Vegetable Oil for Diesel – Top Gear BBC Autos
Posted on Jul 16, 2009 under Best Vegetables | 25 Comments
Want to run your car ‘cheap as chips’? The Top Gear team find out how you can! Great short video from BBC award winning car show, Top Gear. Click beneath the video to view in high quality, and visit http://www.topgear.com for all the latest Top Gear news and car reviews.
Duration : 0:4:14
July 16th, 2009 at 8:31 pm
the idea is if uve …
the idea is if uve already got the stuff handy u could use it, its not the best way, but u could.
July 16th, 2009 at 8:31 pm
this is not a money …
this is not a money saving tip. Cost the same as gas even more. Its better for the enviroment.
July 16th, 2009 at 8:31 pm
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July 16th, 2009 at 8:31 pm
yeah bio diesel is …
yeah bio diesel is made from compost dumps and such. rioting veggies anything that was alive. even dead cats if you wanted.
July 16th, 2009 at 8:31 pm
nope just need a …
nope just need a diesel engine
July 16th, 2009 at 8:31 pm
Do you still have …
Do you still have to adjust your engine for that?
July 16th, 2009 at 8:31 pm
yeah, our situation …
yeah, our situation sucks…
July 16th, 2009 at 8:31 pm
Well, here in …
Well, here in yaknee land it was *very* good for a year back in 2004 I believe. Then 05 it made clubs. And in 06, it became a major fuel… You can barely find the for the good ol cheap price of nearly free any more.
July 16th, 2009 at 8:31 pm
Aye, BD actually …
Aye, BD actually goes though a chemical procedure. In you have to let it cure for a week, and in the end you’ll take off the glicerin from the top.
July 16th, 2009 at 8:31 pm
lol car-nivor vs …
lol car-nivor vs herbivore.
July 16th, 2009 at 8:31 pm
the 3 litre bottles …
the 3 litre bottles in local morrisons sell like mad people add it with deisel to there cars
July 16th, 2009 at 8:31 pm
The sad thing about …
The sad thing about this is that environmentally, it makes good sense…. but since everyone knows this trick now, the government has increased (and will keep increasing) the tax/duty rate on all cooking oils. Tax should ALWAYS be a % of a cost or a profit, that’s how tax is calculated. 26p tax on a 3p product is extortion… and it’s time someone taught our useless government a lesson!
England needs a coup! Any volenteers?
July 16th, 2009 at 8:31 pm
thats not bio …
thats not bio diesel, BD is something totally different
July 16th, 2009 at 8:31 pm
dont use it in …
dont use it in recent/new tdi engines.
July 16th, 2009 at 8:31 pm
LOL !
LOL !
July 16th, 2009 at 8:31 pm
DO NOT READ…….. …
DO NOT READ………………….If you do not copy and paste this onto 10 videos your mom will die in 4 hours
July 16th, 2009 at 8:31 pm
Gotta Love that …
Gotta Love that Bio-Diesel fuel.
July 16th, 2009 at 8:31 pm
lol they should …
) 1 part diesel, 1/2 part vegetable oil and it runs great and it has less co2 emisions.
lol they should come to Romania, we use vegetable oil for long time ago
but it’s no more efficent because they rise the price of vegetable oil.
1 liter of diesel = 0.80 euro
1 liter of vegetable oil = 1.35 euro
July 16th, 2009 at 8:31 pm
Yes, I guess they …
Yes, I guess they are the same engine. So from what ive read online the SDi engines are fine on Veg oil as they are just basic non turbo diesel engines. It wouldnt hurt to get a cheap used felicia and try it, even if something went wrong a felicia would of been so cheap to buy anyway.
July 16th, 2009 at 8:31 pm
Like the older …
Like the older Skoda Felicia and Polo’s/Caddy’s with SDI engines and older VW diesels?
July 16th, 2009 at 8:31 pm
Im told volkswagen …
Im told volkswagen SDi engines (as found in old generation skodas and vws) work fine with this.
July 16th, 2009 at 8:31 pm
You have to be …
You have to be careful because some car/van/truck manufacturers don’t recommend the use of biodiesel at all and if you go against their recommendations and use it and it causes problems, they can and will refuse to honour warranty/servicing claims for damage/problems caused by it. Older diesel cars/vans and trucks will probably weather it and run on it without problems,but the newer more modern diesels particularly those with common rail would probably foul up/breakdown through clogging.
July 16th, 2009 at 8:31 pm
is that that errr.. …
is that that errr…honda or something that runs on hydrogen??
i think james may reviewed it sometime??
just a guess
July 16th, 2009 at 8:31 pm
So Right
So Right
July 16th, 2009 at 8:31 pm
this vegetable oil …
this vegetable oil is no good for new age diesels, it screws up the injector pump and injector pumps cost upwards of $4k Australian to replace, To me that cost out weighs the cheaper bio-diesel (vegetable oil).