janesnotjones
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Hi All,
I'm new to all this, but interested by the possibility of running my tdi on alternative fuels. I've been trawling the net for answers, and the information I've seen is very mixed. Some say i can just put neat clean vegtable oil into my tank, some say i should make it into biodiesel. I've also heard that I can mix neat veg oil with regular diesel, at a ratio of 70/30 to 50/50. As well as all this, i've seen that I can thin veg oil with white spirit and pop that in.
Really, all i want to do is get from A to B for a bit cheaper, so don't really fancy any massive conversions or turning my garage into a chemical processing plant.
You can see that i've seen a lot of different options for alternative fuel, but it's hard to know which one to trust.
My car is fairly old, it cost me less than a grand, so I'm not desperately worried about the very long term damage, as it's already on 160k, although, obviously I don't want to hurt my car/wallet where it can be avoided.
Any advice welcome.
Many thanks.
Chris.
I'm new to all this, but interested by the possibility of running my tdi on alternative fuels. I've been trawling the net for answers, and the information I've seen is very mixed. Some say i can just put neat clean vegtable oil into my tank, some say i should make it into biodiesel. I've also heard that I can mix neat veg oil with regular diesel, at a ratio of 70/30 to 50/50. As well as all this, i've seen that I can thin veg oil with white spirit and pop that in.
Really, all i want to do is get from A to B for a bit cheaper, so don't really fancy any massive conversions or turning my garage into a chemical processing plant.
You can see that i've seen a lot of different options for alternative fuel, but it's hard to know which one to trust.
My car is fairly old, it cost me less than a grand, so I'm not desperately worried about the very long term damage, as it's already on 160k, although, obviously I don't want to hurt my car/wallet where it can be avoided.
Any advice welcome.
Many thanks.
Chris.