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Biofuel
Dr.Ed:
That's the idea - believe it was costing HMCE too much to process all the £5 cheques from all the people making a few litres of biodiesel/veg oil a month. The 2500 litre limit HAS NOT come in yet (some point in the summer) until then you need to carry on paying your 28p a litre. You'll still need to register with HMCE so you can prove where your fuel came from when the police pull you over.
Got to watch the makro veg oil - the big drums actually cost more per litre than sainsburys!
muddyjames:
But I could install all the kit now and then as soon as the goverment give the go ahead I can sling veg oil in the big tank and diesel in the small one :wink:
Shame I cant buy nicely filtered oil off a nice person for say 5p a litre :wink: :lol:
It does seem to be the way forward though in motoring. Gets around the high insurance prices and road tax! I might be able to afford a few other luxuries like new parts for the disco then :lol:
NEILH:
hi , just come across this forum ,i have a 300 tdi can anyone tell me what i would have to do /fit/change to run on veg oil . is there any power lose as a result?
thanks neil
muddyjames:
I have a 300tdi.
As far as I know you can add filtered old vegoil or new veg oil direct into your tank as long as you dont put more than 30% oil in the diesel tank ( I am sure Ed will correct me here) If you put too much in it solidifies in the engine and makes the engine sieze up over night.
To run on 100% veg oil you need to put in a small tank for diesel (a 5gallon drum in the boot usualy) and a heat exchanger in the engine bay to warm the oil up. So you start the engine on diesel until the oil is warm then switch over to oil and drive until your heart is content and then at the end of the journey run the engine for 5 mins on diesel again to clean the system ready to start the next journey on diesel.
Xtremeteam:
200 TDi 90 on 99-100% VO & apart from being a bit smokey & lumpy when cold its fine
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