Cranfield Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 Following on from " The price of petrol and diesel" thread, has anyone else noticed the increases in the price of vegetable oil ? My Toyota can run on a mix of diesel and vegetable oil and I had located Pura Rape Oil at Tesco, selling at 56p a litre. They limited store purchases to 10 bottles, but they allow you to bulk purchase and I was ordering 200 litres (in 1 litre bottles ) at a time. Last week the price increased to £1.08 per litre. Now I know thats cheaper than the £1.20 per litre diesel is averaging, but it is some increase. Has anyone found any nice cheap vegetable oil anywhere ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radio1ham Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 (edited) yep it used to be 47pence a litre at the shops near me but has shot up to over a quid thats just in a few months aswell like the fuel it just keeps going up and up no coming back down i think its beacuse they know a lot of people are starting to use it in their cars wish my car would run on the stuff as id be round the chippys getting the used oil i dare say my skoda would run on it but just a matter of getting it the same viscosity as deisel as i did try to run my skoda on veg oil was ok for a couple of weeks then the deisel pump packed up i was lucky to get another pump second hand but my old peoguot 309 i had loved veg oil it ran on it neat no mixing wish i still had it Edited April 30, 2008 by radio1ham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlander Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 Didn't see it mentioned in the budget...another tax GB has slipped in by the back door maybe. Hear he was likened to porridge the other day...it's scottish and thick My take on him is that like all Scottish MPs in OUR parliament they're getting their own back on us for 500 years of English rule! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axe Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 That'll be the Supermarkets cashing in then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hodmedod.one Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 That'll be the Supermarkets cashing in then. No surprise there then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob300w Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 There you go, Jeremy Clarkson shows how to run your motor on diesel at 3p per litre; Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dusk2dawn Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 (edited) There you go, Jeremy Clarkson shows how to run your motor on diesel at 3p per litre; Now watch the price of white spirit hit the roof Lidle were charging 84p/ltr for rape oil and I havnt been for awhile so Im in for a shock then? D2D Update 1/5, Lidle now charging 95p/ltr. Edited May 1, 2008 by dusk2dawn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19_Ferrets Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 Sorry if im being naive here, but are you pouring this rapeseed oil from Tesco or wherever straight into your car/truck mixed with ordinary diesel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob300w Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 Sorry if im being naive here, but are you pouring this rapeseed oil from Tesco or wherever straight into your car/truck mixed with ordinary diesel. Yes, it's that simple, most diesel vehicle owners around here mix it 50/50 with diesel though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19_Ferrets Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 So my Mazda 6 2.0 2004 plate. would be ok if i was to save a few pennies as its costing me £72 a full tank ? If i was to full up 25 litres of garage diesel and then 25 litres of rapeseed oil from Tesco ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob300w Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 (edited) So my Mazda 6 2.0 2004 plate. would be ok if i was to save a few pennies as its costing me £72 a full tank ? If i was to full up 25 litres of garage diesel and then 25 litres of rapeseed oil from Tesco ? That works out at 50/50 by my reckoning. Any vegetable cooking oil will work, not just rapeseed. You will of course inform the Excise authorities and pay the tax due on it? Edited April 30, 2008 by bob300w Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dustyfox Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 (edited) Yeah everything is going up in price milk has gone up by 15pence where I am, I no doupt its something to do with the rising cost of fuel. Edited April 30, 2008 by dustyfox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19_Ferrets Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 I thought you wuold be allowed 2500 litres a year of the stuff tax free anyway. Why would i pay tax on something that isnt taxable ? but yes i suppose i should Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al4x Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 just check your fuel pump is ok to use it as spending a grand to save a tenner is an expensive mistake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dusk2dawn Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 just check your fuel pump is ok to use it as spending a grand to save a tenner is an expensive mistake Been running my 300tdi 167000mls for awhile now, on advice from LB, at 25% mix, seems fine and smells appetising D2D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr lee Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 just check your fuel pump is ok to use it as spending a grand to save a tenner is an expensive mistake As well as the above, most newer CDi models don't like veg oil either. Over time the injectors clog up and need a full service or replacing. I can't run my CDi Vito on it at all. Old transits with Lucas pumps suffer if run on it too. Be careful advising people they can just stick some in and run it. If their vehicle develops a fault due to using it then it could turn quite awkward for whoever said it was fine. On a positive note, if you are using it then in winter use more diesel than veg oil unless you have an inline heater to bring the oil up to a suitable temp. Only run 50/50 in the height of summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted April 30, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 Yeah everything is going up in price milk has gone up by 15pence where I am, I no doupt its something to do with the rising cost of fuel. I'm not sure that you should be putting milk in your diesel. If in doubt whether your diesel motor can run on a % of vegetable oil, check with the Main Dealer. Also be careful with used oil, as I am advised it has to be strained very thoroughly before you can use it, which means a lot more than once through a muslin cloth. I just wait until my tank is half full, then pour in some vegetable oil and when its half full again, I top up with diesel. It doesn't smell too bad, but my Wife has started to refer to it as the mobile burger van. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dustyfox Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 Yeah everything is going up in price milk has gone up by 15pence where I am, I no doupt its something to do with the rising cost of fuel. I'm not sure that you should be putting milk in your diesel. If in doubt whether your diesel motor can run on a % of vegetable oil, check with the Main Dealer. Also be careful with used oil, as I am advised it has to be strained very thoroughly before you can use it, which means a lot more than once through a muslin cloth. I just wait until my tank is half full, then pour in some vegetable oil and when its half full again, I top up with diesel. It doesn't smell too bad, but my Wife has started to refer to it as the mobile burger van. Is it half full or half empty? I was thinking of the rising fuel costs would cost more to transport the milk and in turn they have to put the prices up. DF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tam Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 Costco = under £17 for 20 litres Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staglioni Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 we dont do vegie oil in bradford can i run my tranny on hallal geee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cranfield Posted May 1, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 1, 2008 we dont do vegie oil in bradford can i run my tranny on hallal geee Possibly, if it is a Tata. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pushkin Posted May 1, 2008 Report Share Posted May 1, 2008 Here are some useful links for those who would like to know more http://www.dieselveg.com/conversion%20info.htm http://www.vegetableoildiesel.co.uk/forum/index.php Price is definitely going up ever since the press showed the guy filling up from bottles in his shopping trolley last week Pushkin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul223 Posted May 1, 2008 Report Share Posted May 1, 2008 So my Mazda 6 2.0 2004 plate. would be ok if i was to save a few pennies as its costing me £72 a full tank ? If i was to full up 25 litres of garage diesel and then 25 litres of rapeseed oil from Tesco ? Probably not ( not raw anyway?), but check this site out http://www.vegetableoildiesel.co.uk/forum/index.php Tax implications http://www.vegetableoildiesel.co.uk/forum/...ad.php?tid=3106 Buy up some methanol and get producing, 200lts for £77.00 + couple quid for other chemicals + chipy used oil = 1000+ lts BIO DIESEL, now thats cheap!, be interesting to see if the central heating works off it too with regards to cold / winter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lurcherboy Posted May 1, 2008 Report Share Posted May 1, 2008 Do not used any alternative oils if you have a common fuel rail diesel system and the jury is still out on unit construction injectors. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED LB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Floating Chamber Posted May 7, 2008 Report Share Posted May 7, 2008 Aldi! :thumbs: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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