Hi, I make biodiesel from waste cooking oil, that is fine if made correctly, but cooking oil alone will make the car harder to start over time, probably more time, if used with diesel, then eventually glue the engine and fail. Cooking oil is thicker than diesel, and the injector pump can struggle. I dont want to worry you, we all want to save money, and there are conversions like a heater to thin down the oil, and two tanks to switch between, so you start on pump diesel, then after a minute or so, switch to cooking oil. There is a heat exchanger you can buy, or put a metal link between a hot partb of the engine, and a metal fuel line close to the pump. Otherwise it can eventually collect on and around the pistons and cylinders. Gets harder to start as I said. Try heating up oil, then putting some on a bit of metal, and its sticky when cold.
I've run 90's vw turbo diesels for 22 years on purely recycled waste takeaway oil during the warm month's, you can do this right upto the first cold snap (when the weather starts getting chilly, switch back to diesel n oil mix, before first frost), switch back to 70/30 mix of diesel and recycled oil. Its important to make sure you change your fuel filter and engine oil regularly, I.e every due service (never skip a service). My '97 1.9 VW Vento Tdi did just over 400k on the original engine, box and clutch, before the the bodywork let it down (excessive rust uneconomical repair for MOT)... so I sold it to a guy who exported it to Afghanistan to get it welded up and give it a new lease of life. Before this I ran a '92 Mk2 Golf TD, and after the Vento I ran a 2001 Skoda Octavia both in the same way mentioned earlier. With diesel prices hitting £1.80 a litre, I've just bought another old skoda to run on recycled waste oil, which it will do beautifully in this climate 😉
Well done on your fueling..! I have a 1994 Toyota estima 2.2 turbo diesel. Can't find any clear info but seemingly a good option for veg oil. Do you think it would work in that car? Thanks..
@@subspaceanomaly no reason why not if it has an external pump (which it should do, being that age) 😉 Should qualify for cheaper classic car insurance too 🙂 It's the newer engines with the internal pump like the VAG PD engines that won't run on it. I'm doing a 115 mile run in my Toledo today 😊
@@theonebabbarshere1614 I put in ten litres of vegetable oil from the supermarket in a near empty tank. Seems to work OK, maybe slightly less power, engine idle sounds really smooth. From what I've read mpg is decreased relative to diesel, the supermarket veg oil is 1.10 a litre vs 1.75 for diesel where I am so the saving probably only 10%ish I guess. Might look around for used oil from fried food restaurants, but it seems unless you have a good supply organised there isn't much point. Where are you getting your vegetable oil..?
77,000 miles so far on straight veg oil, waste vegetable oil and diesel. Citroen ZX estate XUD9 none turbo with Bosch pump which is a must. In summer I run 100% waste or straight veg oil and in winter I run 50-70% with diesel. No problems at all, do all work myself including cam belt changes. Great cars mate keep yours going and if you see one for sale let me know 😃👍
Dan did you have to make any alterations to the car before doing this? Giving the current situation I'm half tempted to do this myself! I have a 21yr old 306 Hdi so I know it can run on it
Fish and chips on wheels lol it was a worthwhile experiment because it gave you a rough idea of how she'd run. Used oil I guess you'd get from any fish and chip shop mate. Great video buddy
The only problem I can see is check the ingredients in the cooking oil, regardless of if you are going to cook your chips or run your car, beware of an additive called Dimethylpolysiloxane, also called food additive E900, it is an anti-foaming agent. It is also known has Silicone Oil, it is questionable whether you should actually be ingesting the stuff, but for a car engine it is a bit like liquid sand, it could put a glaze on the cylinders and or clog up valve seats.
£1:40 ISH to £0:70-£0:99 a litre is a major big saving for ALOT of pple, it maybe doesn't impact you, if you're willing to pay the 79p government pay bonuses, but it does affect the pple that isn't interested in paying bonuses for MOST of the government who don't deserve it, which INCLUDES ALL of them..
I do mix my biodiesel down to 50:50 with settled veg oil, and at least as far as VW 1.9Tdi ALH engine is concerned, it seems to run very, very good. Not so good on straight diesel.
Hot tip, fill your tank with veg oil and put a cup of super unleaded petrol in as a mix and it will run better than on diesel and starts perfect, if your doing it in a car with rotary injection pump put the petrol in as a 50/1 two-stroke mix. Then you will never want to go back to diesel again. ever.
Do you still have this car Since when did you start running on the veg oil As I pissed of with the prices going up I got a DCI 1.5 renault I think I will go 50 - 50 I have hear that running on it it may wear the seals But what seals they were talking about ?? Thx for the job
More people should buy older cars. 1 it's better for the environment and 2 if you have a diesel that can run on SVO or WVO the you'd save even more money.
Hi. They got CDI engines do not put more than 10% for a full tank. Try to get older engines and they will run better and more healty beacuse dont have high pressureized systems.
Hi, I make biodiesel from waste cooking oil, that is fine if made correctly, but cooking oil alone will make the car harder to start over time, probably more time, if used with diesel, then eventually glue the engine and fail. Cooking oil is thicker than diesel, and the injector pump can struggle. I dont want to worry you, we all want to save money, and there are conversions like a heater to thin down the oil, and two tanks to switch between, so you start on pump diesel, then after a minute or so, switch to cooking oil. There is a heat exchanger you can buy, or put a metal link between a hot partb of the engine, and a metal fuel line close to the pump. Otherwise it can eventually collect on and around the pistons and cylinders. Gets harder to start as I said. Try heating up oil, then putting some on a bit of metal, and its sticky when cold.
