Its happend
My sister has put 4 litres of cooking oil in her petrol agila.
Whats the likely outcome of all this?
her argument "its 42p a litre and a bloke on internet said you can do it"
Its happend
My sister has put 4 litres of cooking oil in her petrol agila.
Whats the likely outcome of all this?
her argument "its 42p a litre and a bloke on internet said you can do it"
Hmmmmm. I read somewhere that you can get away with 1/4 of a tank of petrol in a diesel [1] and vice versa.
So if that were true petrol and diesel mix okish.
Maybe a mere 4 litres of vegtable oil (10 per cent) will mix ok too???
Or maybe it won't.
You sister is a bit dim, isn't she?
[1] In fact IIRC a nip of petrol in diesel helps things along nicely.The message from "Big Brian" contains these words:
A good slapping for being gullible?
Top it up with 20litres or more of petrol and it'll be fine.
Tim..
I did the same, but luckily put it in the boot, rather than in the fuel filler.
On a modern engine? Not good. If she hasn't driven it, I'd say syphon it all out.
Maybe on a diesel, if it's old school, rather than common rail.
Christian.
Not good. It will probably put a layer of carbon in the cylinder head. Not healthy for the CAT either. Can't believe anybody will do that nuff said.
I would say fill the tank to the brim with petrol. Go for maximum dilution. It'll be ok though.
Steve
I think the best thing would be to have her put down humanely now.
Make her put unleaded in her deep fat fryer ;-)
ROTFLMAO
Christian.
Drain it if you can. If not brim the tank and it's probably going to be fine. You will get some carbon build up but it won't be an excessive amount but I'd burn off the fuel on a motorway cruise rather than in town.
In a diesel engine, yes. 'Though technically it's illegal unless you pay duty on it! Yes, you can buy it to cook with, but if you fuel a car with it the government taxes you. Where _is_ the incentive to use non-fossil fuels? In a petrol engine I suspect it will clog up the injectors a bit.
It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember "Christian McArdle" saying something like:
If it were a diesel, even CR, there would be no problem at all with a mere 4 litres.
What worries me mostly, is how his sister is so thick and survived so long. I sincerely hope she doesn't breed.
It was somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember Johannes saying something like:
Not very likely,not at 4 litres in tankful.
The cat will survive just fine, I'd think.
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Till she puts it in the fridge one night and chucks the milk bottles through the back door.
typical of my sister .The pressure switch went a few mothas ago. Vauxhal quoted 150 quid to fix it. Was dropping oil like no tomorrow.
She then put 5 litres of oil in a day for a month til she got paid.Worked out dhe did £250 on oil plus 25 quid a fiend repaired it for . Bloddy mad she is I tell you.
I have brimme dit out , drove on A2/M2 at steady 60 for 80 mile s, brimme dout and she has just done another mway trip. Seems okish
Should have gone to Tescos, it's 26p a litre
Just fill it up with petrol, when the queues go down, it'll be fine
-- r
5 litres of oil a day FFS!! I wonder how many accidents she caused.
Much the same as putting diesel in a petrol car. It will need a full clean out.
She's not very bright, is she? Cooking oil will work in a diesel, but not petrol engine.
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Probably not. Once they're up to running temperature a few specs of soot will vanish pretty quickly.
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