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    diesel or veggie oil

    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ramblingboy42 View Post
    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.
    Were there and secondary effects at all?
    Is the TD5 chipped, modified ?
    I have heard that « its not advisable » to run the TD5 on recycled oil or other forms of oil. But as yet I do not know exactly why. Can anyone enlighten me?

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    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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    Quote Originally Posted by travelrover View Post
    A quick google shows 20l of canola oil selling between $70-90 which is still $3.50 - $4.50 per liter!
    Yes canola oil is at a near all time high, a big boon for the farmers. They need a bit of good luck

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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.

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    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.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ramblingboy42 View Post
    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.
    I've read of one person running a twin tank veg system with a TD5 and has for a few years without issue.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ramblingboy42 View Post
    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.
    Thanks for that information, I didn't know that. I will try the 2 stoke oil, I always run a bit of "flashlube" which I find it likes, but as Rudolf Diesel designed the first engine to run on peanut oil, I was surprised that I was told only to run diesel.

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    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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    Quote Originally Posted by travelrover View Post
    A quick google shows 20l of canola oil selling between $70-90 which is still $3.50 - $4.50 per liter!
    Which is why it would be better to utilise used cooking oil, although you have to filter that of course, best is to convert it into biodiesel.
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