Vegetarian vauxhall

smee · Post by **smee** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 9:33 pm

I'm just a little nervous about filling up the 6 month old astra with Brake Brothers finest and messing up the sensors or something. If a fuel pump was to go however work would cover it, I just wouldn't be very popular for a while that's all. BUT if it did work the boss could use it in his New X5 and give us all a payrise with the savings.

Titanium S1 111S (gla) · Post by **Titanium S1 111S (gla)** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 10:24 am

Titanium S1 111S (gla) wrote:Iâ€™m thinking of chopping in my Discovery for a 90 300 TDI and was hoping that I could run that on Veg oil. Iâ€™ve heard that it is worth putting in a bit of the real thing as well but have no personal experience.

When I was in Costco the other day I did notice that the budget veg oil was 40p a litre so a good saving. It comes in 25L cans so nice and easy to deal with too.

Will need to ask Thinforth when he gets back from his travels.

Bump, how do you find it Thinforth? Is your Landy a 300 or a TD5 do you know if the TD5 will run on Veg oil (not that my wallet will allow me one).

Ta

thinfourth · Post by **thinfourth** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 11:44 am

Hmm the TD5 i am not so sure about but i think there is lots of info out there I have one of the last 300Tdi which will run on damn near anything. hence they are still used in the Military.

I am going to be looking into going 100% veg oil so i shall see what i can find out

Titanium S1 111S (gla) · Post by **Titanium S1 111S (gla)** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 12:03 pm

Thanks Thinfourth, I'll be interested to hear what you find out and I might do a bit of googling myself.

Like I said it doesnâ€™t really matter about the TD5 since they are still well out of my price range. I recon that sensibly I'm looking at a fair to good 300 and if I can run it on chip fat so much the better.

Thanks

smee · Post by **smee** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 10:19 pm

Could do with it working with the new hike in price

Matelotman · Post by **Matelotman** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 12:14 am

tuscan_thunder wrote:it's changed now.

You're allowed upto a given level before you have to pay duty.

can't remember the level though.

You're allowed up to 2500 ltrs per year before you pay duty.

thinfourth · Post by **thinfourth** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 7:10 am

Matelotman wrote:
tuscan_thunder wrote:it's changed now.

You're allowed upto a given level before you have to pay duty.

can't remember the level though.
You're allowed up to 2500 ltrs per year before you pay duty.

or to the shops and back for your average landrover owner

DaveG · Post by **DaveG** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 1:24 pm

Can you cook chips in Diesel?

Might look a bit odd standing at the pumps with your chip pan tho!

D

Dominic · Post by **Dominic** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 1:35 pm

DaveG wrote:Can you cook chips in Diesel?
Might look a bit odd standing at the pumps with your chip pan tho!

D

xcl · Post by **xcl** » Tue Oct 02, 2007 1:35 pm

A friend of mine uses neat veg oil in his pug, however he says that whilst its fine in a low pressure diesel it won't work in one of the newer high pressure systems as the injectors are too narrow.