Originally Posted by
jakeslouw
- lubricity: yes, fair point, hence my query regarding 2SO
- taxed fuels: yes, but surely using UVO or home-brew biodiesel is bypassing the fuel supply hence also illegal? It's like fermenting methanol or ethanol in the back yard and chucking it in the 2.25 petrol Landy?
- customs and excise: in Africa we have enough work for those buggers, they don't have time to check private vehicles. Sure, they check fuel depots, but if I run my diesel engine on paraffin, nobody will know. How many C&E officers in the Outback checking fuel tanks?
IMHO if I want to run my car on hi grade jack daniels I should be allowed to......
FWIW: check out Running Jet A1 (fuel) in a TD5 posts #31 & #32 re. use of kero ( LR did their TD5 injector development using kero as a worse case scenario). Tdi "wolf" can also use kero with some lubricating agent apparently...
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