Veggie oil - am I an idiot?

Yes probably for putting up another veg oil post. Fire away.

I have spent ages researching veg oil for my Defender 200Tdi on this site and elsewhere. There is loads of advice out there and loads of nifty kit. It looks like I could spend hundreds of pounds and many hours on biodiesel or fit twin tanks/ heated fuel filters etc for WVO. So far I have experimented with 50/50 new SVO (75p/litre) which worked fine and started first turn at -3 degrees. I now have a potential source of WVO which could meet all my needs for not a lot of money.

However, I am a lazy twt and a tighter than a nat's chuff.

This is what I intend to do:

1) No changes to the vehicle (Defender 200tdi with Bosch pump). No preheating.
2) Cold filtering of the WVO with minimal settling
3) No white spirit kero etc added
4) Run it at about 10-20% diesel to 80-90% WVO.
5) Keep a keen eye on the fuel filter for the first 1000 miles then forget about it.

Am I an idiot?
If so, which is my biggest mistake (apart from this thread)?
What is the worst that could happen?
Are there any other idiots like me running like this?

do filters and add a bit of petrol.done.

Let us know how it goes, you can be my guinee pig, LOL

theshanclan said:

4) Run it at about 10-20% diesel to 80-90% WVO.

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Really, thought it would be tother way around on the percentage? Im no expert at all but that is a kinda harsh mix...............
However i could be well wrong an all!!!!!

oh do do filters regular for first 4 months or few tanks a fuel cos the veg lifts all the crap.

Is anyone else getting the red diesel banner add lmao.....................

Interesting. Don't mind being a guinea pig if it works....

Has anyone cold filtered WVO to 1 micron? That was one bit that I thought might not work. Heating everything to 60 degrees for filtering seems to be the recommendation.

Flame away, but I cant be arsed to do a search.

Whats the law regarding this?

Does it make your Landie smell like a mobile chippy?

J.P.S said:

Is anyone else getting the red diesel banner add lmao.....................

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Me too - spooky.

2500 litres of svo a year with out declareing.

The law seems to be that you can do up to 2,500 litres a year. Things get iffy if you add Kero.

yep 2500 litres of svo so who cares just wang in the tank whatever ya can.Disconnect ya speedo and pay in £5 notes for ya oil or steal it from council lorrys at night.

i used to run my 200 on 100% new oil, when it was cheap about 3 years ago.
Had no probs at all in the summer and went 50/50 in the winter. went better, was smoother, quieter, less black smoke but does stink though.

Tig9619 said:

i used to run my 200 on 100% new oil, when it was cheap about 3 years ago.
Had no probs at all in the summer and went 50/50 in the winter. went better, was smoother, quieter, less black smoke but does stink though.

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Im sold, off up me mates chippy 2moro then, Thought about it a while ago, but sod all that chemistry **** i jus wanna drive, not tit about measuring this n that, heating this separating that and trying to get rid of loads of !

i used to pass oil through a sieve to get the bits out and wack in a bit o unleaded petrol,pour straight in.I even pulled in at a station one time when going up country and hoiked out some fat tins from the back and fuelled up in the hoover bay....most people didnt know which way too look.
The mrs was ok as we had 275 litres in the back for our holiday...

Beast o Bodmin said:

i used to pass oil through a sieve to get the bits out and wack in a bit o unleaded petrol,pour straight in.I even pulled in at a station one time when going up country and hoiked out some fat tins from the back and fuelled up in the hoover bay....most people didnt know which way too look.
The mrs was ok as we had 275 litres in the back for our holiday...

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This is the good stuff I was after - now where can I get a free sieve?

How much is "a bit" of unleaded?

i ran 100%svo untill diesel became cheaper, what i would be tempted to do with regards to filtering is.......... get a fuel filter housing off of a merc (cant remember which one but i will check tomorrow) it uses a filter that has a water separator built in. get a transfer pump and two 50 gallon drums put your wvo in one and filter it into the other. my cousin does it with a standard marine fuel filter (off of a broads cruiser)

G-man said:

i ran 100%svo untill diesel became cheaper, what i would be tempted to do with regards to filtering is.......... get a fuel filter housing off of a merc (cant remember which one but i will check tomorrow) it uses a filter that has a water separator built in. get a transfer pump and two 50 gallon drums put your wvo in one and filter it into the other. my cousin does it with a standard marine fuel filter (off of a broads cruiser)

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Great idea - thanks.

i will get the part number for the filter too (it'll be a fram number as they are who i deal with)

I used to run my 200 tdi on 90% svo when it was cheap. Back on the diesel for the time being while it's cheaper. If I had a source of free or very cheap wvo I'd use it.