Just add the veggie oil direvt to the tank, mixed 50/50 with diesel, and you have to do no more. In hot weather you might be able to go up to 75/25. If you want 100% SVO then you will need to preheat the oil, especially for those cold morning starts. MOT man cares not, and I doubt the insurance will either. And now, since the latest promulgation from HMC&R it is unlikely that they will chase you for the duty either.
They won't, I had a word with a H&M bloke at the side of the road this morning, they were pulling vans and "dipping" the tanks. I asked him about running SVO, he said there was no duty to pay "up to a certain amount" but was pretty vague about it TBH. I'm running about a third SVO in my Xantia (XUD).
No your not, SVO (straight veg oil) is taxable at the normal diesel rate, its classed as an additive and the new directive is about Biodiesel, SVO is not biodiesel. You can buy kits to make your own bio diesel and there was a recent discussion on radio 2 about it, but putting veg oil direct in your tank can get you into trouble. (not that anyone really gives a shit though)
If you use SVO in your car as a fuel you should pay duty at a rate of 47.1p per litre.
"The tax break has been reconfirmed by HMRC in a recent late 2006 review.[8] HM Revenue & Customs has announced changes regarding the administration and collection of excise duty of biofuels and other fuel subtitutes (Veg Oil). The changes which come into effect on June 30, 2007 mean that there is no need to register (enter premises) or pay duty on veg oil used as road fuel if you use less than 2500 litres per year.[9]
HMRC argued that SVOs on the market from small producers did not meet the official definition of "biodiesel" in Section 2AA of The Hydrocarbon Oil Duties Act 1979 (HODA), and consequently was merely a "fuel substitute" chargeable at the normal diesel rate. Such a policy seemed to contradict the UK Government's commitments to the Kyoto Protocol and to many EU directives and had many consequences, including an attempt to make the increase retroactive, with one organisation being presented with a £16,000 back tax bill. This change in the rate of excise duty has effectively removed any commercial incentive to use SVO, regardless of its desirability on environmental grounds; unless waste vegetable oil can be obtained free of charge, the combined price of SVO and taxation for its use usually exceeds the price of mineral diesel. HMRC's interpretation is being widely challenged by the SVO industry and the UK pure Plant Oil Association (UKPPOA) has been formed to represent the interests of people using vegetable oil as fuel and to lobby parliament.[10]"
I don't think HMRC even know exactly what they are doing :)
My take on this, is that by buying veg oil (eg in a supermarket) and putting it into your fuel tank, you become a maker of biofuel. You don't have to actually process it in any way. This is based entirely on past threads, garbled info on the web and hearsay, which makes me an expert, innit.
Dunno which organisation you're refering to, but that figure sounds very similar to one in a test case I read about yesterday which the producer _won_ against the HMRC. I'll have a look later and see if I can find it again.
I run my XUD Xantia TD on it, anything up to 80% veg. Runs fine. I've done this for over 130,000 miles now with various XUD engines, never had a problem. The 2.5 diesel in the LDV loves it too..
check fuel lines are polyethylene not rubber or they will be eaten alive by SVO (straight Veg oil) second tank system is best, once engine is warm switch to veg which is heated in an exchanger then before you stop switch back to dino diesel to purge system ( keeps pump seals etc happy) you are allowed to "make" 2500 lts per year tax free, that includes using SVO, any more and you need to pay duty (yea right!!) best motors for SVO are old mercs and any tdi (VW group). any diesel car will run fine on biodiesel or blend, biodiesel is a better fuel and you will need to change the fuel filter after a tank or two as the Biodiesel or SVO will clean ALL the shit built up by dino diesel over the years.
I used to have problems at the same ratio in a Pajero and that has a pre combustion chamber to help things along, only in winter though, summer was fine :-)
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