Veg Oil

Just sourced a free supply of used vegetable oil to run the Disco on

Fish and chips anyone

I know its an ongoing saga but what are the best filters to use on used veg oil?

buy a sieve and a funnel, then put a pair of 10 denier tights over the sieve, put the sieve into the funnel then pour the used oil into the sievem, make sure you have got a drum under the funnel. the tights dont last long but it works a treat

stockings are better.
and my doris believes it.

aye i agree, yer get 2 in a pack

Be careful how much you use in this cold weather, I have some filtered veg oil sitting in the garage, and it looked like glue when I was out earlyer.

You really dont want to be trying to start your engine on that.

aye, dont use it till march 21st at the earliest.

cheers guys,
I was going to try to get a bit more technical with a length of soil pipe screwed to the garage wall and a screw on end cap with a section removed to take the recomended filter. This also gives me the option to easily change filters (Stockings) as required. Not to mention (as Yella has so obviuosly pointed out) a drum underneath to catch it all.

I am currently running fresh veg oil 40/60 (Diesel) with a handfull of white spirit and dont seem to have any problems with the cold at the moment. Definetly get out feeling hungry all the time though

as i designed this type of filter and have since passed it on to many other "bio" users, i would prefer it if you would be so kind as to refer to it as the "unpatented yella filter method" from this day forward

or how about Yellas Method for Unpatented Filtration (Y MUF)

if we are going down the accronym route i prefer YUMF(yellas unpatented method of filtration)

I couldn't get mine started when it started to get cold, no mater how much i mixed it with diesel.

I'm not sure but i think it separates from diesel in your tank, so all you get through is pure oil cos it ran pretty crap when i first filled it up with a 50/50 mix. but when i got below half a tank it ran and started better.

But i have no glow plugs, just one of them silly cold start things.

Hi Daren, I have been thinking about using veg oil for a while now in my TDi Disco and have some used oil set aside as a "project", how long have you been using it & can you use any white spirit?

Lee

i use a 50/50 mix throughout the summer but now the cold weather is here ive dropped the veg oil to 25%

yella disco said:

if we are going down the accronym route i prefer YUMF(yellas unpatented mothod of filtration)

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wtf is a MOTHod?

is that where you get a piece of cloth, let the moths get at it then strain yer oil through the resulting holes?

sorry sir kicked bollocks, ive now edited it