1.9td xantia running on old cooking oil

miggy24 · Post by **miggy24** » 16 Jan 2010, 13:40

Hi all can anyone tell me what i have to do to get my car to run on old oil.Thanks

boristhespie · Post by **boristhespie** » 16 Jan 2010, 13:52

miggy24 wrote:Hi all can anyone tell me what i have to do to get my car to run on old oil.Thanks

Pick out the old bits of chips and fried mars bars.

XantiaMan · Post by **XantiaMan** » 16 Jan 2010, 13:53

Settle it, filter it, pour it in the tank. If you want more specific information my advice would be to join a dedicated forum to running on veg oil be it SVO or WVO, it has to be done properly and with caution. Me, i tried it, it was messy and dirty so i stuck to SVO and still saved money compared to diesel.

miggy24 · Post by **miggy24** » 16 Jan 2010, 14:05

is that all i have to do.Clean the crap out of the oil then just pour it into the car

Post by **myglaren** » 16 Jan 2010, 14:51

Take a look at the last part of this post and save yourself some hassle.

If there isn't a Chinese supermarket near you there will be an alternative.

Brake Brothers supply a lot of restaurants around here with cooking oil and you may be able to buy from them or a similar business.

miggy24 · Post by **miggy24** » 16 Jan 2010, 16:46

well i wanted to use old oil from the chip shop from the end of my road as he has got about 200 ltrs there and said i can have it if i want

mark21td · Post by **mark21td** » 16 Jan 2010, 20:45

Have a good read of this site
www.vegetableoildiesel.co.uk , go on the discution board and you will find all the info you will ever need

davetherave · Post by **davetherave** » 16 Jan 2010, 22:44

Provided your citroen xantia is bosch equipped, then you have the ideal car to do it on.
It would be inadvisable to run it at too high a percentage of wvo in this weather (although mine is currently fairly high 70% + ish).
Get a 5 micron sock filter from ebay, idealy you want to filter in a shed or something as the speed at which it goes through is temperature dependent.
Just remember it is messy and it is time consuming, but i find it very worthwhile.
As Gareth has said SVO is much simpler, i saw some in 3l bottles the other day that worked out at about 84p a litre, not bad...

miggy24 · Post by **miggy24** » 17 Jan 2010, 09:02

So if i use svo all i have to do is pour into the car and jobs done and with wvo i need to filter it and get all the crap out then pour into the car

Post by **CitroJim** » 17 Jan 2010, 09:08

miggy24 wrote:So if i use svo all i have to do is pour into the car and jobs done and with wvo i need to filter it and get all the crap out then pour into the car

Basically, yes. With WVO, you also need to settle it and dewater it ideally...

A lot of hassle in my eyes...

Did you find the vegoildiesel forum helpful? A good forum that. I sometimes look at it for pure entertainment. It makes me giggle when I read of some of the stuff on there...

davetherave · Post by **davetherave** » 17 Jan 2010, 09:11

So if i use svo all i have to do is pour into the car and jobs done and with wvo i need to filter it and get all the crap out then pour into the car

If i were you id introduce it slowly, and find a comfortble percentage for your car i still would not advise running high percentage oil without some kind of fuel line heater. untill the summer.
If running on WVO you will probably need to replace your fuel filter much more regularly, i had to do mine about once every 6 weeks.

davetherave · Post by **davetherave** » 17 Jan 2010, 09:12

And Jim beat me to it...

mark21td · Post by **mark21td** » 17 Jan 2010, 16:33

CitroJim wrote:
miggy24 wrote:
Did you find the vegoildiesel forum helpful? A good forum that. I sometimes look at it for pure entertainment. It makes me giggle when I read of some of the stuff on there...

What do you find "entertaining" about it Jim, is it the good humour or just some of the less informed posts.

Post by **CitroJim** » 17 Jan 2010, 16:59

The good humour and general "atmosphere" over there Mark. Not unlike here really..

Very, very few posts I'd ever describe as less informed. Those lads really know their subject inside out and backwards.

I also have a lot of respect for those who make bio. It looks incredibly dangerous to me so the fact they do and survive the experience is proof enough for me that they really do know their stuff...

lexi · Post by **lexi** » 17 Jan 2010, 17:29

The forums are very good. the original Info Pop one and Journey to Forever were the originals. I enjoyed my 4yrs making it. However I don`t miss it at all..........the money you save just goes on something else. Plus........I have had my garage back for two years now and no oil or 45 gal drums of methanol in sight.

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