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jimboafro Newbie
Joined: 27 May 2007 Posts: 1 Location: Portsmouth
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Posted: Sun May 27, 2007 15:27 Post subject: alternative fuel |
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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 **
Joined: 28 Sep 2005 Posts: 108 Location: Forest Deer, N Dorset.
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Posted: Tue May 29, 2007 18:39 Post subject: |
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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. _________________ 4.2 TD 12v VX AUTO |
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devonoak ***
Joined: 01 Apr 2007 Posts: 158 Location: devon
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Posted: Sun Jun 03, 2007 19:36 Post subject: |
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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 Newbie
Joined: 04 Jun 2007 Posts: 8 Location: Trinidad & Tobago
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Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 3:31 Post subject: |
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so how much vegetable oil can i stuff in my tank safely before problems? ive never done this before |
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Ian-P **
Joined: 28 Sep 2005 Posts: 108 Location: Forest Deer, N Dorset.
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Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 13:32 Post subject: |
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KiD wrote: |
so how much vegetable oil can i stuff in my tank safely before problems? ive never done this before |
Depends on your engine and fuel pump. I would imagine that you could run a fair concentration given the warm ambient temperature you have out there, but I'm only guessing. _________________ 4.2 TD 12v VX AUTO |
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devonoak ***
Joined: 01 Apr 2007 Posts: 158 Location: devon
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Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2007 17:03 Post subject: |
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you could probably run a 60 series on it neat in temps of over 22'c
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bushburywolf Lifetime member
Joined: 21 Oct 2006 Posts: 242 Location: Wolverhampton West Midlands
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Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 15:12 Post subject: |
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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 !!! _________________ 1999 Amazon Auto VX 4.2 TD Active |
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Ian-P **
Joined: 28 Sep 2005 Posts: 108 Location: Forest Deer, N Dorset.
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Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 15:46 Post subject: |
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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! _________________ 4.2 TD 12v VX AUTO |
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devonoak ***
Joined: 01 Apr 2007 Posts: 158 Location: devon
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Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2007 20:51 Post subject: |
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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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