Runing car on vegetable oil

[Mr_X]

has anyone on here, run there car on vegetable oil?
i no its a long shot as it has to be a diesel, but just wondered as the price of fuel keeps increasing?

[Jacko]

http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/funny-pictures-cat-asks-who-throws-cheese.jpg

[Mitchell]

you have to tell them so they can tax you on it

seriously

[Viper]

havnt done it, but iirc, adsayer said if we have the right fuel pump on the dervs, we can do it ;)

[Mr_X]

http://icanhascheezburger.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/funny-pictures-cat-asks-who-throws-cheese.jpg

WTF?......

[Danhunt]

Whats the price of a litre of vegetable oil? isnt it more expensive?

[kenny]

its much cheaper than diesel dan.

but as mitchell said its got to be declared so they can tax you thats the truth.

[Luke]

I'll be getting red diesel soon...

[scottyvtr]

Whats the price of a litre of vegetable oil? isnt it more expensive?

the answer .......

Cost of fuel
New, fresh oil will cost around 37p/litre in the supermarkets - go for the cheapest as it's usually rapeseed oil and that is grown in the UK. Vegetable oil bought in bulk will normally cost about 40p/litre delivered to your door in 20 litre containers. Waste vegetable oil costs about 10p/litre delivered but this needs to be filtered before you can use it. It's possible to buy cleaned filtered waste oil which is the best of both worlds for about 25p/litre. Contacts for bulk oil available on request.

from here
http://www.veggiepower.org.uk/qshowmuch.html

Edit:- luke - caught and, your well and truely fooked tax and a well hefty fine upto 3k im sure and im sure the take the motor off you an' all
you car should run on 100% rapseed oil all year round its thinner than veg and there is copanys that will sell it might be a bulk buy of 200liters say but it would be worth it

[Mr_X]

I'll be getting red diesel soon...

wont have a leg to stand on if you get caught, doesnt it stain all the internals?

[kenny]

the answer .......

Cost of fuel
New, fresh oil will cost around 37p/litre in the supermarkets - go for the cheapest as it's usually rapeseed oil and that is grown in the UK. Vegetable oil bought in bulk will normally cost about 40p/litre delivered to your door in 20 litre containers. Waste vegetable oil costs about 10p/litre delivered but this needs to be filtered before you can use it. It's possible to buy cleaned filtered waste oil which is the best of both worlds for about 25p/litre. Contacts for bulk oil available on request.

from here
http://www.veggiepower.org.uk/qshowmuch.html



to much time on your hands scotty haha

[scottyvtr]

im struggling as it is with the price of fuel lol so im looking further into other stuff - appart from red lol

Mr X it sure does!!!!

[Mieran]

BioDiesel ftw

[Danhunt]

What are the chances of getting caught then

any giveaways? eg your car smelling like the local chippy? hahaha

[frankie]

*coughs* central heating oil *coughs*

[Mr_X]

can just imagine going to your local tescos with a trolley full of oil every other day.

[scottyvtr]

What are the chances of getting caught then

any giveaways? eg your car smelling like the local chippy? hahaha

vosa have spot checks now and then red = busted !!! you would get away with veg

can just imagine going to your local tescos with a trolley full of oil every other day.

there was a guy when the Grangemouth strike started in a tesco car park and he had a trolly full of 5ltr containers just filling up his car it was in a few of the papers up here!! lol

[Danhunt]

haha was just reading about it on some website. looks like a good idea,

shame i dont have a diesel, or a car that is running for that matter ;)

[Curran]

you car should run on 100% rapseed oil all year round its thinner than veg and there is copanys that will sell it might be a bulk buy of 200liters say but it would be worth it


tbh buying in 200L bulk wouldnt be bad. my car swallows 50L at a time so it wouldnt take me long to get through it (if i had a diesel that is)

i didnt think it was possible to run on 100% oil? i'm not sure though i havent really looked into it.

[KamRacing]

the cheapest is about 52p a litre in the supermarket now

I heard that you can use a certain amount of veg oil tax free - the amount doesn't spring to mind though.

Doesn't give as good fuel economy and I'd look at running a 70/30 ratio max, less in the winter when you need the car to start from cold as the veg oil gets a little thick.

