Cheap Diesel?

Swampy3k

I was talking to a friend about fuel prices and I could remember there was outrage when I first started driving as it hit £1.00 p/l. (truck blockades on port roads etc if anyone else remembers). and he was telling me there is a way to cut down your diesel bill by topping up your tank with cooking oil. maybe a 70/30 split diesel/oil, has anyone ever tried this and does it work? might do some research and give it a try. more to the point is it legal?...

Nodding_Donkey

Using veg oil really depends on your engine. Some, usually older tech engines like in Landrovers will happily run on it but some newer ones (common rail) throw a hissy fit.You also need some sort of pre-heater kit to use it in winter

JustinR1979

I had a little look into it, isn't so bad in an old banger diesel.
Unless you get it free, it's not worth the hassle, or slight saving.
If it's free you have a lot of hassle filtering it etc.
Will have to change the fuel filter more often.
Is doubtful you will save anywhere near what you expect to.

peter_the_piper

Used to use it in an Isuzu Diesel Corsa, ran well but the cost of replacing a gummed up fuel filter negated the savings.

DUTR

On top of cooking oil is as good as the same price as diesel.

forgotmyname

Try adding cooking oil in some common rail diesel engines and the filter replacement maybe the least of your worries.

And when it eats the seals on the pump and starts leaking fuel.

You need to do your homework. Will you need to add a fuel heater or a pre filter?

I wouldnt put a drop of it in my car.

SailorSam

There's lots of information on the Internet about making your own diesel at home.
http://www.ehow.com/how_7426034_make-diesel-fuel-home.html

lighting_up_the_chalice

Have a read of this...

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3803929

Iceweasel

As far as I'm aware it's perfectly legal.

I was in Lidl's car-park a year or so ago and a guy came out with a trolley with 3 boxes of the cheapest sun-flower cooking oil

He poured the whole lot in the tank and then went back in for more.

This is not a trick to try as an experiment - it could prove costly.

I don't know how easy it would be to start in the winter time.

As long as you don't have a modern common-rail deisel i don't think the odd bottle or two in with a full dank of real diesel would do much harm.

Read up lots before you give it a go.

Edit: Forgot to say it was really old Volvo.

Rolandtheroadie

lighting_up_the_chalice wrote: »

Have a read of this...

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/3803929

This was jims previous thread, about his Astra on veg oil.


https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/1961265


OP, best place I've been to is www.vegetableoildiesel.co.uk.

I've been doing it for 3 years now, started on filtered veg then went onto biodiesel.

Cars I've ran are an astra like Jim's, Passat 110bhp, Audi 80 90bhp, Merc 250 and Corsa 1.7D. They're ok with veg (the Mercs twin tanked) but mainly got bio anyway.
I also run a Grand Voyager CRD which is bio only (unless you twin tank it).

fishybusiness

Quick look online at Tesco and own brand 3 litre bottles are £3. Most probably cheaper at Lidl and cheaper again at cash & carry outlets.

So it´s cheaper than diesel.

I´m one of those that used it in a Ford 1.6, ran just fine, 50/50 in summer, 70/30 in winter. Didn´t have any problems, and tbh honest if it died it didn´t really matter. Ran more quietly too.

Do your homework, some cars take to it, some don´t.......