Veg Oil??

[Trumpton]

This may sound a daft question, but I am a bit confused about the basics of this subject, I have a 1995 Landcruiser 4.2 VX diesel, can I just go down to my local supermarket, buy some veg oil (at about 50p/litre) & bung it in with the diesel??
Or is there more to it than that??
Surely its cant be that simple!!

Hopefully somebody will know & possibly advise me of pitfalls if this is the case
Thanks

[palace15]

Google 'veg oil as fuel' and variations of that title there is plenty of info, I have put up to 25% in a '94 DI Transit, and it runs smoother, am ate of mine puts nearly 100% veg oil in a Sierra and over the last 3 years had no problems, I believe there have been threads on here previously, infact I am sure I have posted on it!!

ps, where are you getting veg oil at 50p per litre???

[mattcbf600]

Originally Posted by Trumpton

This may sound a daft question, but I am a bit confused about the basics of this subject, I have a 1995 Landcruiser 4.2 VX diesel, can I just go down to my local supermarket, buy some veg oil (at about 50p/litre) & bung it in with the diesel??
Or is there more to it than that??
Surely its cant be that simple!!

Hopefully somebody will know & possibly advise me of pitfalls if this is the case
Thanks

A quick google search should help you out with an answer - there are some dedicated sites out there to help you make this happen - in essence though you can't mix the fuels (EDIT: you can I'm wrong) and you need a pretty heavy duty fuel filter - which you'll go through a rather high number of. But other than that it's pretty straight forward.

The other thing to remember is even though the oil is only 50p/lt you STILL have to pay duty on it otherwise it's still illegal...

this is an interesting read

RUN A DIESEL CAR ON VEGETABLE OIL

[palace15]

Originally Posted by mattcbf600

A quick google search should help you out with an answer - there are some dedicated sites out there to help you make this happen - in essence though you can't mix the fuels (EDIT: you can I'm wrong) and you need a pretty heavy duty fuel filter - which you'll go through a rather high number of. But other than that it's pretty straight forward.

The other thing to remember is even though the oil is only 50p/lt you STILL have to pay duty on it otherwise it's still illegal...

this is an interesting read

RUN A DIESEL CAR ON VEGETABLE OIL

No filter problem with straight (new) veg oil(svo). DO NOT use Waste veg oil(wvo) unless treated. Water only appeared in the filter after using too much kerosene (white heating oil), I believe that you No longer pay duty if you use up to 2500litres per year!! new laws!! details also available on Google.

[palace15]

DieselVeg Home - Diesel to Vegetable Oil engine conversions details about using 2500 litres before duty to be paid!!

Not widely broadcast, but now we know !!

[stuxtttr]

i used to run a j reg escort van on a mixture of 3/4 tank veg oil to 1/4 disel. it ran fine just smells a bit. once in a while i used to run a full tank of disel. Look into it though as i believe more modern disel engines are not so tollerant. You get some strange looks at tescos but i just told em i ran a snack van !

[stevesawol]

You're right about the smell.... just be carefull, you'll have all the local kids hanging around looking for 2 quids chips...
A mate was running 60 / 40 veg oil - Diesel in a '94 Disco It was a bit down on power but no other probs