Biodiesel.

[john burgess]

Makeing my own bio and using in land rover for 3 years

[Ian C]

From what ive read you have to change the filters more often because the biodiesel is a solvent it strips all the crap out of the tank and fuel lines.

 

Think I'll do a bit of phoning round tomorrow and find out some prices.

 

Bio runs cleaner so you have to change filters the first time sooner than normal but after that is as per service time. fossil diesel is dirty compared to bio and running bio actually cleanes the engine and fuel lines.

[penfold]

northern tool and equipment sell biodiesel processors.

[Ian C]

northern tool and equipment sell biodiesel processors.

 

Can make your own for a fraction of the price though, the other thing to take into account is to make it worth while you really have to use used oil, if you use new oil (easier) by the time you have added the catylist (methanol) it's almost the same price as fossil derv. used oil has to be washed a few times, this is where the mucking about comes in.

[chipper wallah]

Hi I run a hilux, an Iveco tipper,a chipper,a stump grinder and our home car on bio fuel. It does work but you need to do it right.I run a machine I bought from greenfuels I use oil from my local chip shop and my local curry house and I make about 150 lts aweek at approx 25p a lt. If any one wants more details pp me. but I must say my outlay was about 2000 quid so Its only worth getting into if your serious.

[john burgess]

simple processor made from oil drums are cheap and easy to work with.a good book is how to make biodiesel from lili

[toprotter]

You might have to change the fuel lines as they soften and also change filters more often.

 

My mate runs 200tdi at 50p ltr at at the moment no problems but as mentioned before older engines run without much mod but it hasnt been used in the winter months thou

[tommer9]

Check out Rawnsley Woodland Products. He has been converting used oil for years now and runs two huge generators, handlers, chippers, sawmill, cars etc etc on it. He spent abiout £2000 on the equipment and mixes the glycol waste product with sawdust to make a sort of wood fuel brick too. Filters etc are not a problem as he is converting it to diesel not just putting oil in the tank which is where preheaters etc etc come in to play. Having said that i know a chap who runs an 02 plate sprinter on veg oil and diesel mixed in the tank with no mods to the vehicle and no probs after 3 years!

[Al Baker]

6 years ago I was buying cooking oil from Tesco in three liter containers for £1.60 each

I was buying a trolley load of it and filling up my Landrover in Tescos car park.

I used to leave the empties in the trolley. I ended up running on a mixture of about 80% cooking oil in the end. Then the cold weather came. The fuel pump complained cause the stuff became too thick to lubricate it.

 

I was getting about 10% more power out of the 2.5 TDI running on cooking oil. Noticeable.

 

I think the biggest drawback was starting it in the morning if you hadn't found time for breakfast. The smell would make my stomach rumble like hell.

 

Eventually the price ended up matching diesel so I gave up.

 

Oh, one thing I found was that it wont work at all in diesel engines where the fuel is delivered on a rail.

 

Oh and one more thing, You can pay tax on it as a fuel. If you pay sufficient tax to burn 50 liters a year then you can always produce the receipt for that 50 liters if your tank gets dipped.

Edited January 12, 2012 by Al Baker

[firewood]

6 years ago I was buying cooking oil from Tesco in three liter containers for £1.60 each

I was buying a trolley load of it and filling up my Landrover in Tescos car park.

I used to leave the empties in the trolley. I ended up running on a mixture of about 80% cooking oil in the end. Then the cold weather came. The fuel pump complained cause the stuff became too thick to lubricate it.

 

I was getting about 10% more power out of the 2.5 TDI running on cooking oil. Noticeable.

 

I think the biggest drawback was starting it in the morning if you hadn't found time for breakfast. The smell would make my stomach rumble like hell.

 

Eventually the price ended up matching diesel so I gave up.

 

Oh, one thing I found was that it wont work at all in diesel engines where the fuel is delivered on a rail.

 

Oh and one more thing, You can pay tax on it as a fuel. If you pay sufficient tax to burn 50 liters a year then you can always produce the receipt for that 50 liters if your tank gets dipped.

 

Pretty sure you can make up to 2500 litres p.a. Tax free for your own use.

 

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