Legality of using vegetable oil in diesel cars

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24 June 2001, 02:09 PM

Moz

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I met someone yesterday who uses vegetable oil in a diesel shogun, is this legal? at 37p a litre its a cheap fuel.

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24 June 2001, 05:06 PM

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I don't know the legal side but I have a friend who is in the process of converting his truck to run on vegetable oil...

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24 June 2001, 07:27 PM

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Not an expert, but I don't see a problem for diddling the Customs and Excise out of tax, if that's what you're thinking. I'd be curious to see the emissions results though.

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24 June 2001, 08:58 PM

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My brother brews his own, as he has a cheap source of used cooking oil. I'll ask him what it's all about when I've not had a little to drink and can understand the reply!

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24 June 2001, 09:11 PM

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Apparently the guys done nothing to run on veg oil, he sometimes runs on diesel sometimes on oil and sometimes mixes it.
I just wondred wether a fuel needed to be approved by dot, i.e for emmissions safety etc.
Only drawback is the car smells like a chip van.

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25 June 2001, 09:40 AM

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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:<HR>Originally posted by Moz:
<B>Only drawback is the car smells like a chip van.[/quote]

Better than smelling like a diesel