Running on Veg Oil

Presumably you're looking at the cost and possible tax 'saving' of using neat veggie oil. For engines this new I'd avoid plain old crisco, and use biodiesel instead. This is (often) recycled veggie oil that has been processed to remove the cooking products, and titrated with kerosene or similar, so that the glycerine falls out, and you're left with a direct diesel replacement.

Cheers,

Bio is =A31 a litre or more kind of defeats my object im looking to run at 60p a litre or less, Im just looking for info on which engines have problems with pure veg oil.

Are you including the tax in that 60p/l?

David Hearn (David Hearn ) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:

Make less than 2,500 litres per year, and there IS no tax.

Which should be good for over 30,000 miles.

Bio is £1 a litre or more kind of defeats my object im looking to run at 60p a litre or less, Im just looking for info on which engines have problems with pure veg oil.

Forget the BMW for certain (and I think also the Vito). The Audi is old skool (non-PD lump) so will be ok I think but check out the TDiClub forum for advice.

JB.

JB

JB ("JB" ) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying:

Depends. If the Vito's not badged as CDI, then it's old-school non-common rail.

Ta. I wasn't sure of that. I don't 'do' mercs, only VAG and BMW.

JB

and theres a great forum on www.vegetableoildiesel .co.uk on converting diesel cars to run on veg oil, or you can make your own biodiesel from veg oil.

hth

Mike P

I thought that the 2,500l/year was for bio-fuel and not veggie (cooking) oil. AFAIK, HMRC were not classing veggie oil as a bio-fuel, but as a fuel alternative, therefore veggie oil would attract full duty.

Cheers, Mark

This was discussed at length when the 2500 litre allowance came in. Someone quoted a letter from HMRC which satisfied me personally that veg oil _can_ be used as a biofuel without paying duty (on less than 2500 litres per year).