I've run 90's vw turbo diesels for 22 years on purely recycled waste takeaway oil during the warm month's, you can do this right upto the first cold snap (when the weather starts getting chilly, switch back to diesel n oil mix, before first frost), switch back to 70/30 mix of diesel and recycled oil.
Its important to make sure you change your fuel filter and engine oil regularly, I.e every due service (never skip a service).
My '97 1.9 VW Vento Tdi did just over 400k on the original engine, box and clutch, before the the bodywork let it down (excessive rust uneconomical repair for MOT)... so I sold it to a guy who exported it to Afghanistan to get it welded up and give it a new lease of life.
Before this I ran a '92 Mk2 Golf TD, and after the Vento I ran a 2001 Skoda Octavia both in the same way mentioned earlier.
With diesel prices hitting £1.80 a litre, I've just bought another old skoda to run on recycled waste oil, which it will do beautifully in this climate 😉
Well done on your fueling..! I have a 1994 Toyota estima 2.2 turbo diesel. Can't find any clear info but seemingly a good option for veg oil. Do you think it would work in that car? Thanks..
@@subspaceanomaly no reason why not if it has an external pump (which it should do, being that age) 😉
Should qualify for cheaper classic car insurance too 🙂
It's the newer engines with the internal pump like the VAG PD engines that won't run on it.
I'm doing a 115 mile run in my Toledo today 😊
@@theonebabbarshere1614 I put in ten litres of vegetable oil from the supermarket in a near empty tank. Seems to work OK, maybe slightly less power, engine idle sounds really smooth. From what I've read mpg is decreased relative to diesel, the supermarket veg oil is 1.10 a litre vs 1.75 for diesel where I am so the saving probably only 10%ish I guess. Might look around for used oil from fried food restaurants, but it seems unless you have a good supply organised there isn't much point. Where are you getting your vegetable oil..?
77,000 miles so far on straight veg oil, waste vegetable oil and diesel. Citroen ZX estate XUD9 none turbo with Bosch pump which is a must. In summer I run 100% waste or straight veg oil and in winter I run 50-70% with diesel. No problems at all, do all work myself including cam belt changes. Great cars mate keep yours going and if you see one for sale let me know 😃👍
I feel like my car ran a lot better running veg oil just seamed like it had more get up and go and more powerful
Dan did you have to make any alterations to the car before doing this? Giving the current situation I'm half tempted to do this myself! I have a 21yr old 306 Hdi so I know it can run on it
@@TheZXGuy that engine will run on stright vegetable / plant oil but now and again do a full tank of diesel.
Fish and chips on wheels lol it was a worthwhile experiment because it gave you a rough idea of how she'd run. Used oil I guess you'd get from any fish and chip shop mate. Great video buddy
The only problem I can see is check the ingredients in the cooking oil, regardless of if you are going to cook your chips or run your car, beware of an additive called Dimethylpolysiloxane, also called food additive E900, it is an anti-foaming agent. It is also known has Silicone Oil, it is questionable whether you should actually be ingesting the stuff, but for a car engine it is a bit like liquid sand, it could put a glaze on the cylinders and or clog up valve seats.
£1:40 ISH to £0:70-£0:99 a litre is a major big saving for ALOT of pple, it maybe doesn't impact you, if you're willing to pay the 79p government pay bonuses, but it does affect the pple that isn't interested in paying bonuses for MOST of the government who don't deserve it, which INCLUDES ALL of them..
The XUD9 was designed to run on something like veg oil/bio diesel. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PSA_XUD_engine
Oh yep I have every plan to run on waste veg oil when I get somewhere I can source it from and I get a filtration system setup.
@@TheZXGuy are you on our veggy facebook group?
facebook.com/groups/515124825178995/?ref=share
I do mix my biodiesel down to 50:50 with settled veg oil, and at least as far as VW 1.9Tdi ALH engine is concerned, it seems to run very, very good. Not so good on straight diesel.
I have the same issue with my cantia. When its on reserve i can still drive 90 miles
Hot tip, fill your tank with veg oil and put a cup of super unleaded petrol in as a mix and it will run better than on diesel and starts perfect, if your doing it in a car with rotary injection pump put the petrol in as a 50/1 two-stroke mix. Then you will never want to go back to diesel again. ever.
Do you still have this car Since when did you start running on the veg oil As I pissed of with the prices going up I got a DCI 1.5 renault I think I will go 50 - 50 I have hear that running on it it may wear the seals But what seals they were talking about ?? Thx for the job
Probably seals on injection pump
I using 100% rapseed oil and my car drives perfect maybe better than with diesel
I found it did seam to run better on veg oil better than diesel it was just a real pain to get it into the tank for not very much of a saving.
@@TheZXGuy do one hole on top of the tin.
Common rail ?
Fresh filtered oil will do fine mixed with diesel.
More people should buy older cars. 1 it's better for the environment and 2 if you have a diesel that can run on SVO or WVO the you'd save even more money.
How do you know if you have a mechanical diesel engine?
What kind of car do you have i help you out
@@thomasofficial1981 Hi, I have a Mercedes c class, 2007
Hi. They got CDI engines do not put more than 10% for a full tank. Try to get older engines and they will run better and more healty beacuse dont have high pressureized systems.
I buy today for my self 1.9 SDI VW i run on 100% used veggie so basically i drive free 😁👌
@@thomasofficial1981 ok, thanks for your help.
Just don't speed it's better that way.
Drive normal.