Thread: Canola Oil, Veggie oil, coconut oil...anyone?

Originally Posted by kie4

Hi Bill, I used it for 3 years ish in my 200tdi and for 6month to date in my 300 tdi . I put veggie oil from the supermarket straight into the main fuel tank and it works fine.
Have you seen a program called Top Gear, its a really good motoring program on the tv. They done a test on a Volvo , drained the tank and the fuel lines /pipes etc, put filtered used veggie oil into the tank and drove away. unless its really cold there isnt a problem with burning veggie oil.
The diesel engine was designed to burn oil, not diesel. diesel came along much later.
Cheers
Richard

I have this episode of Top Gear on my PC. The oil, which had been used to cook with, came from a fish & chip shop. All they did was filter the oil VERY well and added a very small amount of NON-mineral based white spirit to help keep the oil thin. The guys on the show reckon that there is no loss of power and if anything, gives better mileage.

As for buying oil in bulk, my mate owns a oil filtering service (cooking oil that is). He reckons he can't buy oil in anything other than 20L drums or bladder filled boxes. If he could, he would, as a 44 gallon drum should cost less than 20 odd 20L drums.