Quote from: Eggtastico on February 19, 2011, 10:08:06 AM
Ive seen them machines on ebay for £1500 that filter & wash wvo & was tempted to get one of them & go that root.
I would want to go the heater route just in case theres a problem - I saw a link someone posted to them on ebay for
about £40 - I'd have no idea where it would need to go or anything though.

The heater is not essential but it definitely helps in cold weather, I struggled keeping mine running over the winter until I started thinning it with a fivers worth of petrol on top of a tank of veg oil (I'm on the same stuff knighty is using).

The biggest problem with running veg is getting the car started and running well in the cold, once its running you will not have any problems heater or no heater. As long as you keep an okay ratio of diesel/veg for your engine or drop in some petrol to thin it to get it running, it really does work wonders. Last year I ran my BMW on pretty much 100% veg for about 6 months I think!

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So are we going to have a new section then? Clock'd are you able to set this up?

Quote from: Eggtastico on February 19, 2011, 10:08:06 AMthats the forum ive been reading - I dont know to run it on bio or wvo
its an l200 2..8 turbo (quite rare) with the 4m40 engine - same engine thats in
2.8 Pajero, Delica & L400

Ive seen them machines on ebay for £1500 that filter & wash wvo & was tempted to get one of them & go that root.
I would want to go the heater route just in case theres a problem - I saw a link someone posted to them on ebay for
about £40 - I'd have no idea where it would need to go or anything though.

for £1500 that must be to make bio diesel - where you heat and react with methanol etc.. to get proper bio diesel - what comes out of that processor is practically the same as the stuff which comes out of a diesel pump at a petrol station....

bio diesel is a bit of a pain to make etc.. and you need loads of time... i think most people who make it see it as more of a hobby than anything else....

veg oil is much easier, and a filter setup should be less than £100

if you pick oil up from a chippy you need to dry it to get the trapped water out - all you have to do is stick it in a big metal drum with a heater element in the bottom and heat it up to 80'C, leave it to cool for a couple of days and then drain the water out of the bottom
then you pump what's left through a few filters - £40 for pump and filters are £15 for the housing and £3 for the filters inside

then it's ready to go in the tank ;-)

(or like i said, I'll send you some ready to use at cost)

Quote from: XEntity on February 19, 2011, 12:15:20 PM
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So are we going to have a new section then? Clock'd are you able to set this up?

Yeah I'm quite keen on this idea, suggestions on a name for it?

Guides and Projects?

Quote from: Eggtastico on February 19, 2011, 10:08:06 AM

Quote from: knighty on February 19, 2011, 00:35:50 AM
egg, do you want to run on proper bio diesel or on veg oil ?

check out this forum.... http://www.vegetableoildiesel.co.uk/forum

is yours an L200 or an L400 ? I can't find any info about an L200 with the 2.8 engine ? just the 400

if it is the 400, you're fine just to put veg oil in the tank and drive it as normal..... you should be able to mix quite a bit in without making any changes to it....  the trick is to start adding it slow and not to fill the tank....

pick up a 20l can of veg oil from bookers/macro (or a load of small bottles from ASDA) and just mix it in.... try 10l veg to 20diesel to start...   as long as you don't fill the tank you can always fill it with diesel to dilute it if you have any problems

once you get over 60/40 veg/diesel mix in 5% of petrol and it really thins it out (measurements don;t need to be accurate)
(don;t worry about putting petrol in a diesel, it won;t do any hard and it's recommended in your drivers manual thing for when the weather gets really cold!)

if you want to use a higher % of veg oil, or you want to get veg oil from a chippy etc... you'll need to fit a heater to the fuel line, but it's a piece of cake to do ;-)

if you get sorted, I'll happily sent you an IBC (1000litres) of veg oil ready to use at cost.... I pay 40p/litre right now and could sent it by pallet line for about £60......  you can get it free from chippys but it's a pita

(p.s. if you use less than 2500litres a year it's paperwork/tax free )

thats the forum ive been reading - I dont know to run it on bio or wvo
its an l200 2..8 turbo (quite rare) with the 4m40 engine - same engine thats in
2.8 Pajero, Delica & L400

Ive seen them machines on ebay for £1500 that filter & wash wvo & was tempted to get one of them & go that root.
I would want to go the heater route just in case theres a problem - I saw a link someone posted to them on ebay for
about £40 - I'd have no idea where it would need to go or anything though.

Some Paj's have heated fuel filters....
Check Milners offroad, they may have something.

Quote from: XEntity on February 19, 2011, 13:09:17 PM
Guides and Projects?

This

Quote from: Clock'd 0Ne on February 18, 2011, 21:50:52 PM
I wouldn't mind doing this as a sub-forum as its a great idea (especially if some of the old guide threads could be dug up), but I'm not sure which forum it would branch off, as we could have home cinema guides, computer guides, car guides, etc. Maybe under GD?

Why not give it it's own subforum and have guides for everything. "Tekforums Guide To the Galaxy".

Clock'd fancy setting this up and I'll find some posts to add to it, and put together some more to go with it?

we will need a guide to making guides, so all guides are layed out the same.

Quote from: Eggtastico on February 28, 2011, 20:08:28 PM
we will need a guide to making guides, so all guides are layed out the same.

If I write a guide for writing guides to writing guides, do you want to write the guide to writing guides, using my guide to writing guides to writing guides?

Fish.Bum.Vol.1.Mongolia.River.Wolf.2008.DVDRiP.XviD

Quote from: knighty on February 28, 2011, 20:58:54 PM
Fish.Bum.Vol.1.Mongolia.River.Wolf.2008.DVDRiP.XviD

Feeling alright Knighty?

He's been sniffing the glues again.

Thanks for the bump though, I'll set up a Guides and Projects forum now.

Not sure what you need, but the below are the first set I have found to transfer:

http://www.tekforums.net/computing-internet/nimrods-%27it-might-get-you-a-linkstation-with-extras-if-your-lucky%27-guide/

http://www.tekforums.net/computing-internet/how-to-update-firmware-%28flash%29-samsung-2tb-hd204ui/

http://www.tekforums.net/computing-internet/soopah%27s-alternative-htpc-guide/

http://www.tekforums.net/computing-internet/batch-script-to-turn-on-backup-to-and-turn-off-second-pc/

http://www.tekforums.net/computing-internet/setting-up-your-xbox360-for-xbox-live/