Thread: TD5 BioD?

they say it will eat through the fuel lines in the system......
as the lines are plastic.....

i might also add.....that i have used bio on mine and so have a few others....
without any problems......


chances are.....you may have already used it without knowing about it....
its yellow in colour......some servos sell it without your knowledge.....
unless you look what colour the fuel you are pumping is.....you wont know.....
its mostly at the no name servos......and its usually cheaper....

I have heard of people using it in their TD5 engines. I don't, i'm chicken due to the $15000.00 engine rebuild cost and the fact no-one will give me written evidence it will not wreck the engine

Originally Posted by dobbo

I have heard of people using it in their TD5 engines. I don't, i'm chicken due to the $15000.00 engine rebuild cost and the fact no-one will give me written evidence it will not wreck the engine

Exactly.....

And to top it off, to save $0.10 per litre only to use 10% more fuel to travel the same distance.

And guys, with the inherent power loss what do you think this does to your vehicle?...... Easy.....

You work it harder, rev it more, change gears or labour the engine more....

Guess what... Your Bio is COSTING you money... In engine, gearbox etc wear..... Your working your vehicles harder to make up for lost performance....

At this stage, your all throwing your money away.... One day it may work, at this stage its not viable in a post 99 Landrover.

And its NOT because LR are non-Bio advocates...

LR openly declare you can run the V8s on Bio Fuel... Just not the TD5.

Keep using it as you will, but you should log your cost vs performance...

I'll bet the Bio users here will have a TCO the same, if not worse than the Mineral users.

Tombraider

Originally Posted by DEFENDERZOOK

i might also add.....that i have used bio on mine and so have a few others....
without any problems......


chances are.....you may have already used it without knowing about it....
its yellow in colour......some servos sell it without your knowledge.....
unless you look what colour the fuel you are pumping is.....you wont know.....
its mostly at the no name servos......and its usually cheaper....

First servo that fuels my vehicle with unlabelled BIO will be in court so fast their freakin heads will spin.

This is illegal, immoral, deceptive....

I always check, but if its not labelled and hits my tank, guess who will be paying for it to be drained / towed / cleaned out....

Certainly not this Black Duck...

Tombraider

Originally Posted by myway

I have been told by my local ROVER Dealer I can not run my TD5 on BioD when Iasked why not they would or could not give me an reason why not I have e-mailed Rover Aust ans asked the same question so far no response Can someone give a sound reason why the TD5 can not run satisfactary on BioD?

I would look for a email from a rover dealer in a country where bio diesel is common!
Go to one of the European bio diesel site for a start.

I understand the bio can lose some of its properties at the 24,000psi that the uniti injector produce. Apparently the lubricity breaks down and particles fall out of solution.

Originally Posted by Slunnie

I understand the bio can lose some of its properties at the 24,000psi that the uniti injector produce. Apparently the lubricity breaks down and particles fall out of solution.

Finally a reason why,

I have a challenge who will take me up on it


Why don't you eat chip fat and drink cheap vodka for a week and see what it does to your body, then think about putting it into your TD5