Toyota Hi-Lux.

[dazlog]

landy if you want to get there, hi lux if you want get there and back again lol:icon14:

[Stihlwatersrundeep]

I picked up a tidy hilux single cab a few weeks ago L reg 2.4 diesel. ( truckman top came from ebay £10 )

To counter the heavy fuel i have been running on 50/50 vegoil/diesel mix runs just great with no mods. even runs smoother if you can believe that! diesel at £1.10 and veg oil at 49p a litre, equates to a £14 saving per tankfull (not to be sniffed at!)

[3dogs]

my biggest mistake! i sold her:bawling:

[Stihlwatersrundeep]

please tell me the devil made you do it?

[3dogs]

please tell me the devil made you do it?

 

it was a moment of madness need'ed a chip wagon, the worst thing is i cant find another as good as mine, without spending stupid money.

 

the other bad thing is the lad i sold it to has trashed it:cussing:

[RPA]

I picked up a tidy hilux single cab a few weeks ago L reg 2.4 diesel. ( truckman top came from ebay £10 )

To counter the heavy fuel i have been running on 50/50 vegoil/diesel mix runs just great with no mods. even runs smoother if you can believe that! diesel at £1.10 and veg oil at 49p a litre, equates to a £14 saving per tankfull (not to be sniffed at!)

 

Been told I should look at the veg oil thing. Is it as simple as it sounds? Mine is a 94 Mk3 2.4d

[Mr Ed]

NO!! it is not as simple as it looks. your engine will not survive on mixed veg oil, unless its an old pre direct injection unit.

The problem lies with the relative viscosity of common vegetable oils, they being at least twice as thick as mineral diesel. When vegetable oil is injected into the combustion chamber, it does not atomise properly. during startup, with a cold engine, the veggie oil will stick to the cylinder walls, running down and past the rings.

This will cause two problems - firstly, as the engine heats up, it will cook the oil in the ringlands, gumming them up totally. Secondly, the oil that runs past the rings will mix with your sump oil, creating an unusual jelly like polymer. this will essentially jelly up in your sump, and one day, without warning, your engine will seize.

Mixing neat oil with diesel NEVER works on Di engines. its only a matter of time (20 - 30k) before it destroys the engine.

 

All is not lost however - preheated oil introduced into a hot engine will atomise and burn perfectly. To achieve this you will need to have a small secondary tank with dino diesel to start and warm the vehicle on, and to shut down and purge the system.

 

For more info read here -

http://www.vegetableoildiesel.co.uk/forum/index.php

[Stihlwatersrundeep]

I agree with what your saying mr ed, but eden arb has the same Lux as i have so he can do a 50/50 mix its the older type diesel engine. did loads of research on the hpoc.co.uk forum and as you said you cannot run 50/50 on the newer common rail or direct injection diesels but on the older 94 mk3 2.4 like mine and edenarbs you can. just change the oil and fuel filter regularly. I have done a couple of thousand miles no problems.

[Mr Ed]

Sorry mate, glad you did your research. makes me laugh the amount of cowboys who think they can tip ordinary veggie into their transit tanks.

 

I can run pure neat any oil in my six wheeler, has a cummins C9, the injection pump is bloody huge. Even in sub zero it fires straight up on neat veggie...

[Dean Lofthouse]

Why are they so bad on fuel consumption?

 

Compared to what?

 

Can you make them better on fuel economy.

 

I run an old landrover and an Amazon 4.2 so have become numb to fuel economy. Say that, the Amazon is surprisingly good on a run.

 

Maidstone and back on one tank.