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jimboafro · Newbie Joined: 27 May 2007 Posts: 1 Location: Portsmouth

I was wondering if there is anybody out there who is using chip fat or vegetable oil old or new in a 4.2 diesel engine on a 60 series car?

I know people who use new vegetable oil in similar age diesels with no adverse effects.

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Ian-P · Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 18:39 Post subject:

I'm using veg oil in my 80 Series 4.2 TD. I've a two tank system with heat exchanger. I start on diesel and change over to veg once the engine is up to normal running temp. I have no problems at all, but wouldn't recomend running on straight veg oil without some form of heating to the oil, as it'll knacker your fuel pump.
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devonoak · *** Joined: 01 Apr 2007 Posts: 158 Location: devon

the hj60 series 4.0l diesel will run on almost anything. I knew a bloke who had 2 in a boat and drained his engine oil into a nearly full fuel tank with no advrse effects. I ran mine on cracked veg oil ("biodiesel") for a year no problems , the car is still running well , and emissions were very very low
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KiD · Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 3:31 Post subject:

so how much vegetable oil can i stuff in my tank safely before problems? ive never done this before

Ian-P · Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 13:32 Post subject:

devonoak · *** Joined: 01 Apr 2007 Posts: 158 Location: devon

you could probably run a 60 series on it neat in temps of over 22'c

tom

bushburywolf · Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 15:12 Post subject:

what's the use of using alternative fuel ..the chancellor only lets you have the road tax £15 per annum cheaper ok it's cheaper but you still have to pay friggin' excise duty on your alternative fuel anyway .. be ok if you do over 50,000 miles a year but not if you only tug a trailer now and agin .. and don't take the kids to school in it .. gordon brown is a vvanker now i've said it !!! Evil or Very Mad

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Ian-P · Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 15:46 Post subject:

Good point. You have to pay 48.35p/l duty to run on svo, so it makes it more expensive than diesel. I run mine mostly on diesel, as my green credentials don't go as far as giving it away. I do however, run on svo for part of the month in an effort to ease my concsience for all the carbon I'm emitting. Plus it's strangely satisfying knowing that I can run the car on veggie oil! Sad I know! Smile

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devonoak · *** Joined: 01 Apr 2007 Posts: 158 Location: devon

yeah also in trinidad the rules probably don't apply
i was buying duty free veg oil for a while to run my forestry gear on a bit more sustainably, but thats been stitched up now by rising waste oil prices.....they're transporting waste v o by lorry ( running on...mineral fuel) to germany and holland in order to fulfil their "green" agenda. How dafts that?
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