Can I run on Cooking oil??

jonathan63 · 8th March 2012, 13:48

I want to reduce my running costs. I have a CDT 116 Tourer.
A mate of mine used to run his old Golf on 50/50 cooking oil and deisel.

Will the Rover 75 CDT run ok on a mix of deisel and cooking oil??

Unclefista · 8th March 2012, 14:00

No, it's a common rail injection system, the (very) high pressure fuel pump needs the lubrication of normal diesel.

bramblp · 8th March 2012, 14:08

Quote:

Originally Posted by jonathan63

I want to reduce my running costs. I have a CDT 116 Tourer.
A mate of mine used to run his old Golf on 50/50 cooking oil and deisel.

Will the Rover 75 CDT run ok on a mix of deisel and cooking oil??

You can but you will regret it

falcoron · 8th March 2012, 14:49

why would you want to price of cooking oil is dearer than diesel at £160 per ltr. Lidle used to sell 25ltr drums working out at 67p per ltr but they soon caught on

Unclefista · 8th March 2012, 15:38

It's available in bulk at less than £1 per litre, lots of old "clockwork" diesels running on it with no problems.
I used to run my old XUD engined Xantia on 50.50 mix.

James.uk · 8th March 2012, 16:11

My ZX (XUD engine) will run on 100% cooking oil with no probs, in fact the car runs much better on it than on diesel oil..

But the 75 wont run on the stuff, I think the ECU sees it as being too thick = a problem

And I am not sure the pumps could handle it...

But as someone said, cooking oil is more expensive than diesel now...

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rotrex · 8th March 2012, 17:31

Agree with James, xud runs happily on pure cooking oil, done it for years when price was sensible. Hid is ok 30/70 mix in summer. I'd imagine cut would be same. Not tried it though. After that you'd need a system to preheat the oil as its to thick when cold IMO.

jonathan63 · 8th March 2012, 17:33

Nuff said guys. diesel it is.

Except for frying the eggs on sunday morning.
Frying them in diesel makes them taste funny.

rich17865 · 8th March 2012, 18:14

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Originally Posted by jonathan63

Nuff said guys. diesel it is.

Except for frying the eggs on sunday morning.
Frying them in diesel makes them taste funny.

I have run my cdi. Vito on 100% biodiesel. For about 40000 miles. No problems less smoke, just needs servicing more often because it gets past the piston rings easier and contaminate the oil. That is a high pressure diesel. Bio is a little different to straight Veg oil though

rik007 · 8th March 2012, 19:36

Veg Oil use in cars ... is there an HMRC position on that?

Rich.

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Unclefista Posted a thing or two Rover 75 CDT Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Bradford Posts: 1,478 Thanks: 1 Thanked 14 Times in 8 Posts	It's available in bulk at less than £1 per litre, lots of old "clockwork" diesels running on it with no problems. I used to run my old XUD engined Xantia on 50.50 mix. __________________ Love is like a snowmobile, speeding across the frozen tundra. Which suddenly flips, pinning you underneath. At night the ice-weasels come... http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5331/6...77671f80_n.jpg

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James.uk Passed Away 2002 Pale Blue. Rover 75 CDTi Connoisseur auto. 170K miles Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Near the M67. Posts: 14,509 Thanks: 199 Thanked 585 Times in 397 Posts	My ZX (XUD engine) will run on 100% cooking oil with no probs, in fact the car runs much better on it than on diesel oil.. But the 75 wont run on the stuff, I think the ECU sees it as being too thick = a problem And I am not sure the pumps could handle it... But as someone said, cooking oil is more expensive than diesel now... ...

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rotrex Passed Away mg zt cdti se 150+. mg ztt 190 lpg. rover 75 cdt club se. Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: lanarkshire Posts: 4,389 Thanks: 0 Thanked 8 Times in 8 Posts	Agree with James, xud runs happily on pure cooking oil, done it for years when price was sensible. Hid is ok 30/70 mix in summer. I'd imagine cut would be same. Not tried it though. After that you'd need a system to preheat the oil as its to thick when cold IMO.

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jonathan63 This is my second home CDTi Conniosseur SE HLNav Tourer and a Personal Line CDT Conniosseur SE Tourer..for the time being. Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Cumbria Posts: 3,639 Thanks: 340 Thanked 423 Times in 294 Posts	Nuff said guys. diesel it is. Except for frying the eggs on sunday morning. Frying them in diesel makes them taste funny.

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