre but it's getting more expensive cause it's getting more popular I guess:doh
There's a local guy setting up at the mo and he says it'll be around 68p, so we'll wait n see:sly

 

[tezzer]

oh right, it seemed to be a bit dirty aswell, ok if you left it for a few days to settle, may try your man when we are ready. dont know how much derv is up your way but it's around £1.20 lt here. :doh

 

[makeitfit]

Seems to be around 1.21 on a good day
The stuff we've had is mucho good stuff and the guy will give you all the low down on it:thumbs
There must be more people doing it round the country, it's just a pain to find a reliable one at reasonable money

 

[lacroupade]

just bought quite a few litres of vegie oil from Tesco at 83p (£5 for 6 litres) thats got to be worth it? at a 50/50 mix im sorted for a few miles!!. So would have the sunflower oil been better?

Sunflower is one of the best; its widely used in Europe where they've been doing this a lot longer than we have!

 

[zippy656]

and i just pour in into the tank and then fill with diesel??

 

[briggie]

and i just pour in into the tank and then fill with diesel??

red diesel is cheap :augie

 

[briggie]

red diesel is cheap :augie

i wonder if there is a dye you can add to red diesel to turn it into a legal colour ?

 

[zippy656]

and are you going to pay the fine ect???

 

[briggie]

and are you going to pay the fine ect???

obviously i would do anything illegal , knowing my luck id be caught as soon as i got in the bluddie car ( if it run lol )

 

[briggie]

obviously i would do anything illegal , knowing my luck id be caught as soon as i got in the bluddie car ( if it run lol )

wouldnt

 

[briggie]

if you ( hypothetically of course ) mixed red diesel with sunflower oil ..... would it still be red ?