Cooking oil converted into diesel

[kidley]

i filled up with diesel at £135.? Morrisons Rotherham

[cleanup]

That'll cost a bit!!!

 

good job my fuel only cost's me around 16p per litre......and after 45000mls so far only the clutch slave cylinder packed up.

 

But listening to the bio sceptics apparantly the bio will have caused that to fail!!

 

were you getting it from 16p a litre tell me please please

[Shroob]

Hello all,

 

I was wondering if anyone makes their own biodiesel? Has anyone got any advice on the different methods, chemicals etc.

 

Where did you find the equipment needed and how much can you do yourself?

 

Thanks

[endevour]

If you log onto bio diesel uk website , a company based near meadowhall the process seems pretty long and you get variations of bio-diesel.

Personally I would not use bio diesel because the cost savings against ordinary diesel are minimal if you take into account the number of time you have to change the fuel filter in a very short spate of time in order to allow the engine to adjust to the new fuel.

[Shogun]

Hello all,

 

I was wondering if anyone makes their own biodiesel? Has anyone got any advice on the different methods, chemicals etc.

 

Where did you find the equipment needed and how much can you do yourself?

 

Thanks

I'm not sure about making it I run my vans on all sorts of things Bio cooking oil any thing will do, just try not use old cooking oil,its got all sorts of bits and pieces in it you have to filter it loads of times and it can clog your filters up,don't worry about filters though they are quite cheap,that stuff the Asians use in there cooking is good to use,I think they call it gee or something,comes in big tins,I sometimes mix a bit of normal diesel with it to give it a bit of boost in it,not sure about some of the modern diesel cars,my van is an escort and I also have a shogun both run happily on cooking oils and bio fuels,there is a place on the industrial estate off newall road that sell bio fuels, but they keep putting the price up,if you have a diesel and you are having trouble with the emissions just put a new filter in and fill with bio fuels and it dos not register on the analyzer at all.

[jimmy62alan]

If you are going to use waste cooking oil please do your research first, if you just filter it through an old sock or something that won't do. The best way to do it to use a thinning agent to thin it out then to high pressure filter it and you will get a very good filtered fuel from that but it still must be mixed with diesel. You should also research the amount a person can store legally for personal use, if you are found storing more that this you can get penalties for the storage of waste from the environmental nice people.

Cheers ALAN

PS and no i wont give out MY full formula, ITS MINE

[Eric_Collins]

I looked into this for my 05 golf. The more modern engines are a little more , well little less robust from what I gather. If I was to run biofuels then it would involve a new filter and seal and a % bio to non bio mix when filling up which I think is 50/50 mix.

 

I did drop £10 of fuel at morrisons over the weekend and that is off the shelf 7% bio.

[RootsBooster]

I'm not sure about making it I run my vans on all sorts of things Bio cooking oil any thing will do, just try not use old cooking oil,its got all sorts of bits and pieces in it you have to filter it loads of times and it can clog your filters up,don't worry about filters though they are quite cheap,that stuff the Asians use in there cooking is good to use,I think they call it gee or something,comes in big tins,I sometimes mix a bit of normal diesel with it to give it a bit of boost in it,not sure about some of the modern diesel cars,my van is an escort and I also have a shogun both run happily on cooking oils and bio fuels,there is a place on the industrial estate off newall road that sell bio fuels, but they keep putting the price up,if you have a diesel and you are having trouble with the emissions just put a new filter in and fill with bio fuels and it dos not register on the analyzer at all.

 

It depends on what engine you have. Fuel filters for some modern diesel engines can cost between £30 - £40 just for the part.

If you're going to use bio in a high pressure common-rail engine, best not to just make your own fuel. Get some professional advice on what's best for your particular engine.

[Shogun]

I looked into this for my 05 golf. The more modern engines are a little more , well little less robust from what I gather. If I was to run biofuels then it would involve a new filter and seal and a % bio to non bio mix when filling up which I think is 50/50 mix.

 

I did drop £10 of fuel at morrisons over the weekend and that is off the shelf 7% bio.

Your right some of the modern diesels will not run on cooking oil or any thing older Peugeot will run OK, older transits and Mitsubishi's seem to run happily on it,mixing a bit of diesel in the cold weather helps them to start up better in the winter mornings.

[Mecky]

I rather suspect it would have to be state managed and would surely break several laws if it wasn't monitored, otherwise it would not be permitted. It would also probably result in higher petrol prices as the supplier try to recover the cost of their SLA.