Giantswood
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Just picked up a quantity of vegetable oil from Tesco on clearance at £2/3L.
Might be worth a look if you run your landy on it
Might be worth a look if you run your landy on it
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Did better than me
Paulmitchell1984
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need any tesco card or anything for this offer?
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Tesco in Slough, 5 litres of Sunflower oil for £5.
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do you need a preheater for veggie oil in winter?
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Search mate, it's been done to death.
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Various opinions but no more than 50% veg oil in the winter mixed with diesel without preheating.
Looking at olive pomace oil at the moment as a possible alternative. Has the same calorific value as vegetable and sunflower oil but I haven't found much information regarding its use as fuel.
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DO NOT! and I will repeat that for the hard of reading, DO NOT use any form of olive oil as a fuel!
If you want to know why, put a little of it in a container and leave it outside overnight and you will see that it sets when it goes below 5 degrees. you really don't want that happening in your fuel system.
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Excellent response ! Just the sort of feedback I'm looking for. Thanks
Have a read of this http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f72/waste-veg-oil-usage-173123.html
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Would do but . . .
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Here ya go
Not sure if you want to use this as a "How To" but it's something I get asked about a bit so I'll stick it in here for approval.........
I keep getting asked Q's about this so I am gonna start this fred about how I use waste veg oil (wvo). This method takes no investment, uses no dangerous chemicals and only uses a small amount of shed space but.....
A little disclaimer before you read this........
This is how I filter wvo and run my 200tdi, It is only intended as reading matter, if you follow it and bugger up your motor it ain't my fault.....alright. Saying that I have been running the old disco like this for over 2 and a half years with no real probs. apparently common rail injection engines don't like wvo so it's up to you to try it or not.
So here goes.........
1. I get wvo from wherever I can, I only use a little at work but I frequent a couple of boozers that let me take it for free. Legally you should give them a waste transfer notice which can be found here Environment Agency - Duty of Care but that's up to them if they want one or not. You don't need a waste carriers license to transport it as it's only small amounts for domestic use.
If you don't work in the food business and want to find wvo ask about, all restaurants, pubs, schools, take aways, chip shops etc use it so go ask them if you can take it away for them.
2. To filter it I have an 80l drum with a tap fitted about 6-8 inches from the bottom into which I pour the wvo through a fine sieve to remove any big bits of stuff and leave it to settle for at least 10 days. The idea being that any water/crap still in the oil sinks to the bottom and the tap is above that level.
3. I then pass the wvo into clean 20l containers through these 18" FILTER BAGS,3 x 1 MICRON ,BIO DIESEL ,VEG OIL, | eBay I always use 1 micron filters. These can be used again and again and are machine washable (just scrape all the crud out of them first ).
4. There ya go, you've got cleaned wvo to mix into whatever proportions you may need depending on the time of year. I mix unleaded with the oil in these containers in either 5/10% before putting it in the tank as I think it emulsifies better and if I'm using any derv I just add that at the pump.
I'll give you a rough guide to the mixes I use.
Summertime I use 95% wvo 5% unleaded no derv at all, my fave time of year v' cheap to run
Autumn/ springtime I use roughly 80%wvo 10% unleaded 10% derv.
Deepest darkest winter I use 60% wvo 10% unleaded 30 % derv.
You really need to just do it and work out the best mixes for your self. All the oil I get has the anti foaming agent additive in it which some say is bad, I dunno you decide.
Oh and don't forget to keep a little notebook in your cubby box of how much oil you put in and when just in case.
You'll also need to change your fuel filter after the first couple of tanks and then every 3-4 months, buy them in bulk and they're only a couple of quid each
Not sure if you want to use this as a "How To" but it's something I get asked about a bit so I'll stick it in here for approval.........
I keep getting asked Q's about this so I am gonna start this fred about how I use waste veg oil (wvo). This method takes no investment, uses no dangerous chemicals and only uses a small amount of shed space but.....
A little disclaimer before you read this........