We're getting a van soon that will run on veg oil.. perhaps we'll do a thread on how we make it run

[-Jason-]

Makes me want a diesel so i could use my costco card to buy in bulk lol

[KamRacing]

tesco is cheaper but you have to buy 1 litre bottles lol

takes a long time to fill up. Was funny when I bought 25 bottles in a single trip.. told the cashier that I liked frying ;)

[mattchewone]

Doesnt Red diesel give out red smoke so its more noticeable?

[DJ_Kida]

tesco is cheaper but you have to buy 1 litre bottles lol

takes a long time to fill up. Was funny when I bought 25 bottles in a single trip.. told the cashier that I liked frying ;)

Hahaha.... i can just imagine it now.

Dunno about anyone else but i just dont see myself being able to trust Veggie oil to run my car.

[Curran]

We're getting a van soon that will run on veg oil.. perhaps we'll do a thread on how we make it run


please do. it would be interesting to see how it goes.


i might have to consider getting a diesel if the fuel prices keep rising as they are now. being a student and all :n:

[Quick]

Doesnt Red diesel give out red smoke so its more noticeable?

LOL!

Its just that the fuel has a dye added so that if a tank is dipped, it marks the stick used.
Also will dye fuel lines leaving a trace!

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-red-diesel.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_dyes

[KamRacing]

I have run my bmw on a mix of vegioil and diesel when i was skint last year. Works well.
I bought 20litre containers from Costco at roughly 66p a litre though I occasionally dropped into tesco's in emergencies when I was running out of fuel and only had change in the pocket.
You really need a mechanical diesel rather than the newer breed of engines.
My car ran quieter on idle but consumption was slightly down compared to straight diesel.
I used a 70/30 of vegi/diesel
Car smelt of chips whenever I pulled up to the lights.

I'm sure in this weather you could run near a 100% mix depending on the car.

kev

[-Jason-]

What mpg do you get from veggie oil compaired to diesel as if it drops loads then wort be as cost effective

Ie:

Diesel 60mpg 115ppl
Oil 30mpg 66ppl

[mattchewone]

LOL!

Its just that the fuel has a dye added so that if a tank is dipped, it marks the stick used.
Also will dye fuel lines leaving a trace!

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-red-diesel.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_dyes

Oh right something i heard years ago must of been a little white lie lol.

[Curran]

Oh right something i heard years ago must of been a little white lie lol.

dont believe everything you hear!

a few years ago a lad from school tried to tell me that if you have noz, blue flames come out the exhaust like it does on GTA. what a noob.

[Curran]

kam - does the car still smell even if you use clean/new oil?

i think the smell would put me off using oil.

[Ruddy]

I'll be pwned by the coppers after using getting red diesel soon...

Yes Luke, yes you will................

Dont do it mate is my opinion.

Your car will 'smoke' a lot more and will be obvious as fuck to pc plod who will pull you over and royally rape you.

It does work though. My dad used to run his Terrano on vegatible oil. My golf runs on 'biofuel'. Also known as white diesel. That is normally 'home brewed' with Kerosine........ That fucks up your engine. COMPLETLY.

[KamRacing]

kam - does the car still smell even if you use clean/new oil?

i think the smell would put me off using oil.

it does smell

lovely TBH

[Barry123]

I'll be getting red diesel soon...

dreamer.




Lads,
No shit, it is stupidly easy to make your own diesel/biodiesel - that is all.

[Curran]

Lads,
No shit, it is stupidly easy to make your own diesel/biodiesel - that is all.


explain please....

[Barry123]

explain please....

google my friend.

Mine runs on it fine allegedly... a friend made me some and it was fine, and I paid duty on it of course.

[Barry123]

ok that's a bit cuntish... ok you need:

methanol, potassium and cooking oil.

and that's it.

[nathan0711]

look on here, expains it all!

http://www.dieselveg.com/

[Curran]

google my friend.

Mine runs on it fine allegedly... a friend made me some and it was fine, and I paid duty on it of course.

of course!

ok that's a bit cuntish... ok you need:

methanol, potassium and cooking oil.

and that's it.

thats handy. i have loads of potassium and methanol lying around.

i may go and spend some time on google now.

[Curran]

look on here, expains it all!

http://www.dieselveg.com/


according to this website you can use 2500 litres of oil each year before you have to pay tax.


my car does around 380 miles to 50 litres.

if i was to run on 100% veg oil, that would be 19,000 miles on tax free oil per year.

shame my cars a petrol.

think i need to get a cheap diesel and give this a go.