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09/6/2006 at 10:55pm
Location: East Midlands Outfit: Coachman VIP 575.Santa Fe
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Thanks Borobiker.
When the kit is fitted can you only use veg oil or can you still use diesel?
What does the kit do?
Is the kit expensive - and where can you get it?
Can you fit it yourself?
I assume once registered with tax people they cant know how much veg oil is actually used?
I see that Costco sell it but restrict the number sold per person.
Is it very cheap to buy used?
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10/6/2006 at 3:19pm
Location: Middlesbrough Outfit: Abbey Spectrum 518
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mister g
1)Once the kit is fitted you can use either derv or veg oil
2)The idea of the kits is to preheat the veg oil using the engine coolant,this reduces the viscosity of the veg oil to prevent damage to your injector pump (lucas cav types are more suseptable I am informed)At 80 c (normal temp of most cars) veg oil has the same viscosity as derv.The kit I use is a smartveg twin tank kit. With it you start the car on the derv tank. A sensor in the kit then switches over to veg automatically once the engine is up to temperature. When stopping you turn the veg off using a switch supplied with the kit which then purges the fuel system of veg to prevent the veg thickening as it cools & damaging the injector at startup.
3)I think the kit is presently about £550 from smartveg (type it into google, you will get all the info you need on the website
4)Yes you can fit the kit yourself. Smartveg suggest giving yourself 2 days if it is your first fit, I spred it over about a week as I waited for my tax registation to arrive then made to last few break ins
5)You have to record how much veg you use per month & pay the duty on that amount. When you register they ask how much you think you will use per month, but I have never used as much as that yet, however there is no need to record your milage each month - whats the point if you can use derv as well that already has had the duty payed on it
6)The only shop that tried to restrict me was Tesco in Dover when we returned from France last year. They said a max of 12 one type items per person, so I put the next person bar down put the remaining bottles with it & gave Jo £10 (still got all the club points). Tesco locally dont have a problem with 20x3L bottles going through in a trolly - neither do Asda but Tesco's bottles are better & you get club points.
7)Used oil is usually free, restaurants & take aways usually pay someone to remove it for them so are usually happy for you to take it off them.
Hope this helps you
Mike
Post last edited on 10/06/2006 15:29:13
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