cars on veg oil

[rangers71]

i was reading the papers and heard on the news about being able to run your diesil car on veg oil and found this site whitch list what cars can but u need the correct injectors.http://www.veggiepower.org.uk/qswhichcars.html

a would apreciate a bit more info if any 1 has any cos if it works then a will run mine with it

[jiggy]

do not do it if you have a modern diesil you can do thousands of pounds worth of damage
what kind of car is it and what age ?

[rangers71]

peugeot 406 hdi x reg 200 model m8

[smirnoff_rules]

it clogs all the pipes and filters up m8 and ~~~~s the injectors after a bit to

[rangers71]

it clogs all the pipes and filters up m8 and ~~~~s the injectors after a bit to

thanks for the advice guys a think a will give it a miss then

[jiggy]

dont use it with that car it would kill the high pressure fuel pump and the injectors for sure a pump costs ?500 and the injectors are ?250 each x 4 just for the parts

[Neil]

My Xantia 1.9TD ( same as Pug 1.9TD engine) used to love veg oil. In summer when it was warm I used to poor it straight in. Those 3 litre bottles form Asda/Tesco fit straight in the filler. A couple of squeezes on the bottle and it is in. Used to run about 90% straight veg without any mods to the engine. It was a little slower top end on the motorway but was quieter and smoother at low revs.

[smirnoff_rules]

the 19 is a strong lump and runs on anything ..

[bigguns247]

You can run most diesels on vegetable oil except HDi ones, this is normally asperated diesel and TDi. In summer you can run your car on 100% pure but in the winter months, 75% diesel to 25% vegetable oil is recommended as it will solidify. Tip! buy some bio diesel one a month when you see some, you can get at some petrol pumps, keep the reciept's in the car, if the fuzz ever pull you and do a fuel test actually looking for red they will question why your not running on diesel, inform them that you purchase bio diesel for your car.
don't tell them you use cooking oil unless you inform customs and excise and pay the 28p per litre tax. You have to be registered and pay monthly so don't blag it and say you do as they will check, but evidence of buying bio diesel and they can do f all!!! Pros of running on cooking oil, I've never known motoring so cheap, buy 20litre drums from Costco for around ?11.50, it gives the same range and power.
Neg of running on veg oil is the smell out of the exhaust, having to transfer 20litres to 5litre containers to pour into the car.
Cars that I have ran with veg oil are 1.4 renault clio diesel, peugeot 1.4 diesel,, peugeot 306 Dturbo and golf MK 4 TDi without any probs, driven hundreds of miles in a day on the stuff, if your car is suitable to it, do it, I wish I had done this years ago.

[Tizzer22]

Punto 1.9 JTD can run on reg oil, have to chane the fuel filter though every 6 months.

[caveman_nige]

Loads of my mates at work run there cars on veg oil without any converstions at all, they say the french cars a fine if not the best of the lot for doing it, although on guy runs a sodding great Shogun on it, smells like a doughnut van sometimes but who cares. If i had a diesel I would run it on veg oil. I am just stuck with my petrol lump until it blows up..

[Donnie Darko]

Supposedly works best with cars that have a Bosch pump.

[janobi]

My mate done it for about a year with a citreon xantia. Cooking oil from Tescos, pure, not even mixed with diesel. Used to run better than when on diesel, but stunk like a chip shop. His car was old, so he didnt care if it was wrecked because of it, but personally I wouldnt do it on a new car.

[Bertie]

My rover 45 runs on vegetable oil. Does require fiter changing more often and i steered clear of using it in the cold months as i didn't want the embarassment of going to the garage cos my car had clogged up. Yey, Rover

[wiiman]

Would my 53 zafira 2.0 dti run ok on veg oil? wouldn't want to kill my car!