Seaflech Posted April 14, 2008 Report Share Posted April 14, 2008 i use vegetable oil from co-op - hopefully tescos will sell it cheaper when they arrive!Its currently 88p per litre every little helps.... If only we had a Lidl's, its 72p per litre there. Now thats cheap!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beachcaster Posted April 14, 2008 Report Share Posted April 14, 2008 If you are going to run your diesel car on vegetable oil, make sure that your car does NOT have a Lucas Fuel pump fitted. The Lucas pumps can't seem to handle the heavier fuel and have a tendancy to break, resultng in a hefty repair bill which will cancel out any savings you will make running vegetable oil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thekid Posted April 14, 2008 Report Share Posted April 14, 2008 Do you have to modify your car in any way to run on vegtable oil? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_brain Posted April 14, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2008 yeah i know someone who tried that in his pickup... needless to say he used too much cooking oil..... result one knakrd engine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shetlandcars Posted April 14, 2008 Report Share Posted April 14, 2008 Do you have to modify your car in any way to run on vegtable oil? yes and no. Its quite a long winded story, however the basic idea is that if you want to run a mix, say 30% oil and 70% diesel then you should get away with this in *most* vehicles - any more and you will need a seperate tank with heaters(to lower the oils viscosity) - so you start the car on normal diesel then when the oil is up to temperature, switch tanks, then switch back to diesel before you stop to purge the system. with the growing price of oil its becoming pointless to do the conversion, much like LPG has become, unless you do many many miles to recoup the cost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fjool Posted April 14, 2008 Report Share Posted April 14, 2008 heaters(to make the oil more viscous)Less viscous, surely? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shetlandcars Posted April 14, 2008 Report Share Posted April 14, 2008 heaters(to make the oil more viscous)Less viscous, surely? Yes sorry, lowering its viscosity Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Para Handy Posted April 14, 2008 Report Share Posted April 14, 2008 My car holds over 60 litres and the last day I fill it up I had just got over 30 litres in the tank when a sudden noise made me look a way from the pump. When I looked back at the pump I would swear the price had gone up by another penny for the price of litre. But they’re again maybe it was just my imagination playing tricks on me. But the way the price of fuel has been going up every day. I’m now more than convinced that I did see it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PJ of Hildisvik Posted April 14, 2008 Report Share Posted April 14, 2008 It seems the rate of increase is approx 2 pence per fortnight, does any one know the rate down sooth?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seaflech Posted April 14, 2008 Report Share Posted April 14, 2008 It seems the rate of increase is approx 2 pence per fortnight, does any one know the rate down sooth?? Its about the same rate at the moment, but the price of fuel in Shetland seems to run about 10-13% higher than on the mainland, based on Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Inverness. I got fuel in Edinburgh this morning and it was 114.9ppl, but a bit further along the road it was 112.9ppl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohanofNess Posted April 15, 2008 Report Share Posted April 15, 2008 Yeah average around aberdeen for diesel is 112.9-113.9. Got a right shock filling up at Mainlands last wednesday it almost made me wish I'd bought a Toyota Prius.............almost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twerto Posted April 15, 2008 Report Share Posted April 15, 2008 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7347142.stm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJ Posted April 15, 2008 Report Share Posted April 15, 2008 oh great, more former food producing fields being used up so city folks can drive their non essential Chelsey tractors safe in the knowledge they're using "greener" fuel and then wonder why food prices are going up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dippydi Posted April 15, 2008 Report Share Posted April 15, 2008 well I'm 'doon sooth' and yep, fuel goes up here too. In my local Tesco petrol is 103ppl (tho maybe thats another thread?), and in your shells and locals about 106-110ppl. This is for unleaded petrol - diesel add 10ppl. Folk around here are whinging like anything though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tlady Posted April 15, 2008 Report Share Posted April 15, 2008 Roll on Tesco .. and get the pumps in fast .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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