Diesel, petrol or GAS?

alanbradley

landy_nuts wrote:

Hi
Alan I must disagree you can run cars and trucks on LPG I have seen both in action, in fact an HGV pulled up behind me yesterday as I filled up at my local Calor gas site.
A friend of mine runs a VW camper on diesel / LPG with great affect.

Really? I'm amazed but also suitably chastised

I've done a bit more research so below is a post I wrote last night for another forum in response to the same question...

Rob, its not illegal to use WVO in vehicles, but you do have to keep very tight tabs on the amount you use and declare it to Customs & Excise. I believe the duty is somewhere in the region of 27p/litre. Naturally, when dealing with the excise about fuel (which is a huge moneymaker for them) your auditing in going to have to be anally accurate.

Since I originally read your post (okay folks, it was on https://www.moneysavingexpert.com - I'm the original tight Scot wink.gif ) I've done a bit of research. Rather than using vegetable oil you may be better (and easier) trying to find a local retailer of biodiesel. This should run fine in your car with no adjustments and there should be a saving to be made. I found a list on the energy Saving Trust website. If you Click here I've linked it through to the appropriate page. Sadly for me I can't find any info sellers in Inverness.

Hang about... I've just found this link for people that will deliver biodiesel to you... Clicky! It works out about 92p/litre but (if you read it) it becomes cheaper with the second delivery.

If you can't find anyone to nearby then you might be as well making your own. I've found this forum which seems populated by people who know all about these sorts of things (personally, I think they have beards laugh.gif ).

The reason I'm harping on about biodiesel rather than wvo is that the biodiesel requires NO work to your car and should not invalidate your Toyota warranty.

I hope that this is some sort of help and please let us (me) know how you get on...

Cheers

alan

Any corrections or clarifications gratefully received.

Cheers,

Alan

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What forum? Did you mean this forum?
I don't have a beard, I don't wear hairy jumpers and definitley don't wear socks with Jesus sandals!
Also my spelling is terrible!