Bio Diesel.

pipinfort · 29-04-2008, 14:39

With the ever increasing price of petrol & diesel i was wondering if anyone on accyweb uses or has used Bio Diesel. If you have`nt would you ? if you do would you recommend it...?

shillelagh · 29-04-2008, 14:45

A friend of mine has his cars modified for this as soon as he buys them - oh and he doesnt go for a nice little car - he was driving jags round. And he says it works out cheaper for him to get them modified. He gets it in hassy off carrs industrial estate.

pipinfort · 29-04-2008, 14:51

Are you sure he uses Bio Diesel and not Gas? as far as i am aware most new cars don`t need modifying for Bio Diesel but they do for gas, i also know someone who uses gas and he save quite a bit, i think its about £1500 for the conversion and 60 odd p a litre, whereas at the monment Bio iesel is about 97.9p per litre.

entwisi · 29-04-2008, 14:53

I use Gas, it is around 1500 to convert but gas is only 51.9p/litre. I drive a 200bhp 2.5 turbo volvo and achieve teh same as 50mpg at quick motorway speeds

There are Diesel Jags but I do think in this case its an LPG conversion.

I believe Neil of this parish ran on Bio diesel for a while, I'm sure he will be along to comment soon

shillelagh · 29-04-2008, 14:55

he told me to keep going to the chippy seeing as that is what his was running on ....

entwisi · 29-04-2008, 19:48

could have been a home brew diesel conversion as a few have been done but then its not a proper Jag!

flashy · 29-04-2008, 20:30

stupid question Ian but could you not have both gas and petrol in a jag with most of them having two fuel tanks?

entwisi · 29-04-2008, 20:42

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.

PS, you gan't put gas in a 'standard' tank. it needs a pressureised cylinder or toroidal tank.

PPS, I don't think that modern jags still have that twin tank system.....

K.S.H · 29-04-2008, 20:47

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Originally Posted by flashytart

stupid question Ian but could you not have both gas and petrol in a jag with most of them having two fuel tanks?

All conversions will run on gas and petrol, not diesel though

flashy · 29-04-2008, 20:49

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Originally Posted by entwisi

PPS, I don't think that modern jags still have that twin tank system.....

ahhhhhhhhhhhh i didnt know that

K.S.H · 29-04-2008, 20:50

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Originally Posted by entwisi

PPS, I don't think that modern jags still have that twin tank system.....

I had a 1986 and they had done away with the twin tanks then, could possibly still have em on the big engined models, mine was only a baby jag with a 3.6 in it

flashy · 29-04-2008, 20:54

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Originally Posted by K.S.H

I had a 1986 and they had done away with the twin tanks then, could possibly still have em on the big engined models, mine was only a baby jag with a 3.6 in it

my mates fella used to buy old jags, do them up then sell them on, they where mainly older ones, he had some gorgeous looking ones though

K.S.H · 29-04-2008, 20:57

Mines not so gorgeous now, was bought by an insurance fraudster, wrapped it up with a BMW, 7 occupants total in both cars all with back/neck injuries, had fraud squad round here, ringleader/buyer of the two cars got jailed, not sure what happened to the rest - the fraud guys were the best people I have ever spoken to about cars/driving, told me of the latest scam etc that were going round at the time and what to watch out for

flashy · 29-04-2008, 20:58

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Originally Posted by K.S.H

Mines not so gorgeous now, was bought by an insurance fraudster, wrapped it up with a BMW, 7 occupants total in both cars all with back/neck injuries, had fraud squad round here, ringleader/buyer of the two cars got jailed, not sure what happened to the rest

chuffin ell

entwisi · 29-04-2008, 21:01

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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