Bio Diesel. - Page 2

emamum · 29-04-2008, 21:03

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Originally Posted by entwisi

sorry flashy, I actually mis read your post. Yes, all gas converted cars keep a petrol tank, some choose to remove the original one and fit a small one so they can use the space for the gas tank(Mainly 4x4's). My Volvo holds 15 gallons of LPG and 15 gallons of Petrol. If I was to fill both I could drive for > 800 miles without stopping(wee permitting!

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that doesnt have to be a problem

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pipinfort · 01-05-2008, 15:37

I take it nobody uses or has used it then........

MITZY · 01-05-2008, 16:13

we have used it once and vowed never to use it again, exhaust kicked loadsa smoke out and it smelt awful.......maybe it was the car, also at the time it was not all that much cheaper.

pipinfort · 01-05-2008, 16:34

I do believe your exhaust gives out a bit of a smell only likened to KFC....!!!LOL

MITZY · 01-05-2008, 17:54

KFC or a well used chip pan.............

MargaretR · 01-05-2008, 18:08

My dad had a VW beetle from new, which he eventually gave to me.
He saved money by substituting underseal treatment with the contents of the chip pan.
That car smelt of chips for the whole of it's existance

Roy · 02-05-2008, 02:27

I used to use biodiesel in my 300TDI defender. It ran fine off of it and smelt lovely. I got mine from this company in Burnley Eco Bio Diesel - Homepage
I also ran on a 50/50 mix of veg oil and diesel which also worked very well, but you do have to pay extra tax on it and declare your usage. Its much easier just to use legally produced biodiesel that has the duty already paid.

Neil · 02-05-2008, 06:31

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Originally Posted by Roy

I also ran on a 50/50 mix of veg oil and diesel which also worked very well, but you do have to pay extra tax on it and declare your usage. Its much easier just to use legally produced biodiesel that has the duty already paid.

Why not run on a 50/50 virgin veg oil and bio diesel? I doubt they could tell the difference if you were stopped and dipped.

pipinfort · 02-05-2008, 13:05

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Originally Posted by Roy

I used to use biodiesel in my 300TDI defender. It ran fine off of it and smelt lovely. I got mine from this company in Burnley Eco Bio Diesel - Homepage
I also ran on a 50/50 mix of veg oil and diesel which also worked very well, but you do have to pay extra tax on it and declare your usage. Its much easier just to use legally produced biodiesel that has the duty already paid.

Great , thanx for that, thinking of giving it a go.

Neil · 02-05-2008, 14:12

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Originally Posted by pipinfort

Great , thanx for that, thinking of giving it a go.

Out of interest what is your car?
It says in the handbook of mine not to use it.

Also why do you want to use bio? Because it is cheaper or greener?

K.S.H · 03-05-2008, 21:13

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Originally Posted by entwisi

whilst its technically possible its not likely. To make a engine run on gas and diesel it has to be a diesel engine to start with and you then have to add a full spark ignition system to it. There is one Taxi in accy funny enough that is a diesel one that can run on gas but it was done at great cost as an experiment to show it was possible. I have NEVER heard of another gas/DERV engines car in any of teh LPG forums I go on.

Just seen this post, can't see anyone wanting to convert a diesel to gas, the engine wouldn't last 2 mins, compression ratios are totally different on gas and petrol cars to diesel ones, diesels aren't built to rev as much as petrol/gas either, put petrol in a diesel engine, compress it, ignite it and stand well clear

You sure it isn't a diesel/gas mix in the taxi? thats possible but doesn't save you a great deal so people don't bother getting it done

entwisi · 04-05-2008, 02:42

pretty sure, if you hear it running you would say it was a petrol engined one. I had a good natter with teh bloke who did it. I got the jist that he wanted to do it just to prove he could.

pipinfort · 04-05-2008, 07:08

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Originally Posted by Neil

Out of interest what is your car?
It says in the handbook of mine not to use it.

Also why do you want to use bio? Because it is cheaper or greener?

Renault Scenic.............and because it is cheaper.

Neil · 04-05-2008, 07:56

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Originally Posted by pipinfort

Renault Scenic.............and because it is cheaper.

How new is it?

I would do a lot of reading if I was you before using it on an expensive vehicle vegetableoildiesel.co.uk - Renault Scenic 1.9 DCI RX4 - Powered by XMB

pipinfort · 04-05-2008, 08:18

its a 2005, cheers for the link. i have been looking into it and done plenty of research, just wanted any opinions from accy webbers who may have used it.