Deisel 205 Run On Vegetable Oil

[bazil_205gti 22]

hi everyone

 

came across this, is this even possible by just uprating the fuel pump?? surely if it is everyone would be doing it, with the way deisels going up.

 

http://www.pistonheads.com/sales/3710272.htm

[muddatrucker 125]

I've read a little into it and I have a friend who does conversions but it seems you can do it without - although it all depends on the quality of oil you're running on how reliable its going to be.

 

Cooking oil isn't as cheap as it was either and I imagine funnelling in 20ltrs fresh out of bottles is a bit of an inconvenience.

 

My next 205 will be a shed (either a 1.1 or a non turbo diesel) but I'd certainly consider doing it, it'd have to be in a car I cared little about though.

[welshpug 1,657]

what do you mean by "uprating the fuel pump"?

[Iain-gti 6]

You can any diesel on oil, just need to filter it a lot if its been used to cook with(smells like chips). We use to use it at college to run the rigs from the canteen. Need to put something in it to stop it freezing in the winter.

[m_attt 31 1 Cars]

they run on, red diesel, white diesel, heating oil (kerosene) veg oil and old filtered engine oil mixed with diesel. all with no mods

[bazil_205gti 22]

Hmmmm this could be the way to go if diesel keeps rising would have to be like muddatrucker said a shed and one you cared lil about.

 

Thanks guys

[Bogsye 22]

One of my former colleagues ran his Astra diesel on cooking oil - his uncle worked in an old folks home, so he got it for free as they had to otherwise pay to dispose of it. He was tighter that two coats of paints - a constant source of amusement to the rest of us. I'm sure his car share with the other guys ran at a handsome profit. I think he diluted regular diesel to save having to faf around beyond just filtering it.

 

This was the guy that came on his first office night out armed with £10.

 

Brian

[harryskid 193]

I saw a prog where they used cooking oil from chip shops !

[custard-rallye 25]

I ran my ZX 1.9 td on cooking oil 19 pound for 20 litres from Costco filled it halfway then topped up other half with diesel was less smokey aswell

[Anthony 1,003]

There's two types of diesel injector pump found on PSA diesel engines, and that determines whether you can run veg

 

Bosch pumps will run on even neat veg (and I've done it) but Lucas-CAV pumps don't take kindly to it and are liable to fail in fairly short order.

 

Even with diesel prices as they are, it makes a lot less sense now than it did a few years back unless you've a source of used oil and are prepared to put in the time and effort to making it suitable to run - fresh veg oil is around the same price as diesel, rather than less than half the price when I did it.

[muddatrucker 125]

I always wondered what kind of economy it returned...surely its not as good as actual diesel? or is it?

[welshpug 1,657]

just as good apparently

[Daviewonder 533 3 Cars]

Strictly Derv was running his on veg oil a while back.

[samthornton1990 23]

i ran my 306 50/50 on it.... that was on the lucas pump. didnt smoke as much and it was screwed a wee bit. I would reccomend the bosch pump if you plan on doing it though as it has stronger internals. If you want to do it properly you need to heat your fuel lines and start it on diesel and shut it down on diesel.... clears the system so itll start the day after.

[welshpug 1,657]

Goliath runs his 405 TD estate on pure Veg oil when he can get hold of it

[m_attt 31 1 Cars]

*cough* heating oil *cough* half the price of diesel and mixed 50/50 theres no colour difference, obviously i know this as use it in a generator at work

[omega 82]

on a old car with a bosch pump its fine if you have a lucus pump dont do it as they will leak.i ran a old merc on about 50% veg in winter and about 70% in summer with no proplems.i would recomend carrying a spare fuel filter with you just in case.you can run up to 2500 liters without having to pay tax[whos counting] the only proplems i found was the smell so dont reverse into your garage.

[Strictly_Derv 34]

 

those guy run their farm cars on anything they can get hold of. Mainly pure old engine oil lol

I ran mine on veg for awhile and didnt really like it much but when moneys tight in will have to go in

[bluesleeper 3]

just about to start building my proccesor to convert the oil to biodiesel, so here comes cheap running for my defender!