e-mail back from Skoda Re the bioderv woot

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well as some of you may know i've been looking into fueling the octavias on bioderv mainly due to it being silly amounts cheaper than real diesel,


anyways this is the reply i got from Skoda



Dear Mr Finlayson





Thank you for your e-mail regarding the recommended mix of Biodiesel for your Škoda Octavia TDI.



I have investigated the specification of your vehicle and I am pleased to advise the following:
For Škoda Octavia A4 models built before June 2006 (such as your vehicle), Biodiesel conforming to EN14214 can be mixed in any desired ratio with the standard EN590 diesel fuel referred to in your Owner's Manual. I can confirm that the use of 100% Biodiesel is not recommended for your particular model.
If you have any further enquiries please do not hesitate to contact me. Alternatively you can contact your local retailer, detailed below, who will be happy to assist you:

Henrys (North)
151 Kyle Street
Glasgow
G4 0JG
Telephone: 0141 552 9000

Kind Regards

Sarah Hanson
Škoda UK Customer Services
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now they say i can use any mixture but not 100% or am i reading this wrong?

but fair play to them for at least getting back to me in a timely fashion
 
Biodiesel conforming to EN14214 can be mixed in any desired ratio with the standard EN590 diesel fuel
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This means genuine biodiesel which is barley cheaper than diesel - not the stuff you make at home with chipfat. Which will attract tax in the quantities you use it anyway.
 
[TW]Fox;11433839 said:
This means genuine biodiesel which is barley cheaper than diesel - not the stuff you make at home with chipfat. Which will attract tax in the quantities you use it anyway.
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It's 30p per litre cheaper here - I'd hardly call that "barely".

No manufacturer seems to want to recommend running on 100% bio, but older deisels seem to manage perfectly well. In the winter i always put about £10 worth of normal in to thin it down a bit to get around the cold start issues (daft as it sounds i was thinking of putting a squirt of petrol in but didn't have the guts to try - it works with chip fat so i don't see why it shouldn't), but having spoken to the bloke at the bio diesel place it's more to do with flash points than viscosity. Bio flashes about 10 degrees hotter than fossil, so it might be a case of new glowplugs.
 
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[TW]Fox;11433839 said:
This means genuine biodiesel which is barley cheaper than diesel - not the stuff you make at home with chipfat. Which will attract tax in the quantities you use it anyway.
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Umm, what do you think "genuine" biodiesel is made from?
 
While biofuels are just an all round terrible idea, 30p a litre cheaper is quite amazing (is this at the pump fuel or is the 30p a litre stuff DIY fuel?)
 
That'll be a good at the pump price, most are getting up around the 90p/l mark.

Homebrew stuff is saving you more like 70p/l
 
price at local supplier for the bio derv out the pum pis 83
.9p/l considering derv is 112.9 here at cheapest you can see why i'm such a happy chappy with an evergrowing fleet of mile munching taxis the fuel bills are starting to go sky high,

worked out even running a 60% mix of bio derv/normal fuel will save me nigh on a tenner everyime we tank up, multiply that over multiple cars and multiple tanks of fuel a week it works out to be a rather bloody big saving
 
wow thats a cracking price. Since its over the pump I assume it conforms to the required standards and thus you can use 100% mix? Is there any warning signage around the pump saying "only use if approved etc etc"?
 
yeah conforms to the appropriate e14 something or other standard but seemingly according to the bio derv blokey i should change the fuel filter afet a thousand miles and then again after another 1000 miles as the bioderv will drag all the crap out


and in case anyones wondering its a company called apple fuels in Dalmarnock


seem to be rather nice chaps that run it too
 
Psycrow said:
Nice, keep it to yourself though or we wont have any food left ;)
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lol definitaly


keep it from the missus and all those savings on the fuel bills can get sunk into my E30 :) :) :)


hmmm wonder how long it would take me to bank enoough for a 3.2 conversion :)


either that or put the savings towards fuelling the LCR i feel a LPG conversion coming on Poxy 24.5 mpg average
 
Psycrow said:
No you bought the LCR knowing fine well, you made your bed now don't wuss out by LPGing it :P
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i'm used to 50 mpg the LCR scares me,


sit at 70mph you get 20-21mpg

sit at 130 you get 25-26 mpg :)


she likes being thrashed i'd hate to try doing a constant 55-60
 
Foxtrot26 said:
i'm used to 50 mpg the LCR scares me,


sit at 70mph you get 20-21mpg

sit at 130 you get 25-26 mpg :)


she likes being thrashed i'd hate to try doing a constant 55-60
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Must be the way the turbo is. Does it have 6 gears? 70mph must be off boost. Drive around in 5th instead at 70mph.
 
Psycrow said:
While biofuels are just an all round terrible idea, 30p a litre cheaper is quite amazing (is this at the pump fuel or is the 30p a litre stuff DIY fuel?)
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Why?

Rudolf Diesel's first engine ran on peanut oil. It was only later that they decided to use a Petrol by-product and called it diesel.

If an engine can run on it perfectly well and it's cheaper whats so teriible about using it?
 
The Edge said:
Why?

Rudolf Diesel's first engine ran on peanut oil. It was only later that they decided to use a Petrol by-product and called it diesel.

If an engine can run on it perfectly well and it's cheaper whats so teriible about using it?
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Mainly that it takes a huge amount of growing space to grow crops to produce commercial bio-diesel in anything approaching significant quantities.
 
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