Tescos Diesel?

[MK II Mark]

I have heard that people are buying cooking oil at Tescos now instead of Diesel at the pumps cos its alot cheaper but Tescos won't sell more than three litres to one person as they have cracked on to what everyones doing.

 

Do you have to put any additives in for it to combust?

[Twinkle]

mix it with some diesel and ideally it could do with warming up before it hits the engine

[Tom]

google it mate.

 

I think you're supposed to mix in some acetone? something like that - i watched it on mythbusters the other day

[bomber1]

i belive as long as its no more than a 50/50 mix u will get away with it. if its all cooking oil u need a table spoon of white spirit to a 50gallon drum and leave it for a couple of months

[young un]

google it mate.

 

I think you're supposed to mix in some acetone? something like that - i watched it on mythbusters the other day

 

mythbusters is cool

[bortaf]

Depends on what engine, HDI's don't like the extra viscosaty (you know thickness cos i can't spell)

Di transits will run happy 50/50 but i use 75%/diesel/25% new cooking oil in the winter

The ford 1.8 diesel will run the same IF you DON'T have a lucas pump, apparently they have seals that don't like cooking oil

Unused oil has a higher calorific value than diesel so burns hotter, the upside in a transit is 5 MPG more, a lot quieter and smoother and i swear more power, possably why i get more MPG cos i don't drive it hard, downside it smells like a wok !

 

Used cooking oil i whole different matter

 

Tescos had cheapo cooking oil at 56p per litre at the mo but only available in 1 ltr bottles, go to a trade warehouse and it'll be around 60p per ltr for a 25Ltr drum

[Mick The Cabbie]

I'd use it if I was running an older diesel motor. I'm a bit scared to put it in my Mondello TDCi though. If it fooks up, it'll cost me £££££££'s.

 

A few years ago, I worked at the airport. I ran my Pug 205 turbodiesel on a 50/50 mix of diesel & aviation fuel.

[bortaf]

just sold a 205 TD ran that on 50/50 diesel/cooking oil, fricken loved it went to bath and back on just over a tenna, got hungry at every set of lights though, cost extra in food what i saved on fuel

[luz008]

'a friend' used to run 306 HDI on about 40% veg oil for a year and had no problems.

but of course i would not advertise this online as you are ment to delare it and pay tax

you can also order bio-diesel (treated veg oil) from online companies and that works fine as a replacement for diesel but normally its about 1000 ltrs min - but only costs about 70p/ltr

there arent many bio-diesel stations around here which is a shame as its only about 70-80p litre

[MK II Mark]

I've got a GT TDI golf and was considering running a mix of cooking oil and diesel, is it safe to do with the VW engine?

[mk3cokebottle]

one of my dads mates goes to the local chippy and buys there used oil because it is alot thinner when it has been used he then chucks it through a siv and mix's it with a little derv and his transit runs all day long quite happy, think he gives fiver a drum for it, all of the oil suppliers 7.5t trucks run on dirty cooking oil aswell i was amazed when i started supplying drivers to a company in southampton and they told the driver to fill up with oil at there pumps

[beedz]

i ran my old 306 on the stuff no probs. definately smoother & more power.

 

works fine with a bosch pump, but the lucas ones use the fuel to lubricate themselves and as the veg oil is thicker it buggers them up

[Fiesta Steve]

 

works fine with a bosch pump, but the lucas ones use the fuel to lubricate themselves and as the veg oil is thicker it buggers them up

 

Tis true

[Messenjah]

you should declare the tax and pay it IF you are using over 2500 litres a year

[bortaf]

you should declare the tax and pay it IF you are using over 2500 litres a year

 

spot on! you get 2500 ltr free before paying any tax so it's NOT illeagal

 

Used cooking oil has a lower calorific value, as it's been heated and reheated it looses some of it's ooomph (sorry to be so techy here )

it also doesn't lube as well as new oil your supossed to washup used oil to remove the saopy fat that builds up in it

 

Reclaimed veg oil round here is 89p per litre, look for a black cab company or garage, there will be a place selling very nearby!!

[MK II Mark]

how can anyone prove yo have used over 2500 litres in a year

[alladdin]

you should declare the tax and pay it IF you are using over 2500 litres a year

 

spot on! you get 2500 ltr free before paying any tax so it's NOT illeagal

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i wouldnt think thats right.

the tax is road fuel tax, wont matter what it is, if its used for transport u must pay tax.

 

as for used oil, i agree as above, but worse, its been used to cook chicken etc so contains ANIMAL FAT, this will go hard when cold(lard) and form a skin/blockage.

its often thined with kerosene. ie heating oil (avi fuel?) but this wont lube so dont use it strait

[ADY]

you should declare the tax and pay it IF you are using over 2500 litres a year

 

spot on! you get 2500 ltr free before paying any tax so it's NOT illeagal

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This is true

 

I use fresh cooking oil in my diesel, in the summer i can virtually run it neat, now though it has trouble starting even on 50/50 mix with diesel, but then my car is old with a few miles on the clock!