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28/7/2011 at 9:22pm
Location: Norwich Outfit: Citroen Relay Campervan
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The Mazda Bongo/Ford Freda 2.5 litre diesel is usually an automatic (there's not many manuals about) and fuel consumption around town is not very good at all - probably only about 18mpg. On a journey, with a light right foot, it's possible to get into the low thirties, but they are a very nippy beast so the right foot tends to get used more - I average about 26mpg on mine.
However, you can happily run them on vegetable oil, mixed 50/50 with diesel, in the summer, dropping to 25% veg oil in winter. Unfortunately, veg oil is now nearly as dear as diesel but, if you can find a source of used oil, it's very handy - I get mine free from a local restaurant I usually try to start any long journey with a nearly empty tank and pull into a lay-by after about 15 miles, once the engine is properly hot, and fill up with used cooking oil - it will happily run on, as near as damn it, 100% cooking oil, but you must top up with sufficient diesel to bring it back to a 50% mix before stopping and letting the engine cool down. It will start on a high mix of veg oil, but doesn't like it and gives off clouds of smoke - not popular on campsites
------------- Cheers
John
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