Want to save money on diesel fuel???
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This all may sound a bit fantastic to people who distrust other people that exploit the status quo.
Have run 2 citroen diesels for 7 years and have paid around 8 pounds less for my fuel every time I fill up. How?
When I fill up, from empty, a proportion of the fuel I put in the tank is vegetable oil bought from Tescos. The ratio is 33% vegetable oil, 66% diesel fuel. Tesco sell v/oil - 10 litres for 8 pounds. That is 80p a litre. In general I divide it up into 15 litres of v/oil and 30 litres of diesel. (33% and 66%).
This means that 15 litres of v/oil have cost me 12 pounds. If you multiply the current price of 15 litres of diesel fuel by 135.5, this is 20.32, therefore saving me 8.32. EVERY TIME I FILL UP.
The catch?. There aren't any. It IS legal. I have NEVER done anything to the cars, no adjustments, no tweaking of anything, it does NOT smell of chips or anything at all. It does NOT smoke. I do around 8000 miles a year and other than changing the fuel filter every year, I have not done a thing to any of the mechanical parts. I DO drive sedately everywhere I go, so nothing is ever over-stressed. This fuel saving mod has NO effect whatsoever on fuel consumption. The car runs exactly the same as one not using v/oil. I do run the car for a week on diesel only before an MOT to ensure the correct emissions.
No doubt I will get know-alls telling me various horror stories regarding what I'm doing, but saving around 100 or so pounds on my fuel bill every year remains appealing, and 8 years of doing it has proved economical. Using ex-chip shop oil and all that filtering and mess didn't appeal to me.
I also get between 65 and 75 MPG consistently owing to my considerate, (for the car), driving.
Have run 2 citroen diesels for 7 years and have paid around 8 pounds less for my fuel every time I fill up. How?
When I fill up, from empty, a proportion of the fuel I put in the tank is vegetable oil bought from Tescos. The ratio is 33% vegetable oil, 66% diesel fuel. Tesco sell v/oil - 10 litres for 8 pounds. That is 80p a litre. In general I divide it up into 15 litres of v/oil and 30 litres of diesel. (33% and 66%).
This means that 15 litres of v/oil have cost me 12 pounds. If you multiply the current price of 15 litres of diesel fuel by 135.5, this is 20.32, therefore saving me 8.32. EVERY TIME I FILL UP.
The catch?. There aren't any. It IS legal. I have NEVER done anything to the cars, no adjustments, no tweaking of anything, it does NOT smell of chips or anything at all. It does NOT smoke. I do around 8000 miles a year and other than changing the fuel filter every year, I have not done a thing to any of the mechanical parts. I DO drive sedately everywhere I go, so nothing is ever over-stressed. This fuel saving mod has NO effect whatsoever on fuel consumption. The car runs exactly the same as one not using v/oil. I do run the car for a week on diesel only before an MOT to ensure the correct emissions.
No doubt I will get know-alls telling me various horror stories regarding what I'm doing, but saving around 100 or so pounds on my fuel bill every year remains appealing, and 8 years of doing it has proved economical. Using ex-chip shop oil and all that filtering and mess didn't appeal to me.
I also get between 65 and 75 MPG consistently owing to my considerate, (for the car), driving.
Hainey said:
How is 2001? House price going up? Loving that nice Mr Blair?
Don't exaggerate, it happened in 2003 so he's only 11 years behind...http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2003/jan/20/oil.busi...
that was 6 years ago
So at £8 per tank over a year travelling 8,000 miles p.a., assuming you would use 16 tanks of fuel per year, you save approx £130 per annum. Fuel filters ordinarily wouldn't need changing every 8k so assuming you also do that yourself then that's £30-40 depending on where you get your filters, plus the hassle of changing it.
Is it really worth it to save £10 a month? You could ask your boss for £10 payrise and he'll probably say yes.
Is it really worth it to save £10 a month? You could ask your boss for £10 payrise and he'll probably say yes.
Crafty_ said:
My memory on this is a bit vague but aren't you meant to declare the use of the oil as fuel and pay duty on it ?
No-one does of course.
IIRC, you only declare after using 3500 litres per year, below that, they don't care.No-one does of course.
Edited by backwoodsman on Friday 26th September 21:18
.My bro runs 100% veg oil in summer and gets it cheap from Cosco in his Toyota Hilux Surf. Believe in winter it's more like 70% veg 30% diesel as it thickens up too much due to cold weather. He's done road trips to Europe without issue so seems to be fine.
I have followed him whilst running it and it smells like burning candles/fish and chip shop.
I have followed him whilst running it and it smells like burning candles/fish and chip shop.
Edited by itz_baseline on Friday 26th September 21:27
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