Cheap veg oil heads up

[CortinaDave]

Just been in Makro - 20 litres of KTC veg currently £15.99

 

Made me wish I had something that would run on it !!

[Lacquer Peel]

If you don't have a Makro nearby, some large Tesco supermarkets, Poundland and Farmfoods sell veg oil for around £1 a litre.

[willswitchengage]

Morrisons also seems to have KTC sunflower/veg on £1/L perma-promotion.

[The Moog]

Costco are £14.99 for 20l at the moment. Hence I now have 200l sitting in garage .. Vegtastic

[CortinaDave]

Oooft! £14.99 is superb. I need a crappy td cavalier in my life

[warren t claim]

Does anyone notice a drop in power or economy running on veg?

[skattrd]

Does anyone notice a drop in power or economy running on veg?

 

I noticed a small drop in economy running my VW TDi on veg, by small I mean under 5% - but as a tight arse I drove more economically to compensate.

[The Moog]

Same here a bit of drop in economy accompanied by a strange unwillingness to pay 70p more a litre at the pumps

 

Xantia cruises happily at 70 on veg. Acceleration has always been erm a little leisurely so doesn't make any difference here.  Idle at start can be rubbish if to high a mix but quite honestly it doesnt bother me.

 

It takes me 714 litres to recoup the cost of buying the car and I think I have already done about 400 litres of that.

[Cavcraft]

If you don't have a Makro nearby, some large Tesco supermarkets, Poundland and Farmfoods sell veg oil for around £1 a litre.

 

Tesco used to drop to under a quid occasionally, but the last few times I liberated some from them you had to buy two five litre one for a tenner the pair, instead of the usual £6.00 each.

Some Asian food specialist wholesalers knock it out at £19.99 or £20.00 for 20 litres too, I use one occasionally if only going for one drum as it's not wotrth the extra fuel and time to try and save 99p by driving another few miles to Tesco.

 

I'll get my chip shop owning mate on my case at Costco again I think, may as well keep the car topped up.

[CortinaDave]

There's a place in Aberdeen that sells proper biodiesel off the pump at about £1.10 a litre... Will any diesel run on that of is it still a case of only older stuff with a Bosch pump ?

[Lacquer Peel]

Most diesels, apart from ones with particulate filters, should run on well made biodiesel. Think your MG should be alright, but biodiesel is very harsh on seals and pipes if they're on their way out.

[Cavcraft]

There was a garage in Ellesmere Port that sold it but I'm reliably told the quality varied enormously between really good and fucking awful. Someone in the know said that if the fuel tanker that delivered it hadn't been cleaned out in ages, all the shit in the bottom got dragged through and caused running problems in the vehicles that fuelled up at the garage.

[meggersdog]

Any of you guys using an inline fuel heater this time of year as even running 50/50 mine's holding back upto about 2000 revs.

[Cavcraft]

Nope, just lob it in and go. It does hold back a bit but sod it and all that. Also wouldn't the heater only be needed to start it as once it's running through ahot pump/engine it should be ok? That's not definite I hasten to add, just my random thought.

[meggersdog]

I put one on my old Discovery, before the lift pump.Temp controlled between 25 and 75 degrees.Thinking of fitting one to the Disco I have now.The filter housing is bolted to the bulkhead so unlike the XUD's no engine heat to help it.I just wondered if anyone else has fitted a fuel heater.

[Tayne]

On 29/12/2013 at 18:41, cortinadave said:

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[The Moog]

Lobbed in 40 litres of veg today and had about 10l of dizzle in there. apart from taking 2 glows to get started the car seems to prefer veg. Definitely is pulling more cleanly and accelerates a bit better.

 

Although the orange water in filter light has started to flash, so will need to fix that.