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[X30XE]

205 quid, he must have seen you coming. 

Notice theres pictures of the side or the back of the car, thats because from the rear doors backwards the paint code is Red.

Fifty shades of Blue 

[X30XE]

Pretty sure that engine will run on 100%, WVO as long as it has a Bosch pump. Could be very cheap motoring. 

Sorry, fixed. 

When it does 50+mpg anyway i'll not be risking the £1000 fine for dodging fuel duty me thinks

Sedate is an understatement by the way... there are faster glaciers.

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

No risk of a fine whatsoever. It is perfectly legal to use up to 2500 litres of vegoil for fuel per year, as long as its for personal use and not being sold on to others. No duty is payable unbtil you exceed  2500 litres p.a. You just need to keep a record of where you got it from, as there is a very slight chance the authorities might ask at some point.

[X30XE]

No risk of a fine whatsoever. It is perfectly legal to use up to 2500 litres of vegoil for fuel per year, as long as its for personal use and not being sold on to others. No duty is payable unbtil you exceed  2500 litres p.a. You just need to keep a record of where you got it from, as there is a very slight chance the authorities might ask at some point.

Well as interesting to know as that is, it's still not worth it for me. It'll only do a couple of thousand miles in my ownership and I'd rather not stress the fuel pump trying to move something with the viscosity of toffee when I can just get lovely convenient non bacteria growing good old carcinogenic diesel out of a hose on a forecourt 

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

Dunno what kind of oil they cook chips in where you come from, but what goes in my tank is a lovely light coloured golden liquid, filtered to 1 micron, which is more refined than what comes out of the pump on your local forecourt. 

[henryd]

Pretty sure that engine will run on 100%, WVO as long as it has a Bosch pump. Could be very cheap motoring. 

Sorry, fixed. 

When it does 50+mpg anyway i'll not be risking the £1000 fine for dodging fuel duty me thinks

Sedate is an understatement by the way... there are faster glaciers.

I'm assuming its a 90 bhp job then as the 110 is quite sprightly,even more so when chipped

[X30XE]

Dunno what kind of oil they cook chips in where you come from, but what goes in my tank is a lovely light coloured golden liquid, filtered to 1 micron, which is more refined than what comes out of the pump on your local forecourt. 

Are you seriously trying to argue that cooking oil is less viscous than diesel?  And as I said, real diesel doesn't sustain bacterial growth in the tank/lines/filter.

[Doctor Gollum]

Dunno what kind of oil they cook chips in where you come from, but what goes in my tank is a lovely light coloured golden liquid, filtered to 1 micron, which is more refined than what comes out of the pump on your local forecourt. 

Are you seriously trying to argue that cooking oil is less viscous than diesel?  And as I said, real diesel doesn't sustain bacterial growth in the tank/lines/filter.

If you can find it... Retail diesel is legally obliged to contain a percentage of biodiesel

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

Dunno what kind of oil they cook chips in where you come from, but what goes in my tank is a lovely light coloured golden liquid, filtered to 1 micron, which is more refined than what comes out of the pump on your local forecourt. 

Are you seriously trying to argue that cooking oil is less viscous than diesel?  And as I said, real diesel doesn't sustain bacterial growth in the tank/lines/filter.

Nope, but stating that your assertion that it has the viscosity of toffee is plain wrong. The action of filtering it to 1 micron means it may well contain less contaminants than pump diesel. The viscosity only becomes an issue in really cold weather, when mixing a small percentage of petrol in cures it. A mechanical Bosch diesel pump wont struggle to pump vegoil at all, so thats not a problem either.         No particular risk of bacterial growth in the fuel system as the oil doesn't sit still or stay in there long enough to sustain it.
If it was a cause for concern, a small percentage of petrol or larger percentage of diesel mixed in would likely prevent it.
Its not something that I have encountered in tens of thousands of miles of WVO usage.
As you say though. Not really worth the bother if you only intend driving it a couple of thousand miles before getting shot of it.

[X30XE]

Dunno what kind of oil they cook chips in where you come from, but what goes in my tank is a lovely light coloured golden liquid, filtered to 1 micron, which is more refined than what comes out of the pump on your local forecourt. 

Are you seriously trying to argue that cooking oil is less viscous than diesel?  And as I said, real diesel doesn't sustain bacterial growth in the tank/lines/filter.

Nope, but stating that your assertion that it has the viscosity of toffee is plain wrong. The action of filtering it to 1 micron means it may well contain less contaminants than pump diesel. The viscosity only becomes an issue in really cold weather, when mixing a small percentage of petrol in cures it. A mechanical Bosch diesel pump wont struggle to pump vegoil at all, so thats not a problem either.         No particular risk of bacterial growth in the fuel system as the oil doesn't sit still or stay in there long enough to sustain it.
If it was a cause for concern, a small percentage of petrol or larger percentage of diesel mixed in would likely prevent it.
Its not something that I have encountered in tens of thousands of miles of WVO usage.
As you say though. Not really worth the bother if you only intend driving it a couple of thousand miles before getting shot of it.

Ain't SVO then is it.  It's faff brew 
Personally I value my time at higher than £0 so filtering veg oil to 1mic is not a viable option. But each to his own.

I'm sure you could survive a great many years eating just crisps... doesn't mean you should.

[GastronomicKleptomaniac]

...but...but... everyone prefers the smell of chips to normal diesel...

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

My filtering is done at work, so I'm actually getting paid to do it. Plus the smug satisfaction of knowing I'm not handing the treasury a big wedge of my hard earned each time I fil up, is a wonderful feeling.