Alternative to petrol?

[anonymous-user]

There has been much talk on here of bio diesel and cars running on veg oil!

But what about petrol! Is there any fuels that a normal petrol engine could easily run on, maybe slight mods would be needed, or is it only LPG that can be used?

[sherman]

Nitromethane . What top fuel dragsters run on.

[FourWheelDrift]

Ethanol? Methanol?

[funwithrevs]

Ethanol.

Usually diluted with petrol to stop people drinking it.

[Super Slo Mo]

Ethanol?

[Mattt]

Has anyone mentioned Ethanol yet?

[anonymous-user]

Where does one buy a barrel of cheap ethanol!

Forget to mention 'cheaper' alternative!

Edited by MonkeyMatt on Wednesday 31st March 13:36

[The Wookie]

Ethanol is probably the easiest to get hold of

Methanol makes the most sense if you want to be 'green'

[The Wookie]

MonkeyMatt said:

Where does one buy a barrel of cheap ethanol!

Forget to mention 'cheaper' alternative!

Edited by MonkeyMatt on Wednesday 31st March 13:36

You can already buy E85 from certain petrol stations... at the moment our local one is about 85p a litre.

Worth pointing out that, unlike veg oil, unless your car is specifically designed for it you can't just chuck it in and hope for the best. It will corrode seals in fuel lines, amongst other things

[MrLou]

The Wookie said:

Worth pointing out that, unlike veg oil, unless your car is specifically designed for it you can't just chuck it in and hope for the best. It will corrode seals in fuel lines, amongst other things

Look for vehicles branded 'dual-fuel' or similar.

[John MacK]

The Wookie said:

Worth pointing out that, unlike veg oil, unless your car is specifically designed for it you can't just chuck it in and hope for the best. It will corrode seals in fuel lines, amongst other things

You can't just chuck veg oil into a diesel and hope for the best either. It depends on the pump, injectors and other stuff too as to whether it will work and at what concentration.

Just pointing it out, not implying that you meant it could be.