if you have an oiler td5 or older that will run on veggie oil , the supermarkets currently sell cooking oil cheaper than diesel fuel.
I did this years ago with my td5 when similar pricing occurred and I was using canola in Vic about 50% with diesel and saving about 15c/ltr on the canola at tthe time.
some of the cooking oil today was 9c cheaper than mondays diesel prices
if you have an old oiler it might be worthwhile buying some bulk.
A quick google shows 20l of canola oil selling between $70-90 which is still $3.50 - $4.50 per liter!
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I've run a diesel veg mix in a 300tdi (run biodiesel now) even if the oil is cheaper you may use more of it. I found in the 300tdi my economy dropped off a bit, less energy in oil I'm told. Wasn't a worry for me as the oil was free.
the td5 was actually designed by Land Rover to run on lesser refined fuels , and it does it perfectly with very little noticeable performance loss.
for a long time I used various veggie oils in my fuel including adding 2 stroke at around 250ml per tankful, I believed the td5 ran smoother with it.
I think the hot 75psi recirculating fuel system on the td5 helped the mix as well.
I don't think Land Rover would have changed to common rail diesel when they did if Ford hadn't owned them.
The TD5 engine story for those that may be interested (taken from LRO magazine many years ago), including why they ran the test engines on kerosene.
TD5 engine development.pdf
TD5 Defender story.pdf
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