aga man Posted January 12, 2013 Report Share Posted January 12, 2013 i have no problem running my td5 it is clean crisp and powerful. if it was worth as much as a pajero then maybe i would risk it. a bosch diesel technician who serviced my injectors said " keep using quality diesel from the fourcourt pump stay away from that mucky biodiesel" maybe it is worth a try. but not for me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Mongrel- Posted January 12, 2013 Report Share Posted January 12, 2013 It is worth as much as a Pajero my friend, well, scrap value anyway! Seriously though, well made bio is not a problem in my opinion. The problems can arise when it's home brewed and badly processed, which is laughable, because if you get a batch that doesn't process well, you can run it again to convert what didn't go the first time, so ultimately it's laziness that's lets things down. If it was so bad, would McDonalds be running their entire fleet on it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aga man Posted January 12, 2013 Report Share Posted January 12, 2013 as i say mongrel perhaps it is worth a try. just not for me. in response to pestcontrol 1's post if there was good demand for it locally the garages would still selli it. lots of 4x4 round here. interesting topic all the same. atb aga man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cockercas Posted January 13, 2013 Report Share Posted January 13, 2013 as i say mongrel perhaps it is worth a try. just not for me. in response to pestcontrol 1's post if there was good demand for it locally the garages would still selli it. lots of 4x4 round here. interesting topic all the same. atb aga man. They do fella. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pestcontrol1 Posted January 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2013 Useful forum for you, most of these guys have been there done it, sorted the problems. Like all forums they can get arsey if you charge in like a Bull in a china shop, no worse than here though, but do some research and pick their brains when you really are stuckand I'm sure all will be well. http://www.vegetable...el.co.uk/forum/ Cheers for the link mongrel some good reading on there my head is like a shed now lol. They do fella. where abouts have you seen them at that end cooker i am not to sure if the first one down bypass sells it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cockercas Posted January 13, 2013 Report Share Posted January 13, 2013 My mate said behind machine mart in town and he thinks theres one on english street. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subsonicnat Posted January 13, 2013 Report Share Posted January 13, 2013 Some years ago I ran mine 100% in the summer, it was an old Shogun, winter time it was 50%.. (Tesco Light:).lol. Took it for its MOT, it showed Zero emissions, he asked if I was running Funny fuel, I said yes. He Said its working a treat .lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pestcontrol1 Posted January 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2013 My mate said behind machine mart in town and he thinks theres one on english street. cheers mate il have a look Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alycidon Posted January 13, 2013 Report Share Posted January 13, 2013 works in my old landy fine And thats teh secret, an OLD engine. Newer engines have common rail fuel injection systems, so a fuel pump on each injector. These need lubrication and using cooking oil etc will sieze within a year. Bosch would under no circumstance honour any warranty on injectors used with cooking oil etc. Old engines with a seperate fuel pump will work providing you follow some user guidelines which I would guess should be availabel from who ever is selling teh manufacturing gear. I hasten to add I have been out of the motor trade for 4 years now so things might have changed. A Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Mongrel- Posted January 13, 2013 Report Share Posted January 13, 2013 Doesn't apply to biodiesel though. MOST newer diesel will run on bio, or at least a percentage of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted January 14, 2013 Report Share Posted January 14, 2013 All the diesel you buy has a percentage of biodiesel in it, upto 9% iirc. The government wants to up that amount, don't know what effect it will have on engine lifespan if they do. Figgy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrwabbits Posted January 14, 2013 Report Share Posted January 14, 2013 Unless your using pre-used free cooking from a known source and its well filtered and made thin enough on older engines, personally, I cant see the point in ruining a good engine. Stick to forecourt diesel and add a couple of capfulls of 2T (2-stroke oil) to a full tank once a month, or every two months. That will keep it cleaned out and smell nice too Why wreck good engines and spend time messing replacing blocked filters and lines for sake of a few pence and reliability ?? Having ran a citroen bosch system on super market oil (rapeseed), I can say it works fine 50/50 summer months , brimmed up with diesel every 3rd fill - 0% emmisions. However, supermarket prices on oil have now outcost normal pump prices. Barrel price goes up - oil price goes up. Thats trade wars for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Mongrel- Posted January 14, 2013 Report Share Posted January 14, 2013 Why wreck good engines and spend time messing replacing blocked filters and lines for sake of a few pence and reliability ?? LOL at 'a few pence'. I saved hundreds, no thousands of pounds a year. I was doing £100 plus weekly on diesel. I was producing good, fully converted biodiesel for less than half the forecourt price and my only reliability issue was a blocked fuel filter which was completely expected and cost me about £15 IIRC. Get the right vehicle (as I said before, a few just don't like B100, end of) and do your homework and you can eliminate pretty much all of the 'problems'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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