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Car Forum / UK Car Forums / Car Maintenance (UK group) / May 2008

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R D S - 17 May 2008 23:25 GMT
Rather than tip it down the sink, and with fuel prices being so high, can I
put our used oil in our car?

Its a Fiat 105JTD.
SteveH - 17 May 2008 23:30 GMT
> Rather than tip it down the sink, and with fuel prices being so high, can I
> put our used oil in our car?
>
> Its a Fiat 105JTD.

No chance.

The JTD is a commonrail engine, so you'll just f.ck up very expensive to
replace bits of fuel system.
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R D S - 18 May 2008 16:08 GMT
>> Rather than tip it down the sink, and with fuel prices being so high, can
>> I
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> No chance.

Shame, I fancied eating more chips.
steve robinson - 18 May 2008 18:52 GMT
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> Shame, I fancied eating more chips.

You can get it filtered but  i dont think its really worth it small
scale

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Mrcheerful - 18 May 2008 10:12 GMT
> Rather than tip it down the sink, and with fuel prices being so high,
> can I put our used oil in our car?
>
> Its a Fiat 105JTD.

don't put it in the drains, it is not good stuff for a water sewage system,
the local council tip have disposal facilities.  Used oil needs lots of
filtering and chemical change before it can be used in suitable vehicles,
there are lots of sites that tell you how to make bio diesel and whether
your car is suitable (probably not)
Elder - 18 May 2008 12:28 GMT
> > Rather than tip it down the sink, and with fuel prices being so high,
> > can I put our used oil in our car?
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> there are lots of sites that tell you how to make bio diesel and whether
> your car is suitable (probably not)

It will be suitable for fully converted biodiesel, but not for filtered
cleaned waste veg oil.
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Doki - 22 May 2008 07:53 GMT
> Rather than tip it down the sink, and with fuel prices being so high,
> can I put our used oil in our car?
>
> Its a Fiat 105JTD.

There's a place near us that does biodiesel. They filter the oil etc. The
stuff they get in is filthy, the stuff they put out is like a halfway house
between new veg oil and diesel.

For the life of me, I still can't get the car to consistently run well on it
(Citroen ZX, Bosch pump). I think biodiesel may react with some of the
detergent agents in diesel as it can be a f.cker to start when there's a
mixture of say 80% diesel to 20% bio. If you run it on 100% biodiesel and
it's a warm day, it's fine, almost as good as being on diesel. On a colder
day it sounds like a shite taxi engine. I may just need to clean the fuel
pick up and swap the fuel filter, *but* I can't be arsed for  £5 a tank in
saving (means lifting the back seats) and no guarantee that it'll run any
better.
AstraVanMan - 25 May 2008 17:09 GMT
> There's a place near us that does biodiesel. They filter the oil etc. The
> stuff they get in is filthy, the stuff they put out is like a halfway
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> saving (means lifting the back seats) and no guarantee that it'll run any
> better.

There's a place near-ish me that does biodiesel too - enfuels.co.uk - quote
from their website says:

"We also recommend that you replace your fuel filter after your first tank
of biodiesel, since biodiesel is a good solvent and will scrub out all the
tars, varnishes and gums left by petroleum diesel in your fuel system."

Maybe all that shite it strips out from the fuel system and leaves clogging
your fuel filter has more of an effect when it's cold - dunno really.

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Abo - 27 May 2008 12:29 GMT
> There's a place near-ish me that does biodiesel too - enfuels.co.uk

How much are they currently flogging it for?

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