i was told that if you yse it you need used oil and have to mix it with a solvent after filtering it,but he uses new oil bought in bulk puts £5 worth of diesel into his car and then tops it up with the new oil. he says he has been doing it for 3yrs and never had a problem,but is this method ok to do. i was also led to believe that you had to pay the chancellor £xxx amount of money for the tax (as your using free used oil) but he says as he is paying for the oil (a lot cheaper than diesel he says) he doesnt have to pay anything to the goverment. is he true on both accounts or has he been missled????
2006-11-11 04:52:40 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
It may be chip oil - but he HAS to pay fuel duty (ie. TAX) on it.
It's not the fuel that is used - but the purpose it is put to.
eg. 'Heavy Oil / Kerosene' used for heating systems IS diesel, but it's not taxed as much as vehicle fuel.
If Customs & Excise catch up with him he's looking at a BIG fine & possible siezure of his car.
2006-11-11 07:59:56 · answer #1 · answered by creviazuk 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
it doesn't work in all diesel engines.German(vw bmw) are the best for it, as they have been using a high % bio fuel for a long time (instead of pure diesel oil)on top of this cars before the year 2001 are also better.the way diesel is pumped into the engine on newer models(to make them more efficient / powerful) is different. it causes 'waxing ' ultimately after timethis will make the engine pack up (at worst litterally blow).if you wanna try it on your vehicle first try a mix of 10% veg - 90% diesel. if it runs fine try higher % - 50 % is a good mix.
on the legal front if you are caught doing it (police tank dipping- or a copper notices you smell like a chip shop !!) then you get @£1000 fine.you can easily save this in a year. !! - you can do it legally by paying the duty on the 'fuel' you are using- this has the fortunate prospect that you fill the form in on the previous tax year-- a possible get out of fine if you have applied for the relative tax form.
the prospect of using veg oil isn't so ridiculous if you consider the diesel engine was designed to be run on peanut oil for the british colonies.-- it has got to be an enviromental way forward from the present fuel situatio (at least the oil has come from a plant that has converted co2 back to o2 )
2006-11-11 05:10:10 · answer #2 · answered by bob 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They did a bite approximately this on Mythbusters. because it seems, ALL diesel engines will run on used veggie oil with out exchange, offered you utilize between a million/8 and a million/4 (finished quantity) of diesel. They succesfully ran 10 distinctive diesel engined autos utilizing this combination, with out capability loss.
2016-10-21 22:03:09 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It can be done in warm weather but has to be filtered and preheated. The vehicle wont start very good on pure oil,I start it on diesel fuel than after warm-up switch it over to warmed filtered oil. Or it has to be distilled with lye to be used like reg. diesel. When it burns it smells like french fries.Used motor oil can be used the same way
2006-11-11 05:24:43 · answer #4 · answered by Old man wrench 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Duty is payable on all road vehicle fuel, obviously on vegetable oil the duty is not pre-paid at source as it is on standard road diesel, but I believe the duty due is currently around 45p/litre. Local R&C office will be able to confirm and provide the paperwork. I have read of prosecutions for violations.
2006-11-11 05:13:23 · answer #5 · answered by Sangmo 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You can run a diesel on oil with no problems (when Diesel first exhibited his engine he used peanut oil, if I remember correctly) but most car manufacturers will say this invalidates any warranties.
He is still liable for duty though, but it still works out cheaper.
I remember reading a while back that some supermarket company had it's fleet of lorries converted to run on old chip fat.
2006-11-11 05:04:41 · answer #6 · answered by Blathers 3 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Bio diesel is becoming very popular sounds like this is some sort of diy biodiesel bet everyone stuck in traffic behind him is starving with the smell of the chipshop
2006-11-11 05:54:30 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
its called bio diesel
and yes the guy up above was right that the first diesel engine was built and designed to run on penut oil
2006-11-11 08:26:59 · answer #8 · answered by hillbilly271 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If it works its ok, but is veg oil cheaper than diesel, and how does it affect the MPG?
2006-11-11 05:06:17 · answer #9 · answered by David H 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
hi ya i been doing it years with an old van 50/50 in the winter 100% in the summer. dont do it on anything new (common rail), you will ruin the pump and that will cost a lot more than you are saving
2006-11-11 08:25:55 · answer #10 · answered by TIM P 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