Veg Oil

[Guest]

This topic was split from another as it was way off topic, now should be easier to follow.

Nice one, sounds better than Meadowhell :lol:

Jim T

Was in Meadowhell for about 20 mins or so, long enough for Lucy to grab what she wanted, and I called into Aldi as I was told they are selling bio diesel, sorry I mean chip fat for 56p a litre. Some strange looks when all I bought was 20 single litre bottles. Would have been a lot stranger if they'd seen me pour it into the tank :roll: :lol:

 

[bigjim]

Nice one, sounds better than Meadowhell :lol:

Jim T

Was in Meadowhell for about 20 mins or so, long enough for Lucy to grab what she wanted, and I called into Aldi as I was told they are selling bio diesel, sorry I mean chip fat for 56p a litre. Some strange looks when all I bought was 20 single litre bottles. Would have been a lot stranger if they'd seen me pour it into the tank :roll: :lol:

I called into Aldi as I was told they are selling bio diesel, sorry I mean chip fat for 56p a litre (Quote) must try this some time may need some advice, :arrow: found a BP garage in Milton keynes selling standard deisel for 95p per ltr

 

[Guest]

I must try this some time may need some advice, :arrow:

Read this thread, http://www.nissan4x4ownersclub.co.uk/modules.php?name=Forums&file=viewtopic&t=5341 and follow the links in it.

I have also been informed it(veg oil) can be used at 50/50 although to start with I'm using it a bit less. Some are using it at 90% or more, but I believe this can lead to problems cold starting in winter. I'll be filling the tank today from about a 1/4 and will add 10 litres to see how I get on. I dropped in 3 litres the other day on about 3/4 tank with no noticeable differance, I'm now to down to 1/4 tank so will suck it and see.

 

[bigjim]

Is that any cooking oil? or vegie oil? or dont it matter much? as long as you can fry with it???? can you fri chips in diesel???? :lol: :lol:

 

[jace]

might taste bit funny lol

 

[Terranosaurus]

Is that any cooking oil? or vegie oil? or dont it matter much?

Rapeseed oil is better than, sunflower which is batter than Soya il. It's down to viscosity (thickness). I'm running my van on it now, cuts my weekly fuel bill by 1/3 to 1/2 which can't be bad. The vans a Y reg Renault Master 2.8 TDi, performance is the same MPG is th same as best I can tell, smells different but no worse and I only use about 50L a week so can get away with the 2500 limit a year, have all my old receipts for fossil diesel and am keeping all my veg oil receipts. I use rapeseed, which is usually what you get if you buy vegetable oil, but read the label to check.

 

[Guest]

The cheaper the better as the cheap stuff is normally thinner, I paid 56p for each litre at Aldi and its thin enough to use neat. I filled tank today with 10 litres of veg oil and £45 of ordinary diesel. No noticable differance in any running, just smelld like a chip shop. Been out in it and done some lanes again today, so engine had to work hard, 4 adults and 2 kids in vehicle too. Next time I fill up I'll use more veg oil and keep increasing the amounts gradually to see how I go. Its early days for me with this yet, so its all experimenting and listening to others.

 

[Terranosaurus]

I'm on nigh on 100% (just the bit of fossil fuel thats still in there) in the Renault, which engine you got in the Disco Andy.

 

[Guest]

Its a 200Tdi, with about 111000 on the clock

 

[KillerPete]

Camarman,

Keep the updates coming on the vaggie oil run, am very interested in do it myself. But want to make sure nothing is going to go bang before I try it. Need motor for day to day running.

Cheers

Pete.

 

[jace]

from what ive read youll need to change fuel filter as veg oil stips varnish that builds up from normal road derv

 

[Terranosaurus]

from what ive read youll need to change fuel filter as veg oil stips varnish that builds up from normal road derv

Thats recycled used oil/bio-diesil as far as I can work out, rather than SVO - straight vegetable oil.

 

[Guest]

I know a chap who has been using it for 12 months with no filter changes and no ill effects. All this sort of info is why I decided to start trying it.

 

[bigjim]

I'm on nigh on 100% (just the bit of fossil fuel thats still in there) in the Renault, which engine you got in the Disco Andy.

Humming bird i also have a Renault trafic camper van you recon this will run veggie oil its a 2.1d 1988 F reg?????? :lol:

 

[bigjim]

Does anyone use the free oil from the chip shops???? i know it has to be filtered and the only bad thing i have heared about it is seperating the animal fats from the cooking oil? but a filtering machine can't be hard to manufacture???? can It???? :idea:

 

[jace]

the older engines are usally better little bitov wear and not so many electroncs and fancy bits on them lucas pumps tend not to like it for some reason bosch fine so have butchess see whats on your old beast

 

[bigjim]

the older engines are usally better little bitov wear and not so many electroncs and fancy bits on them lucas pumps tend not to like it for some reason bosch fine so have butchess see whats on your old beast

Its as basic as they come jace just a pump dont think its got any fancy eletronic stuff at all :!:

 

[Guest]

Does anyone use the free oil from the chip shops???? i know it has to be filtered and the only bad thing i have heared about it is seperating the animal fats from the cooking oil? but a filtering machine can't be hard to manufacture???? can It???? :idea:

The filter has to be to 5 microns (I think) and I'm not technical so I don't know what 5 microns is! I believe that to buy they are expensive but having not looked just going on what I heard. But if you gonna give it a lot of use you'll make your money back?

 

[bigjim]

Does anyone use the free oil from the chip shops???? i know it has to be filtered and the only bad thing i have heared about it is seperating the animal fats from the cooking oil? but a filtering machine can't be hard to manufacture???? can It???? :idea:

The filter has to be to 5 microns (I think) and I'm not technical so I don't know what 5 microns is! I believe that to buy they are expensive but having not looked just going on what I heard. But if you gonna give it a lot of use you'll make your money back?

Five micron,s is blinking small, years ago we had a serface polisher that polished to within 2microns and that could only be measured with light deflection, transmitting a light beam across the surface of a prepaired surface using a glass thingy, if the prisum went one way it was convect and the other concave but it never gave you an actual size just if the surface was flat or not :?: blimey i am getting old that was 24 years ago :?: :?: :?: -banghead-

 

[bigjim]

I don't know what 5 microns is! (Quote)
My be wrong? and no doubt some one will say if i am wrong? I think its 1 millionth of an inch :?: :?: