sean, you say you want evidence ive got 4 gummed up pistons sitting in the back of my 300tdi and i was using the diesel veg conversion. 700 quid later im back to using the stuff that comes out of the ground.
Hi, sorry to jump in. Please can you expand on this it would be really useful to know exactly what you were doing. You are one of the first examples I have seen
anywhere of someone having a real problem (not "I read, I heard, I think, a dealer/friend/village idiot said"). I have a load of waste veg oil settling at the moment to use for the first time, so I am really interested in the answers
So lots questions:
- What if any conversion did you do on the vehicle?
- What oil were you using (straight or waste, rapeseed, soy or what else)?
- How did you prepare the oil eg filter/ remove water)?
- Did the oil you used have additives (eg anti-foaming agents, usually E900)?
- Did you run 100% or did you add anything,if so what proportion?
- Did you run veg all the time, or did you sometimes run straight diesel?
- What did you do on fuel filters?
- What mileage did you do on the veg in total?
- What is the nature of your driving - eg lots of short runs not up up to temperature, or long motorway runs?
- What was the state of the vehicle when you started (any existing problems/ how many miles on it)?
- Was there any indication that there was a problem before it happened/ how did the problem appear?
- Can we see some photos?
- Has the acid in the oil attacked any of the surfaces in the engine?
Loads of questions I know, but any info would be much appreciated.