what to add to diesel

[hotrod59]

Hi all,
I run an old (92) 2.5 none turbo diesel fiat.I would like to add some other oil to the diesel,as it has no managment system in the injection which is the easy one to go for.
thank.
Rod

[stevieturbo]

any reason why you would want to do such a strange thing ?

[Steve_D]

You could add Castrol R and pretend it's a 2-stroke.

Not helping am I.

Steve

[350Matt]

I presume you're talking about running the car on veg oil?

Rapeseed oil and corn oil seem to be the favourites for this I'm very reliably informed that providing you've got a Bosch pump on it and don't go too mad with the percentage ( is no more than 50 /50 with diesel) it will run just fine

Sad thing is tho veg oil prices these days mean you'll only save about 10p / litre over diesel

Matt

[hotrod59]

Ai' all,
Veg oil, the guy i got it from said he added stuff in the summer but i wasn't sure how it was introduced to the diesel.
hotrod59

[ssray]

ONLY if you have a bosch pump chuck it in before you fill up with diesel,it will mix and you will stink the town out everywere you go.
Ray

[BB-Q]

I ran my Sunny on it before prices got stupid. In summer it ran best on 70% oil, but ran just fine on it neat too. I now run on bio diesel as there's a manufacturer a couple of miles down the road from me @ 1.05ppl.

As said above, with anything that's not a Lucas pump you should be fine, although on a 50/50 mix starting @ 3 degrees above freezing gave a horribly lumpy idle for 30 seconds or so. Little bit of throttle got the fuel pulled through quick enough.

The car always runs quieter and smoother on veg oil mix than it does on straight diesel.