Diesel Fuel

**harrisvh** · 09-25-2011, 07:37 AM

I used to have a couple cars with bosch pumps i ran on vegetable oil. First one was when vegetable oil sold at supermarkets as a loss leader at £0.09 pl but then everyone did it so price if thats gone up to £1.00 pl second one i filtered the oil from the school canteen through a shirt arm. Made a heck of a mess but saved loads of money when i needed it. But now... sigh all this healthy eating stuff going on atm and schools here use only a fraction of the oil they used to. Now they tell me 'cos the sausages and burgers are not deep fried and they are baked instead they are now healthy... So not much changed apart from me getting 100l pm down to 20

so now i'm back to regular diesel paying £1.40 pl ($8.19 per gallon)

**gustavus** · 09-25-2011, 07:49 AM

Originally Posted by harrisvh

I used to have a couple cars with bosch pumps i ran on vegetable oil. First one was when vegetable oil sold at supermarkets as a loss leader at £0.09 pl but then everyone did it so price if thats gone up to £1.00 pl second one i filtered the oil from the school canteen through a shirt arm. Made a heck of a mess but saved loads of money when i needed it. But now... sigh all this healthy eating stuff going on atm and schools here use only a fraction of the oil they used to. Now they tell me 'cos the sausages and burgers are not deep fried and they are baked instead they are now healthy... So not much changed apart from me getting 100l pm down to 20

so now i'm back to regular diesel paying £1.40 pl ($8.19 per gallon)

My Mitsubishi Pajero right hand drive , I ran it on filtered waste vegetable oil straight from the deep fryer. After sitting the winter the oil remaining in the fuel system coagulated into a white jell. Another winter project, pull he injection pump and injectors to clean the gunk out.

I have the pressure pump to test and adjust injectors, so it's not going to be much of a problem to get her running like a swiss clock again. I love that little SUV.

There's not much room under the hood, you will notice the extra large filter hanging off the front bumper.