Vegetable Oil and a TDI

[twoqu]

Looks like its 124p a litre down here! With a 40 mile round trip to get it! So can't see much benefit either economically or ecologically.

[Animal Mother]

I don't think I've ever bought veggie oil in my life. How much is it per litre? If it is anywhere near £1/l, is it woth the possible future headaches?

[Knight Rider S4]

Find your nearest (bookers) Trade place to buy food and stuff ..reg with them (anybody can..pay to reg not much though)you can buy Euro veg oil for £13 ( 15litres)
http://www.booker.co.uk/catalog/brow...view=UnGrouped

[Knight Rider S4]

You will be problem free as what others have said is that about 97/98 they changed the diesel pump which struggles to pump the veg oil (pump dues or something its called)..My A4 is the last of them and i run her on 50/50

[Animal Mother]

Find your nearest (bookers) Trade place to buy food and stuff ..reg with them (anybody can..pay to reg not much though)you can buy Euro veg oil for £13 ( 15litres)
http://www.booker.co.uk/catalog/brow...view=UnGrouped

I'm a Costco member so will check their prices. At current diesel prices, i'll still be saving just over £50 per week.

[Knight Rider S4]

Costco just as good

[pastures16]

you need at least 5% of derv to veg oil or you need to have a bio fuel conversion it also helps to run it 50/50 now and again

[Animal Mother]

I'll be running between 50/50 and 25/75 oil to derv I reckon.

[amanda]

you need at least 5% of derv to veg oil or you need to have a bio fuel conversion it also helps to run it 50/50 now and again

So will newer models run on a conversion or is it just for older ones?

[spink]

yes this place does conversions,they are german.According to their website they don't do one for Q7 though yet:mischeif:

http://www.elsbett.com/gb/online-shop.html

[amanda]

Ohhh I Have no probs with germans

[shortsport]

Just had a 1999 diesel Vectra come in this week, driving along normally then a bang from under the bonnet and stopped.
Turns out using a mix of 75% diesel 25% veggie oil and has shot the high pressure pump due to the increased viscosity of the fuel over heating the injection pump.
My advise is if it says diesel use diesel and nothing else especially on common rail and pumpa duse.

[shortsport]

Oh just remembered a friend had a taxi in with a shot injector(pumpa duse VW Sharan)
they replaced the injector and then another injector failed(injectors costing about £200-£300 each)turns out the taxi driver was filling up with Kerosene and giving his boss hand written fuel receipts for diesel.

[Acidburn]

Any idea if a non turbo diesel would be ok to run? its in a ford escort h reg.

[shortsport]

I've got a diesel fiesta and I've thought better of it.It just isn't worth the hassle.