Bio Diesel

[g4ghb]

I am looking into using bio diesel, does anyone use it currently I noticed a van the other day and found my way to this company

at 79.9p a litre it seems a no brainer but then is is as good as it appears?

 

[Miyagi]

Hi g4ghb,

I've worked with quite a few folk that use filtered cooking oil to run their cars and wee vans.

I thought it was a wind up until I was shown the filter etc in the car boot.

Lots of Chefs have turned to using this funnily enough. There's a wee bit of a chip shop whiff but they swear by it.

Dunno if this helps,

Liam

 

[locum76]

It could be even cheaper if you get the right kit and make your own (requires a fair bit of space for settling tanks and bunded storage tanks).

Its a fairly straight forward process though. We were going to make it at the farm but health and safety put the end to it coz of using nasty chemicals.

The biggest problem making your own would be finding used chippy oil.

 

[Miyagi]

The biggest problem making your own would be finding used chippy oil.

Ask at catering departments, restaurants etc., as they usually have companies take it away.

There are coys now that offer to collect it for free, or pay the restaurant as they can recycle it and sell it on.

Most of the guys that work for the coy that does this out at Carberry Towers, Mussleburgh run their cars on this.

Liam

 

[locum76]

Ask at catering departments, restaurants etc., as they usually have companies take it away.

There are coys now that offer to collect it for free, or pay the restaurant as they can recycle it and sell it on.

Most of the guys that work for the coy that does this out at Carberry Towers, Mussleburgh run their cars on this.

Liam

Aye - I hear what you're saying. But the farm is next to the Dalmahoy (a big hilton hotel for the non-scots) and they wouldn't even give it to us.

 

[Miyagi]

Aye - I hear what you're saying. But the farm is next to the Dalmahoy (a big hilton hotel for the non-scots) and they wouldn't even give it to us.

Aaaah, they must be getting a kickback from a recycling company then, or staff are syphoning it for their own small enterprise - not unusual.

Liam

 

[CAL]

I looked into this once and decided not to do it because it invalidated my cars warranty. The one thing I did learn was that if you do switch to bio diesel you will have to do more fuel filter changes intitialy. Biodiesel strips the waxy film from the the fuel pipes / surfaces that builds up with the use of normal diesel. This gets caught up in the fuel filter and blocks it eventually.

Once my car gets bit older then I might look at it again.

 

[catweasel]

do not use bio diesel in any modern cars!!!!


im a diesel engineer by trade and i get a couple of cars a week going down from using the stuff. older cars can cope quite well but modern common rail systems do not stand the stuff, it eats the seals and jams pressure sensors

IMHO pure veg oil conversions are the best way to go (on older cars) they run the veg oil through a heat exchanger to thin it down. because its pure it doesn't contain the chemicals that destroy the seals



cheers CW