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Photo by Sean Howman, The Pamir highway in an unseasonably cold late October, Tajikistan

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The Pamir highway in an unseasonably
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Can of worms? Is it contentious? I know in the UK it's legal to use cooking oil or anything else in your vehicle as long as you inform HMRC and pay the requisite amount of tax based on how much you use.

That makes using full price new cooking oil hardly worth it, but very cheap or free used oil could work if its not too hard or expensive to clean it.

I'm all ears as to how to do it
The law has changed on used cooking oil......the government could not check or prove how much you used, so they have given up...go ahead, fill your boots. Plenty of suppliers out there, but the problem is can you trust them to filter it right??

As for new cooking oil stop shopping in waitrose and get down to your 99p shop..yep 99p a litre. Or tescos does 5ltr bottles for £5. Do remember that you can't just stick it in a landrover without mods...you can in a 1990's Toyota with no mods at all.. Happy days. You do get very strange looks when your in the 99p shop and you ask for 60 bottles and clear their shelves and stockroom.

Just do it bit by bit to check all is ok if your worried. 80% diesel 20% oil. Then 60-40. Then 50-50. Etc etc. best to not run 100% in winter as the oil gets thic. 50-50 is ok though as I understand uk garages add something extra to diesel to stop it freezing.

Here is a link to the Toyota surf forum which talks about veg oil...it starts with a nice history lesson and has a link to a veg oil users forum.

http://www.hiluxsurf.co.uk/showthread.php?t=15893
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believe it or not thefts of waste cooking oil from restaurants is an on going industry in the UK
Looks like your local to me... I'm in east grinstead.
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Can of worms? Is it contentious? I know in the UK it's legal to use cooking oil or anything else in your vehicle as long as you inform HMRC and pay the requisite amount of tax based on how much you use.

That makes using full price new cooking oil hardly worth it, but very cheap or free used oil could work if its not too hard or expensive to clean it.

I'm all ears as to how to do it

Apologies........TWO cans of worms!
Firstly there's the tax, HMRC, legality etc. can of worms.
And secondly, there's the "how to do it" can of worms.
You'll get 100 opinions and solutions per can depending on who you ask!
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The law is the law and it's clear... As for filtering it that's straight forward and kits are available...couldn't be bothered myself.
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life on the edge, your just an adrenaline junkie standing at the gates of oblivion!!!
" if you're a wild-eyed loner standing at the gates of Oblivion, hitch a ride with us. 'Cos we're on the last freedom moped out of Nowhere City, and we haven't even told our parents what time we'll be back !"
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Hi Tonka
yup im in Horsham
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Good to know someones local...planning any trips at the moment?.
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Yes mate
Off to Romania in July for two weeks , then fingers crossed sept / oct working down and thru the Balkans and into Turkey
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Off to Romania in July for two weeks , then fingers crossed sept / oct working down and thru the Balkans and into Turkey
Nice one....fancy a pint before you go??.... We are in the states till 16th june then off on our trip in July.
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