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il keep using it, gona put 6 litres in with 20 of diesel tomoro, il keep it round the 25-30%
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25% is very safe, over 50% and your getting into 'it will cause damage' territory.
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rallymarshall
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thats wot i thought, anyway who can trust a garage mechanic 
well the 1s on here you can anyway 
hey chris im only about 3870 posts behind you 
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| Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 22:59 Post subject: |
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| rallymarshall wrote: |
thats wot i thought, anyway who can trust a garage mechanic
well the 1s on here you can anyway
hey chris im only about 3870 posts behind you |
But his are all spam
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hillbilly col
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well i just put £10 of diesel (about 7 half litres and then 3 litres of veg oil see how it goes thats less than 50/50 so hopefully no probs (fingers crossed) 
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I did see a downside at weekend, 8 trucks followed me for no more than 8 miles then we had to stop at a butty van
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that's nothing to do with the smell...thats just coz you dont go more than 5 mile without having summit to nibble on 
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Atleast I didnt go the wrong way and end up at a butty van
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hillbilly col
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well if your going to go the wrong way the best wrong way is the 1 with a butty van on it
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| Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 0:40 Post subject: |
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| hillbilly col wrote: |
| well if your going to go the wrong way the best wrong way is the 1 with a butty van on it |
i cant find an argument against this comment
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| Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 8:44 Post subject: Veg oil |
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| I regularly run my 3.0td on a 90% veg oil with no problems. Had to change the filter after the first 2 tanks as it does clean the pipes well. Power is very slightly down at lower end but the engine runs smoother and I get a better return on miles wnen running distance. All in all cheaper and better. |
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| took my bighorn for mot using 50/50 veg diesel emissions are well down and i didn't thrash it or use any additives now bung veg in regular no probs as yet i think the other guy was not a mechanic but a fitter with delusions of grandier but if it goes bang ill happily stand corrected PS wasnt the original diesel meant to run on peanut oil |
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| A related historical note: at the request of the French Government the Otto company demonstrated a diesel engine at the 1900 Exposition Universelle (World's Fair) which used peanut oil (see biodiesel). The French government were at the time exploring the possibility of using peanut oil as a locally produced fuel in their African colonies. Diesel himself later tested extensively the use of plant oils in his engine and began to actively promote the use of these fuels. |
And if you have a week to read it
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel_engine
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There's an interesting bit of history where Mr Diesel was on a boat across the channel to sell the idea to the brits, and he 'disappeared' at some point on the voyage.... not read the article so don't know if it's covered in that...
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rallymarshall
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| me mechanic brother in law said tonight, that he will give the trooper 6 months before the engine goes bang with using veg oil in it, |
Why bang?
There's no reason for engine damage - in the worst case it'll be the fuel system which will have problems. |
might well go bang the way it went tonight, had to go and pick me daughter up from work so was going along the bypass when a mazda and a golf tdi overtook me so bit of red mist and overtook the golf doin 115mph, couldnt catch the mazda  , looks like changing the fuel filter and cleaning out the airfilter with the air compressor has realy made a difference, certainly cleaned the cobwebs out
certainly felt the need, the need for speed hahahaha
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