I ran my Peugot 406 on it for the best part of a year and it was fine. Its dead easy to do and makes no diference to performance.
It will smell a little bit but it depends on what oil you use. I only used new vegitable or sunflower oil and you could smell it slightly upon start-up.
I would'nt bother using old oil from a restaurant as its a nightmare to filter all the crap out and belive me it 'stinks'.
The method id very easy......
Buy a 20-25 litre drum of oil and empty out a bit from the top as you will need to add 3% of white spirit. This works out to around 600ml but don't worry if its not 'bang on'.
Shake the drum to mix it in and just stick it into your tank. Works a treat and is a lot cheaper than the pump!
Greetings, Giles, et al:
This is my first post as a newly registered member.
I've been reading up on biodiesel and closely related topics these past few days and soaking up a variety of conflicting views and data.
I'm beginning to achieve what feels like a somewhat balanced and hopefully reasonably accurate picture.
I am currently running an old R reg (Jan. '98) Peugeot 2.0 petrol saloon and expect to very shortly place it for sale on Autotrader, where I have found the car with which I shall be replacing it. Even with mainstream diesel fuel at its currently rather astronomic prices (cheapest near here I can find is £1.239) per litre, the considerably better fuel economy of a "clattermobile" over a petrol engine should make the change most worthwhile. It's a V reg (1999) Peugeot 406 2.0 HDi 110 saloon.
The fact that you are operating (or did) a Peugeot caught my attention and I then decided to register here and tiptoe somewhat shyly into the fray.
I've read that one is well advised to approach the use of biodiesel with considerable caution if using one of these more modern and extremely high pressure HDi engines, in particular, to avoid the use of straight biodiesel or in high proportion - anything in excess of 30% (or more than 50% according to some) in them.
May I know which Peugeot engine you are or were using, which approach/es you used and how you fared?
And, do I correctly understand that the new veggie oil you used (with 3% added spirit) was otherwise unprocessed?!
Any other members active here are certainly invited to contribute to my post or refer me, if willing.
I will add that I am far from being a chemical engineer and for that matter, not an especially handy sort when it comes to assembling/building machiney.
My wife is also considering the purchase of a Peugeot (a newer one and her first diesel) in the not too distant future, quite likely a 207 HDi 110.
So with the likelihood of having TWO diesels in the family, you can well appreciate the appeal of much better economy, even at current pump prices. Then, of course, is the happy prospect of using a considerably more environmentally friendly fuel for them - petrodiesel, whether purchased as a finished product from folks such as those at Goldenfuels in Oxford, or home made, using an available processing kit such as that offered by Goldenray, here in High Wycombe.
Soooo, after all that preamble, I'm still doubtful and therefore quite hesitant to consider that these HDi engines can/should be operated with a high degree of secure reliability on biodiesel.
Replies welcome
Michael
