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31/8/2012 at 9:59pm
Location: Norwich Outfit: Citroen Relay Campervan
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I had a Mazda Bongo and used used veg oil, with no problems, for many thousands of miles. You only need to go through the caustic soda and methanol rigmarole if you want to convert it to biodiesel. I just left it to stand for 3/4 weeks, pour off the clear stuff and filter it through coffee filters.
Ideally you need an old style IDI(indirect injection) engine, although some DI(direct injection) engines are OK. Bosch fuel pumps, or their clones, work best, but Lucas ones are not so happy with the thicker viscosity of veg oil. I generally used a 50/50 mix with diesel but, if going on a long trip, I would run until the engine was hot and then fill up with straight veg oil - you did need to stop to put some diesel in before the end of you're trip though, just to bring it back to a 50/50 mix. It would start on SVO, but really didn't like it and was very lumpy - plus, other campers didn't appreciate the clouds of white smoke billowing from the exhaust
No way is it suitable for common rail diesels though, although I have recently heard of people trying it at about 10-20%, but they haven't been doing it long enough to see if there are any problems - I'm not risking it myself.
------------- Cheers
John
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