I just wanted to know whats the difference between the 2 i know that red diesel does not get charged tax but is there any actual difference in the quality or is it all the same thing???????????

Also any other information about red diesel would be good.

Thanx

 

can you get Red V-Power

 

no difference other than a dye. we run our wagon on it....






(line marking wagon that is )

 

Red diesel is red so if the law do a spot check on a normal diesel car and look at the colour of the diesel they can establish if the driver is using untaxed red stuff or white taxed stuff. Using red in your standrard family car is illegal due to it not being taxed as it is only meant to be used by hauliers and the like.

 

if you get caught- i think its a £500 fine and get your car recovered so another £105 + £12 a day storage

 

sulphuric (sp) acid, rids the dye but you prob be cheaper buying white from the forecourt.

very tempting @ 54p p/l tho

 

big no no for hauliers too, tractors (so long as they don't do too many miles on the road), generators etc. or any vehicle not being used on the public roads basicly

stevie

 

we are aloud to use red in our wagon and thats always on the road.
think the law is due to change at the end of summer tho

410bhp and it does approx 6mpg

 

The link below highlights all the vehicles that are allowed to use Red Diesel in section 8

HM Revenue & Customs Notice #75 "Fuel for road vehicles"

 

Hi Zedf
Yes there is a difference between red and white diesel
Red or gasoil as i know it is higher in sulpher and has a lower cetain number which makes it more smokey and gives less power.
To a trainned eye a road car on red stands out like a sore thumb on hard acceleration.

Cheers hope tthis helps Dixie.

 

As above. Vehicles running on red are often easy to spot and the consequence can be a very heavy fine and immediate impounding of the vehicle and confiscation in some cases.

 

i disagree with the red stuff makes it smoke more in my eyes thats bollocks and i work with the stuff every day !!

 

you will find that all plant runs on gas oil and most sweeper do becose thay are classed as plant.

 

sweeprs have two tanks as they have to run on white so its only the donky engine that runs on red

 

wrong

 

explain?!

 

I thought anyone was allowed to use red as long as they pay the duty on it......

 

its very confusing as to who can use red and who cant i know of a few farmer friends that have to us white in there fasttracks as they are moving diggers around from site to site so it is seen and haulaging!! as for sweeps we run two at work one tank is white for the main engine that moves it and one tank for red which runs the donky engine now i also know a few big contracters that run sweepers for a living and they all do the same so either were all doing some thing wrong and spending money were we dont need to or im right the ONLY time a sweeper can run both tanks on red as if it isnt going to be used on the road and is working on site ie and air field or big building site !!

 

Cranes run on rebated fuel.

 

Marine diesel is red. Just as well that it is cheap - an Arun class lifeboat at full speed ( 2 485 bhp 18-litre V8 Cats) burned 45 gallons per hour. A Severn has 2 1000 bhp V12 Cats. God knows what one of them uses.

 

i use to build/repair these and other plant,hgv and sweeper.and i've repair both types.the sweepers with one tank run on red if not on the public highway other wise white derv.the sweepers with 2 tanks run as stated above

 

when was the last time you saw a car being dipped at the side of the road? my guess is never.. the only time vehicles are dipped is at agriculture events usually.

I have been pulled in the lorry a few times and its never been dipped.

james

 

my old tuned up vectra diesel was never ever dipped


it ran 1.35bar boost as well

still have some red here at work if somebody wants to buy it

25 litres going cheap

 

**** red diesel I Had a "Friend" Who used to fill his 2.2 Laguna on vegetable oil 46 P a litre from asda . Of course this would deprive gordon brown of much needed money for our world class road network

 

Thats rite, these roads truly are world class. Cheers Gordon.

 

Veg oil now i heard about this before whats all that about do you just put it in the car or does it have to be mixed or something like that??????

 

You are best mixing it to thin it down...otherise you could run into trouble without some mods... Anyway.. If the police do come at the back of you you best kill the engine or you will be in serious trouble.....It stinks just like a fish and chip shop

 

Buy a shed diesel and run it on veg oil... if you work the nightshift and live here you will never see the plod much to busy going to murders in Glasgow!

 

You can run your car on veg oil as long as you pay duty of 45p per litre. Still half price though. I wouldn't try it in a common rail though.....just asking for big engine trouble.
Dave

 

The Severn has 2x1250 bhp 32 litre engines,they slurp up about 540 litres(120 gallons) of the red stuff an hour at full chat-an expensive little beast eh