alcazar

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....in Brigg, east of Scunny.

It was in the garage where my lad's car had gone for it's MoT, I got talking to the garage owner who told me it stinks, (he later started it, and I can confirm it does.), and that the owner is paying out more than he is saving in fuel costs on new injectors, fuel pumps and pipework, since the used chip fat is corroding them almost as fast as they can be replaced

What really made me LOL was when the bloke told me it was costing the earth in fuel filters too, since they keep clogging up with bits of batter........

And yes, I AM serious.

taylor85

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I used to run my landy 110 on it mixed 50:50 with diesel was fine , needed a new filter every year and a touch of meths in the winter

tarmac terror

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Sounds like he hasn't a clue what he is doing and is still in the R&D phases of his project!!! I ran my 2001 seat leon for over 100,000 on recycled vegetable oil - it is not a matter of emptying the chip pan into the fuel tank once a fortnight - the process is slightly more complex.

Upscale the detail provided here to make it in the required volumes - http://www.makebiofuel.co.uk/make-biodiesel-at-home

There is a guide book avaiable from www.journeytoforever.org

Alternatively he can google some contact details for a friend of mine, Terry De Winne, who will offer him sound advice from his experience.

Honestly, the best fuel I have ever used - If Terry was still producing this on a commercial scale I would still be using it.

alcazar

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I never met the owner.

The idea if him filling the filter with bits of batter tickled me.

I was looking under the bonnet as the garage owner was working, and spied a household plumbing "gate valve" on top of the engine, complete with red circular handwheel. That's what made me ask what the hell......?

CrisPDuk

I encounter quite a few these days, you can generally tell where they are getting there oil from, the food aroma lingers even after combustion

I believe McDonalds are running most of their haulage fleet (in this country anyway) on recovered cooking oil now

jaygsi

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I know loads of people who have run there car on chip fat, but first it needs to be mixed, 2nd it would need to be on an old car. And also the chip fat needs to be filtered well before using.

ALi-B

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Veggy burners, got to love them....

In they trundle all smug about how much money they are saving on fuel, only to have them arrive six months later on the back of a flatbed requiring a new pump and various other fubarred parts at great expense.

Last one was a old Shogun, bloke was a **** yapping on how "people on the internet said I can do it" etc......I bet he felt like one when it died.

Unless someone is very **** about purifying it and mixing it with the relevant mods to suit then it will die eventually.

pimmo2000

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*saw

daveyj

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Ran my 200TDi Landy on it and clogged up the fuel filter once due to my ignorrance. Otherwise 20k trouble-free miles. Running it in the Navara. So far all good. These are both mechanical fuel injected though. I wouldn't put it anywhere near the high pressure stuff.