Did You See "tonight - Priced Of The Road"

[JustAnotherFarang]

I just watched a torrent from British TV regarding the growing cost of diesel in the UK and some of the techniques that might be applied to save money on your fuel costs. One of the main items was regarding old vegetable oil to be used in diesel engines and they suggested that with the aid of a 3 pound oil filter, applied to the car/truck it was quite possible to run them on vegetable oil.........

I am no mechanic and impress myself only with my driving skills but I would be most interested to hear if this could be applied to the Toyota Vigo because it seems such simplicity itself......... but I dont know how feasilble this is so could someone enlighten me in layman terms please

As an aside........... what other suggestions do people have to conserve fuel costs i.e. whats the best speed to cruise at ? ........... is it a good thing to disengage the gear box going downhill on a manual ? ........... should I get up to 5th gear quicker ? etc etc etc

Many thanks for any worthwhile suggestions

JAF

[Cobalt60]

I think you will find you need to mix in a couple more chemicals to get it to burn properly, but lots of people are doing it, so it cant be too hard to get the right constituents.

[apetley]

My brother used to run his old Ford Mondeo on cooking oil, nothing else, bought at the local cash and carry. How long it would have lasted who knows as someone wrote his car off in an accident but it seemed to run well enough.

[JustAnotherFarang]

I think you will find you need to mix in a couple more chemicals to get it to burn properly, but lots of people are doing it, so it cant be too hard to get the right constituents.

Yes, they did mention straining it through a jeyes cloth and then adding a household solvent to make it more fluid like.

Which household solvent to use and in what measurements will be my next question once I know it can work with a Vigo 2.5 hahaha

JAF

[nakhonsi sean]

Not a good idea in a Vigo without a good conversion kit. Quite possible on some older diesel engines, I use the stuff myself, works great, much better than diesel in my car.

Check this discussion for reasons why.

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/Vegetable-Oi...el-t198076.html

[snowflake]

Not a good idea in a Vigo without a good conversion kit. Quite possible on some older diesel engines, I use the stuff myself, works great, much better than diesel in my car.

Check this discussion for reasons why.

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/Vegetable-Oi...el-t198076.html

So are you using it 100% in your classic benz now? If not, what do you mix it with and what is the total cost pr. ltr... Try to enlighten us about how much one can save if you run it like you?

Any problems so far? or is it running perfectly? Have you had to change something in the engine? What costs have you had starting to use this fuel?

Thanks in advance, because I am just curious!!!

[nakhonsi sean]

Not a good idea in a Vigo without a good conversion kit. Quite possible on some older diesel engines, I use the stuff myself, works great, much better than diesel in my car.

Check this discussion for reasons why.

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/Vegetable-Oi...el-t198076.html

So are you using it 100% in your classic benz now? If not, what do you mix it with and what is the total cost pr. ltr... Try to enlighten us about how much one can save if you run it like you?

Any problems so far? or is it running perfectly? Have you had to change something in the engine? What costs have you had starting to use this fuel?

Thanks in advance, because I am just curious!!!

At the moment I am running a mix of 60% Palm oil to 40% diesel. Palm oil is costing me B37 a litre from Carfour. I am about to start the filtering process with waste veg oil.

At present I am going slow, with 700,000+km on the clock she's getting on a bit. Also the savings using fresh oil are no to spectacular so still easier going to the pump. But - with a supply of WVO (waste Veg. oil) coming on stream last week, for free, savings should be excellent, around 90% I figure. Costs are in buying a few 1,5 and 10 micron filters, funnels containers and a bit of acetone as an additive - it helps a little with fuel atomisation and viscosity.

So far no mods, but will need to replace the fuel filter soon as it will block up fairly quickly. Veg oil is a good solvent and will fairly quickly clean out all the crud from the fuel tank. Will fit an additional filter before the main one. Thats it for mods, probably a couple of hundred baht!

At the moment the old girl is running much better. Have already had comments on how much quieter she is and how much better she smells! She is running smoother, better throttle response, quieter, less smoke, seems to be more economical and, though this might stem from throttle response, seems to have a little more power.

It must be said that this is on a seventies Mercedes diesel. I would really not want to be responsible for shoving straight veg oil into a new common-rail diesel, the thing would probably go bang within 5-10k.

[Issangeorge]

i would like to use vegetable oil, but am afraid to put it in my 2004 D-max, but what about in my Kubota 2 wheel tractor? Issangeorge

[initiala4]

I remember that to use veggies oil you must have some sort of small refinery kit to make it work.

[nakhonsi sean]

I remember that to use veggies oil you must have some sort of small refinery kit to make it work.

No, on older diesels you can filter it and dump it in the tank, works great on my car.

Issangeorge Posted Today, 2008-07-07 09:49:10

i would like to use vegetable oil, but am afraid to put it in my 2004 D-max, but what about in my Kubota 2 wheel tractor? Issangeorge

Thats a common-rail engine, don't put veg-oil anywhere near the tank. You can convert the veg-oil to biodiesel, not that difficult, plenty of instructions on the net. Bio-diesel should be fine, just check the fuel filters regularly for the first few months.

[wilko]

Diesel engines, bless 'em will burn just about anything.....but you have to be careful how it gets from the tank to the combustion chamber....e.g. injection system, seals fuel line etc....preparing the fuel can be done at home though.

[snowflake]

So what will your car smell like Sean? French fries? KFC? smells better? Well it couldnt get any worse?

Glad it is working out for you... When will you start selling WVO to the masses???

Can I use WVO to put in my car? in the oil tank?