Step 1 of running my diesel for nearly nothing

you should make yourself a centrifuge and spin down the particals, that would speed up the process and take the strain off the filters :)
 
I've not found a centrifuge that can spin up 20l of oil at a time, filtering might not be that quick, but i can set it running and leave it alone for a couple of hours at a time.
 
I'm shocked you're actually paying tax on it. I hope you're declearing that you are only producing a small amount of oil, because that tax rate is daylight robbery.
 
Did you have to heat the oil in the fuel line/tank or is its viscosity high enough for the pump to handle?
 
AmaTeX said:
Did you have to heat the oil in the fuel line/tank or is its viscosity high enough for the pump to handle?
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I've got a bosch fuel pump which means i don't need to heat anything. If you've got a Lucas/Cav/Rotodiesel pump, you'll need to heat the fuel, run a twintank system or run biodiesel.
 
50/50 said:
I'm shocked you're actually paying tax on it. I hope you're declearing that you are only producing a small amount of oil, because that tax rate is daylight robbery.
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I'd rather pay the Duty than have Customs impound my van and fine the carp out of me for Duty evasion.
 
How many miles a year do you do then? will it effect the residual value of the van?

Its a very interesting project mate, you should write a proper blog or webpage so others can follow your lead :)
 
Georgew said:
will modern commonrail diesels run on this?
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You'd need to run on biodiesel in a commonrail engine, the engine management systems and sensors go all to pot on veg oil.
 
Makes you wonder why diesel costs so much then. If your a registered fuel producer then why cant someone do it on a large scale and cut prices from what they are now.

You know a friendly chippie I take it
 
All looks like good stuff. I'm sure your probably sick of all the questions but i'll add mine anyway :p What kind of fuel economy are you going to be seeing compared to derv as it would have to be identical to be able to simply compare cost/l?
 
lordrobs said:
All looks like good stuff. I'm sure your probably sick of all the questions but i'll add mine anyway :p What kind of fuel economy are you going to be seeing compared to derv as it would have to be identical to be able to simply compare cost/l?
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I get the same mpg as pump diesel, and if anything it runs a bit smoother too (bit hard to be 100% sure on such a refined vehicle though :))
 
geiger said:
Makes you wonder why diesel costs so much then. If your a registered fuel producer then why cant someone do it on a large scale and cut prices from what they are now.

You know a friendly chippie I take it
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If i ramp up production i have to get a waste handling certificate from the Enviroment Agency, and also another certificate for producing a chemical compound with oxygen content. (hsitloads more paperwork and expenditure basically, but i'll consider it if this stuff becomes popular)
 
pinkaardvark said:
So if you used standard unused vegoil say in purchased in 20L Barrels for a pound from Lidl's you could effectively just pour it straigh in?
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Lidl do 1l bottles for 43p, lots of fiddling around to fill your tank.

IF (and i mean IF) you have a strong fuel pump, yes, you can pour it straight into your tank and drive off. if you have any other sort of pump, you will sheer the pump rotor the first time you have a cold morning start.

And if you buy the oil off the shelf, be sure to keep your recipts so you can be sure how much to declare for Duty payments. I kid you not, Customs are the last people you want to take a keen interest in you.
 
Oh, and i've just discovered that the water pump has packed up too. Loks like i'm offto Machine Mart tomorow to get a decent one!
 
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