Using old Cooking Oil as Fuel for my 300tdi.

robint said:

me camera,s never been the same since i took that

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DavidJR said:

I think the reason I challenge the reply has been overlooked, that being the person who opened the thread on his first post had been put off due to the responses that to most members has become normal.

In the way that its normal for catholic figureheads to fiddle with children, still don't make it right.

If you generally speak with abuse and little intellect then wtf am I to stick my nose in. My appology is all yours. ��

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DavidJR said:

2009 I began using the site. Another account I had pre dates that!

Not a newbie at all, I just get sick of certain people give abuse just to get there posts up.

It's just so easy hiding behind a computer screen intit!:fighting:

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peter keller said:

Hi Guys, (Ladies and Gent)

I am hopping to get a true answer from you guys that may know, but is it safe to use Old cooking Oil as fuel for my Discovery 300tdi.

I have a 1996 300tdi ES Discovery with around 150,000 miles on the clock, she has never let me down in all the years I have owned her, even though I may have missed a few services and been quite late on the ones she has received. With the ever increasing cost of Deisal (Dick Turpin, in Government, demanding his cut of our hard earned cash) I have now taken to using my wifes Toyota Starlet for my daily 90 mile round trip to work and back and the wife uses my pride and joy for her two minite trips to schools and Shops. A friend of mine has an old Ford Transit that he uses for his scrap metal buisness and he has told me that he uses Neet Old Cooking Oil in it. He started of using 50/50 Deisal to Cooking Oil but now says he gave up on the Deisal and now uses the Old Cooking Oil that he gets free from a friend in the catering trade. He said that he has not paid for any fuel for his van in the last four months, and apart from it being a little slower on motorways (75-80mph) and smelling like a chip shop from behind he has not seen any problems. He did say that he changes the Fuel Filter more times than normal just as a precation but on the whole he says it works very well.

Apparently, befor putting the Oil into the van he passes it through a fuel filter with an extr fine mesh to get rid of any inpurities that it may have in it (Batter, or bits of food) then puts it straight in the tank. I Did once see on Top Gear JC filled a Deisal Volvo with fresh Cooking Oil straight from a Super Market and drove it around the track with no problems at all.

So before I reclaim my pride and joy back from the wife and start running her (Car not Wife) on old cooking oil, I thought I'd ask for any advice from you guys here.

Many thanks for any help you may be able to give.

Peter Keller
DISCO OWNER.....

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DavidJR said:

2009 I began using the site. Another account I had pre dates that!

Not a newbie at all, I just get sick of certain people give abuse just to get there posts up.

It's just so easy hiding behind a computer screen intit!:fighting:

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Series71 said:

The first thing you want to think about is do you want to mix veg oil and derv or do you want a twin tank system ?
I have run my old disco 300tdi with both setups and would definately go for a twin tank system if you have the tech know how to fit it(not hard to fit).
Plenty of resources out there for you and a huge amount of discussion on here about it and on a lesser site known as difflock

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Dr_evil said:

Oh I do apologise I'm sure your 113 posts have all been extremely helpful to others and have put them on the path to enlightenment……….now **** off

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Dr_evil said:

Oh I do apologise I'm sure your 113 posts have all been extremely helpful to others and have put them on the path to enlightenment……….now **** off

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biolandy said:

Didn't know yours has got off the drive yet this year series

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