Forums » Problems » Running a diesil on veggie oil???
"ok im asking this on here as i know there are a couple of diesil burners here and a few fiat bravo owners also now my dad has a Brava diesil no idea which model just know its a JTD. now my question is what damage would veggie oil do to my dads car? would it run? what problems (in a worst case senario) could crop up? and has anyone on here done it before? "
"now then nothing wrong with it from what iv heard. i know alot of people who have done and no damage has been done only stinks abit..."
Don't run your car fully on veg oil. Usually a mix of 50/50. I have heard on the long run (from a fellow white van driver) it starts to stick in certain spots in the engine. Im sure there were several other problems but I can't recollect what damage it caused.
yeah pluss if u run it purely off veg oil u will get horible black smoke out the back
And its illegal to run your car on any amount of veg oil without declaring it to HM's Thieves Revenue & Customs.
"filtration is the key diesel is an incedibly good lubricator so all the internals of your pump + injectors are lubricated by the diesel. like dazzi says i'd run at 50/50 or even 70(veggie)/30 purely for the additives to stop it waxing up if you use pure veggie chances are when the 1st real frost comes it'll wax up clogg the filter pipes and pump then you'll either not start or stall and not start. the rest is purely cosmetic - exhaust smelling of kebab "