Anyone know if you can use fresh vegetable oil? - Page 8

93fxdl · 11-07-2007, 03:11 PM

went to get some more veg today but stopped when i saw the price!!!!!!! no more veg for me its as pricey as diesel so unless there is a change in the difference i shant be bothering with it apart from chucking the odd litre in to act as a lubricant for the pumps
ttfn glenn

anr72 · 11-12-2007, 05:07 PM

going to give vege a go on my 2001 2.9td. need to know the mix, can anyone help

Andyjwb · 12-11-2007, 12:58 PM

Having run the Audi engines on SVO for some time I was after a little reasurance that the Sedona L is fine as well. Its hitting the pocket a little as the previous car averaged 55 mpg. Having read your bits looks like I will try!
Thanks

93fxdl · 12-17-2007, 02:03 PM

i wouldnt advise running a common rail diesel on svo without the fuel system being modified as it is quite a bit thicker than diesel some engines will run svo with no modifications but these tend to be older style injection systems, a firm called elsbet (i think the spelling is correct?)do conversions but they are quite pricey
as for the td sedonas i dont know which model of pump they use as the make and model of pump affects the suitability and reliability of running veggie
ttfn glenn

Fear345 · 01-02-2008, 08:27 AM

Ive been running my 2003 sedona 2.9 crdi on bio-diesel for a few months now and the only problem i had was having to change the fuel filter after about 300 miles but i was expecting that, Then on monday this week i decided to try a mix of pure rapesees oil and diesel roughly a 50/50 mix came to start the car this morning and it wouldnt start

at the moment im charging my battery after running it flat trying to start the car, i hope the pump hasn't failed after reading some horror on the price to fix it.

93fxdl · 01-02-2008, 09:13 AM

svo is thicker than diesel so is harder to pump in cold weather as we have at the moment
but even though i am not running veg at the moment the other day mine wouldnt start so i put the jump leads on and it still wouldnt fire so then i boiled up a kettle and poured it over the intercooler to warm up the air going into the engine and it fired straight up
so since you have imo quite a strong mix of veg i would suggest boiling water over the filter, fuel rail and intake or whilst the battery is charging put a fan heater or even a hair dryer set up to blow into the engine bay to warm things up
ttfn glenn

Fear345 · 01-02-2008, 09:26 AM

Thanks for that mate i'll give it a go

, i think i'll go for the boiling water trick actually sounds the quicker way of getting it warmed up, if i get it running i'll syphon some of the fuel and add more diesel and put some white spirts in also.

Fear345 · 01-02-2008, 10:29 AM

Your a star mate,i poured boiling water over it all like you said and primed the filter and it fired up in about 20 secs

93fxdl · 01-04-2008, 08:03 AM

well have just added another batch as the price difference has widened again and also this may be just immagination but a mix seems to return better economy, other than that the car is running fine (fingers crossed) which is good as have a 1000 mile trip coming up
fully laden with wife 3 kids and the dumb dog and all of them like having their own seat except the dog which wants two
ttfn glenn

93fxdl · 01-13-2008, 12:54 PM

well here we are back 1300 miles later with no dramas to report with running a veg mix except a blocked filter which only became apparent as we hit the motorway car was running fine but performance was restricted ie 65mph up hills and if i pushed it the engine management light would come on and if i didnt back off the car would lose power untill i backed off
changed filter and normal service was resumed
ttfn glenn