veg oil,

rustyarches · Post by **rustyarches** » Wed Apr 11, 2012 10:34 am

if u have a td cav and want cheap oil u can go on line with makro and its £19 for 20 liters,

bigmitch · Post by **bigmitch** » Wed Apr 11, 2012 10:36 am

rustyarches wrote:if u have a td cav and want cheap oil u can go on line with makro and its £19 for 20 liters,

would this work with my old mans dti omego or just the older td engine ?

gsi pie · Post by **gsi pie** » Wed Apr 11, 2012 11:33 am

dont think it works on the newer dti lumps

more for the older derv engines etc i think

bigmitch · Post by **bigmitch** » Wed Apr 11, 2012 11:38 am

gsi pie wrote:dont think it works on the newer dti lumps

more for the older derv engines etc i think

Damm

rustyarches · Post by **rustyarches** » Wed Apr 11, 2012 12:25 pm

only for the older engines

vauxhallnutter · Post by **vauxhallnutter** » Wed Apr 11, 2012 2:13 pm

rustyarches wrote:only for the older engines

The vaux's that will run on it are

Astra / cav / nova with the 1.5 or 1.7 tds isuzu lump

Frontera 2.8 tds

The above need no mods to run on it however it is recomended that you fit a heat exchanger.

DiplomaXE · Post by **DiplomaXE** » Wed Apr 11, 2012 6:48 pm

and the very earliest vectras with the same isuzu engine.

i had an N reg one for a bit a couple of years ago. straight veg oil from makro wasnt a problemo, when they werent sold out that is!, used to run 50/50, sometimes 100% oil with a bit of petrol in it.
it died once in the very cold weather. what i think happened is the fuel line from the rear was very thick with too higher a % of veg oil and the oil in the pump was more protected. it got 2 miles from a freezing cold start and died going up a hill. i waited a bit and with lots of cranking it went again. I then learnt not to go too nuts with the oil, and actually mix it with say 25% normal diesel. did filter some chinky takeaway oil and use that and the smell when u came up to a junction with the window open was awesome, funnily enough it made me want sweet and sour balls and lots of chips....

VauxhallGirl · Post by **VauxhallGirl** » Fri Apr 20, 2012 10:42 pm

I bought a load from our 99p shop when the panic buying of fuel was going on recently....worked out £4.95 a gallon....mixed it in with 75% diesel. Runs fine.

I didn't realise the early Vectras had Isuzu engines in them...are they rare now? Always fancied an early Vectra in green.

vauxhallnutter · Post by **vauxhallnutter** » Sat Apr 21, 2012 6:08 am

rustyarches wrote:if u have a td cav and want cheap oil u can go on line with makro and its £19 for 20 liters,

Tried that but it looks like you need a card which you can only get if your in the trade.

DiplomaXE · Post by **DiplomaXE** » Sat Apr 21, 2012 9:32 am

VauxhallGirl wrote:I bought a load from our 99p shop when the panic buying of fuel was going on recently....worked out £4.95 a gallon....mixed it in with 75% diesel. Runs fine.

I didn't realise the early Vectras had Isuzu engines in them...are they rare now? Always fancied an early Vectra in green.

yeah, mine was N reg and a hatch in Kings Blue, 60ish K miles. was an ok car but utterly dull with less character compared to a cavalier. it served it's purpose across a winter but I dare say as it was doing 52mpg av and the fact it takes some recycled takeaway oil and the Makro special stuff, I should have kept it.

The way to go I believe is a switch over system with an oil only tank in the spare wheel well, start on thinner diesel, switch over to oil when warm, coolant heated filter head for the oil etc etc.

I ought to look for a decent cdx cav saloon I suppose and lose the 1.6 auto L. My colleague is commuting a plenty in his cav TD and it's doing 800+ to the tank.

VauxhallGirl · Post by **VauxhallGirl** » Sat Apr 21, 2012 1:02 pm

800+ to the tank??? That's bl**dy brilliant! Think I can only get 500 at the most!

DiplomaXE · Post by **DiplomaXE** » Sat Apr 21, 2012 5:36 pm

VauxhallGirl wrote:800+ to the tank??? That's bl**dy brilliant! Think I can only get 500 at the most!

yeah, thats what i thought too!

my 2.0 8V used to do quite well, say 450 to the tank when i used to just commute, no running around, but geezer at work is averaging about 63 mpg he said, its all in his economy spread sheet (he's a bit like that) It showed 805 to the best tank...
he never goes over 65 he said.
i did ask if that was in 2nd....., but mine has got 100hp more than his oil muncher.

Super89 · Post by **Super89** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 7:37 pm

Been running my Cav 1.7TD on nearly 100% veg oil since last aug. done about 10k miles so far.. Makro is near me is priced at around £17 to £20 for 20L. Was £18.73 the other day, Got 40L for £37.46 love IT!

Also them Omega B with 2.5TD run well on Veg oil.. thinik its the same engine as the BMW 325TDS?

Squig · Post by **Squig** » Mon Apr 23, 2012 9:02 pm

For those running long term on veg oil would you please report on any issue you have, if any. All the info available seems biased in one light or another with little long term info.
The reason I ask is because at "work" we have a long running discussion with the obvious pro's and con's being rehashed over and over, and I'd like to see how people get on and at what milages.
The usual condemning argument is rubber seals perishing/degrading causing an expensive bill negating the whole point of running the cheaper fuel, and something about a bacterial "infection" within the bowels of the engine (but that's not something that anyone I know has seen).
Cheers

vauxhallnutter · Post by **vauxhallnutter** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 7:29 am

Super89 wrote:Been running my Cav 1.7TD on nearly 100% veg oil since last aug. done about 10k miles so far.. Makro is near me is priced at around £17 to £20 for 20L. Was £18.73 the other day, Got 40L for £37.46 love IT!

Also them Omega B with 2.5TD run well on Veg oil.. thinik its the same engine as the BMW 325TDS?

Yep omega 2.5 derv will run on it but there is a mod that needs to be made tho to do with the lift pump. The 2.8 in the frontera will run on it straight away.

I have heard that makro is cheap for veggie oil but dont you need to be in the trade to get a card to shop there?

Super89 · Post by **Super89** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 9:21 am

Yeah, You do have to be in the trade or know a friend with one

vauxhallnutter · Post by **vauxhallnutter** » Fri May 18, 2012 7:28 am

Tescos are doing 10 litres of sunflower oil for a tenner which makes it 50p a litre cheaper than derv!

VauxhallGirl · Post by **VauxhallGirl** » Sun May 20, 2012 1:58 am

is sunflower oil any different to "vegetable oil" as it is labelled.?

carlos_canter · Post by **carlos_canter** » Sun May 20, 2012 3:25 am

Theres a website advertising on Real Radio XS (manchester/NW area), you can produce up to 2500 litres a year tax free, they also show you how to do it with instructional dvds and can supply the kit to do it.

Will try and remember the company name.

Super89 · Post by **Super89** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 9:23 pm

Makro spend £75 or more and get £15 off your bill

4x 20L drums at £18.75 each is £75 - £15 = £60 for 80L of veggie!!

CHEAPPP...

carlos_canter · Post by **carlos_canter** » Mon Jun 25, 2012 10:42 pm

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