Good deals on veg oil?

straggler

Strider590 wrote: »

Got to be careful these days, the authorities in cahoots with the manufacturers made it very risky to run on veg oil, modern diesels are so fragile as it is.

It's not a conspiracy! Some modern diesels (unmodified) are just not suitable for veg oil.

rtho782

straggler wrote: »

It's an old Peugeot with the XUD engine and Bosch fuel system. They tolerate veg oil well.

Yup, those are about the only cars I'd run on veg oil!

In theory this is tax evasion though, you should be paying HMRC the duty on each litre you use.

MikeWhite

rtho782 wrote: »

Yup, those are about the only cars I'd run on veg oil!

In theory this is tax evasion though, you should be paying HMRC the duty on each litre you use.

How would you go about that, then? Self assessment ?

rtho782

MikeWhite wrote: »

How would you go about that, then? Self assessment ?

Actually, ignore me, they changed this in 2007, shows how out of date I am!

You only need to pay duty if you use more than 2500 litres a year, which is quite a chunk.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/excise-notice-179e-biofuels-and-other-fuel-substitutes/excise-notice-179e-biofuels-and-other-fuel-substitutes

worried_jim

MikeWhite wrote: »

How would you go about that, then? Self assessment ?

Just a simple form could be downloaded to use but that was ten years ago and no need to bother now.

Op- leave a bottle outside overnight before putting any in you car to see if it solidifies as the temperature drops as this will block your fuel system. Once it's warm enough through out the night to stay liquid you will be fine.

I ran mine on wvo May to September but did get cocky just the once by having a go early spring and got about ten miles till had to be recovered by the RAC due to fuel starvation.

straggler

rtho782 wrote: »

Actually, ignore me, they changed this in 2007, shows how out of date I am!

You only need to pay duty if you use more than 2500 litres a year, which is quite a chunk.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/excise-notice-179e-biofuels-and-other-fuel-substitutes/excise-notice-179e-biofuels-and-other-fuel-substitutes

I travel abroad quite often and it's a bit iffy in some countries......

worried_jim

The simple rule of thumb for running a car on veg is-

No common rail injection
Needs a bocsh or Denso fuel pump (no Lucas)

Generally looking at cars from the 90's from France, Germany or Japan.

jimjames

worried_jim wrote: »

The simple rule of thumb for running a car on veg is-

No common rail injection
Needs a bocsh or Denso fuel pump (no Lucas)

Generally looking at cars from the 90's from France, Germany or Japan.

Do the VW PD engines run ok with it then?

Rolandtheroadie

jimjames wrote: »

Do the VW PD engines run ok with it then?

No, when was the PD engines introduced to the range?

jimjames

Rolandtheroadie wrote: »

No, when was the PD engines introduced to the range?

About 1998 I think