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Mieran
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4th Apr 11 at 20:44   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Can this only be done on old mechanical turbo charged diesel engines or N/A engines too?

I was wondering if you can make a Pug 106 1.5 derv (non turbo) run on veg oil mixed with diesel...
Jabba
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4th Apr 11 at 20:45   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
iirc it will run both aslong as its not 1 of these new commonrails

correct me if im rong
sand-eel
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4th Apr 11 at 20:46   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Depends what fuel pump it has, pretty sure that car will be fine, better invest in a hot water/fuel heat exchanger.
Jed D
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4th Apr 11 at 20:49   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
thought it had to be used cooking oil


heard of a guy had a few chippys and ran his on the oil. someones been pulling my leg rite
ianofbhills
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Your pug 106 is ideal for veggie oil. It will run on 100% veg oil at this time of year you only need to worry about mixing it or heating it when the weather is cold.

If you can find a source for waste oil and filter it properly then you will save a load in fuel costs. I ran a mondeo 1.8td on veg oil for a year back when new oil from the supermarket was about 80p a litre. The supermarkets have cottoned on now and hiked the prices of oil up to be compareable with diesel so there's no advantage in using clean oil.
Gary
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4th Apr 11 at 20:51   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Veg oil is cooking oil
Jed D
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quote:
Originally posted by Gary
Veg oil is cooking oil


aye anar, but i thought it had to be well used
sand-eel
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4th Apr 11 at 20:55   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Can be used or new, doesn't matter... new is over £1 for 1L used could be £0 for 1L.
ianofbhills
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I used to buy it in 25 litre drums from tesco and tip it straight in neat. No messing about with any filters then. Ran perfect for a year of motoring. Had to mix it a bit with diesel when it was cold and it used to smell but it ran well
sand-eel
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I've got 60L sitting here
sand-eel
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4th Apr 11 at 20:57   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
You really need to heat the fuel if you want the injectors to atomise properly, otherwise after a while you will fuck the piston rings.
ianofbhills
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mundane-o only cost £50 so i didnt really giva a fcuk tbh. But it didnt suffer in circa 10k miles.

Sold it for more then i bought it for too. Best car i've ever had lol
Jed D
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red diesels quite cheap if you find the rite supplier
ianofbhills
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4th Apr 11 at 21:03   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
yer but that's illegal where as using veg oil is totally legit.
gazza808
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4th Apr 11 at 21:03   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Used to run it in my passat, 100percent in summer,

And 5quids of petrol in with it in the winter for cold start ,

Did 6k on it,

Don't dare put it in the new mondeo, they have enough pump/injectors problems as it is lol.
AlexW
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4th Apr 11 at 21:20   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Used engine oil is another one too.
richc
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4th Apr 11 at 21:33   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I know someone who use to put it in a 2005 seat ipizza and it ran fine. PD engine i believe.
Adam-D
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4th Apr 11 at 21:33   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by AW06
Used engine oil is another one too.


i have loads of that.
dont really wanna risk my audi with it thou.
corsatdi
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4th Apr 11 at 21:50   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Wouldnt mind trying this with my 1.7 lump but would be a bit worried!
emicen
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4th Apr 11 at 22:08   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Adam-D
quote:
Originally posted by AW06
Used engine oil is another one too.


i have loads of that.
dont really wanna risk my audi with it thou.


Pretty sure the 1.9 pre-PD can take anything thrown at it.

PD ones are fine on RME and possibly veg.
harrisp
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4th Apr 11 at 22:13   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Was reading about using used engine oil the other day and it is very bad for engines to run on for a few reasons.
richc
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Hydraulic oil mixed with abit of diesel
gazza808
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quote:
Originally posted by richc
Hydraulic oil mixed with abit of diesel


Hmmm I'm going to look into this one, got 5 50gallon drums of scrap hydraulic
oil at work lol
derick-sport
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When i had the nova 1.5d, i used to put a tenners worth of diesel then 20litres of used engine oil from my old work in. smoked a tad put ran great for 5k + till i sold it
DaveyLC
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5th Apr 11 at 06:24   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
It will fuck a common rail engine

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