veg oil conversion Xantia on Ebay

fatherjack2002 · Post by **fatherjack2002** » 22 Dec 2008, 19:55

Just found this on Ebay, http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1999-CITROEN-XANT ... 240%3A1318

this looks a little bit of a "Heath Robinson",conversion , putting the new Derv in the plastic tank in the boot and all the waste oil in the tank

The boot tank appears to be held in place with a ratchet strap ? how much would a "profesional conversion" like this set you back ???

Paul..............................

XantiaMan · Post by **XantiaMan** » 22 Dec 2008, 21:23

A bit pointless these days, when SVO is now more expensive than diesel and WVO isnt as freely available, ans also, the XUD will quite happily run high amounts of veg anyway without twin tanking.

Xaccers · Post by **Xaccers** » 22 Dec 2008, 21:57

I run 100% SVO (from costco it's around 77ppl).
Wouldn't touch WVO though.

XantiaMan · Post by **XantiaMan** » 23 Dec 2008, 08:12

Xac wrote:I run 100% SVO (from costco it's around 77ppl).
Wouldn't touch WVO though.

The only WVO i would use is the stuff i have sourced and filtered myself.

Post by **CitroJim** » 23 Dec 2008, 08:22

That "tank" in the boot looks very poor and not only that, it takes up so much space

If I were an MOT tester, it would not get a pass.

I'll be the car stinks of diesel...

Totally pointless when these cars will run happily on SVO and good WVO with no need of twin-tanking.

den169 · Post by **den169** » 23 Dec 2008, 09:30

Twin tank conversion lmao it looks like a 5 gallon plastic container to me.

KP · Post by KP » 23 Dec 2008, 09:51

Waste of time really. Better to stick to 95% veg(SVO/WVO) and some proper diesel.

That kind of kit is only of use for Lucas and other veg unfriendly pumps where its installed correctly as well...

Post by **CitroJim** » 23 Dec 2008, 10:08

KP wrote: That kind of kit is only of use for Lucas and other veg unfriendly pumps

It'll kill a Lucas pump too, even if twin-tanked. They are so fragile it's just not true

Shame as fundamentally, they're excellent pumps and blow the socks off a Bosch in starting, power, running and economy.

I'm a big fan of them actually....

I have a dead Lucas pump on my bench right now that died on a diet of bio-diesel

As soon as my finger has healed I'll do an examination on it and find out what killed it. Dare not whilst I have broken skin

KP wrote:where its installed correctly as well...

Absolutely! A plastic can in the boot surely is not correctly installed

Ross_K · Post by **Ross_K** » 23 Dec 2008, 14:30

Is this the same car?

http://www.dieselveg.com/citroen_xantia.htm

That tank looks ropey as anything. I'm surprised plastic fuel tanks are allowed in a car boot.

Xaccers · Post by **Xaccers** » 23 Dec 2008, 14:51

£1100 to do what the car can do anyway???
Do you think they genuinely don't know conversion on 1.9TDs isn't required?

fatherjack2002 · Post by **fatherjack2002** » 23 Dec 2008, 16:25

At least its not just me being over critical here

If i'd put my car in for dual fuel conversion , spent £1100 and that was the end result, i would be "non too chuffed" to say the least

I can't see the components costing a lot , a 25 ltr "fuel tank" is about £5 +Vat from any builders merchants, there must be a hell of a mark-up on this and the rest of the stuff

Paul......................

How many miles it would take to recover any of the outlay God only knows !!!!!!!

Post by **myglaren** » 23 Dec 2008, 16:53

You would need to drive a hell of a lot of miles to get that 'conversion' to pay for itself before you started making any actual savings.
£1100 would buy an awful lot of diesel!
I have only spent £1640 since March '07. - 1560 Litres.

1900sr · Post by **1900sr** » 23 Dec 2008, 19:47

Looks like it's not the same car, so there's at least 3 of these converted Xantias about!

fatherjack2002 · Post by **fatherjack2002** » 23 Dec 2008, 21:39

So they've made £3300 on Xants alone with their "Blue Peter" yoghurt pot and sticky back plastic kits !!!!

Seems like i'm in the wrong trade