This is how I filter wvo and run my 200tdi, It is only intended as reading matter, if you follow it and bugger up your motor it ain't my fault.....alright. Saying that I have been running the old disco like this for over 2 and a half years with no real probs. apparently common rail injection engines don't like wvo so it's up to you to try it or not.
So here goes.........
1. I get wvo from wherever I can, I only use a little at work but I frequent a couple of boozers that let me take it for free. Legally you should give them a waste transfer notice which can be found here Environment Agency - Duty of Care but that's up to them if they want one or not. You don't need a waste carriers license to transport it as it's only small amounts for domestic use.
If you don't work in the food business and want to find wvo ask about, all restaurants, pubs, schools, take aways, chip shops etc use it so go ask them if you can take it away for them.
2. To filter it I have an 80l drum with a tap fitted about 6-8 inches from the bottom into which I pour the wvo through a fine sieve to remove any big bits of stuff and leave it to settle for at least 10 days. The idea being that any water/crap still in the oil sinks to the bottom and the tap is above that level.
3. I then pass the wvo into clean 20l containers through these 18" FILTER BAGS,3 x 1 MICRON ,BIO DIESEL ,VEG OIL, | eBay I always use 1 micron filters. These can be used again and again and are machine washable (just scrape all the crud out of them first ).
4. There ya go, you've got cleaned wvo to mix into whatever proportions you may need depending on the time of year. I mix unleaded with the oil in these containers in either 5/10% before putting it in the tank as I think it emulsifies better and if I'm using any derv I just add that at the pump.
I'll give you a rough guide to the mixes I use.
Summertime I use 95% wvo 5% unleaded no derv at all, my fave time of year v' cheap to run
Autumn/ springtime I use roughly 80%wvo 10% unleaded 10% derv.
Deepest darkest winter I use 60% wvo 10% unleaded 30 % derv.
You really need to just do it and work out the best mixes for your self. All the oil I get has the anti foaming agent additive in it which some say is bad, I dunno you decide.
Oh and don't forget to keep a little notebook in your cubby box of how much oil you put in and when just in case.
You'll also need to change your fuel filter after the first couple of tanks and then every 3-4 months, buy them in bulk and they're only a couple of quid each
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Cheers barmatt, useful reading
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i use pretty similar to barmatt in my 200tdi, but probs go as low as 30 % oil in the winter
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strange goings on our our local tescos with oil.
no 2 days prices are the same !
after the OP heads up. I went in to look and the regular sunflour oil deal £6 per 5 litres - 10 litres at £10 was gone....
yet yesterday, the deal was bettered by 10 litres for just £9.
my trolley was loaded..
no 2 days prices are the same lately, think its tescos way of bragging about price reductions, but fluctulate (fook about) all over the place..
no 2 days prices are the same !
after the OP heads up. I went in to look and the regular sunflour oil deal £6 per 5 litres - 10 litres at £10 was gone....
yet yesterday, the deal was bettered by 10 litres for just £9.
my trolley was loaded..
no 2 days prices are the same lately, think its tescos way of bragging about price reductions, but fluctulate (fook about) all over the place..
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So you guys quoting prices of vege oil at Tescos, does this go in your tanks? What's the price of diesel at the pump? Here in NZ (been over 10 years so don't know prices there any more) diesel at the pump is about 78 pence a litre - so cheaper than Tescos vege oil. But we pay the tax separately as 'Road User Charges' - they're bought per 1,000 kilomoters at a rate dependant on the weight of the vehicle - eg my Freelander is the cheap band 1 at about 26 quid for 600 miles (the bands go up to "18 wheelers").
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BTW Easye1 - love your pic and "Pie and mash & liquer, food of the gods " Can't get it here, no Pie & Mash shops - its hell. So we make our own when we have friends over - got the liquer sorted good now - we tried all sorts of recipies - eels are plentiful round here
" Can't get it here, no Pie & Mash shops - its hell. So we make our own when we have friends over - got the liquer sorted good now - we tried all sorts of recipies - eels are plentiful round here 
