Have been pulled in on a combined police, VOSA and HMRC operation and yes tank was dipped. Licence, insurance, MOT, checked along with quick assessment of drivers state of drinks/drugs. Tyres checked, tank dipped and on my way. Chat with police and they stated that certain drivers/vehicles were not going to proceed straight on with their journey for differing reasons.

This stop added less then 5 minutes to my journey. Now if this stop got one illegal driver/vehicle off the road it was a success.


Brendan


They should do more of it, but Im sure like all agencies they dont have the money or manpower.

Ive been stopped once in 35yrs
 
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Yes, you're right. It soon adds up, especially if the car only does about 20mpg.

Col
If you aren't happy or able to pay the high fuel costs, then there are only 2 answers really. Use a more economical car or work closer to home/have home closer to work.

I do just shy of 70/miles a day commute.
 
If you aren't happy or able to pay the high fuel costs, then there are only 2 answers really. Use a more economical car or work closer to home/have home closer to work.

I do just shy of 70/miles a day commute.
only got parking for 2 in town or I'd buy a run about.
 
I don’t want to endorse anyone breaking the law but you are all good until you get caught, and that good be forever
 
I have heard of people having false tanks etc so they test from the bleed at the filter! As others have said, it's not worth it :)
Running it on a mix of cooking oil and diesel is more economical, just more smelly lol
I don't know the legality of cooking oil as a fuel from a HMRC prospective though :)
 
or depending on your vehicle you could go using some of the vegetable oil you talk about. even straight out of Morrison's it's a pound a liter now.
 
I have heard of people having false tanks etc so they test from the bleed at the filter! As others have said, it's not worth it :)
Running it on a mix of cooking oil and diesel is more economical, just more smelly lol
I don't know the legality of cooking oil as a fuel from a HMRC prospective though :)

as long as you don't use large quantities you're fine. look it up.
 
Relevant info from the horses mouth. I linked to my favourite, Powers of HMRC Officers.
Almost unlimited, able to come to the house or premises of an offender, and search for anything relevant, no warrant.
And they do. When I was dipped and found to have red in my tank, they turned up at my bosses premises a few days later, and dipped all the vehicles on site. When they were also found to have red in the tank, everyone else got massive fines too.
The savings we had made were outweighed by the fines, and the hassle, to a considerable extent.

https://www.gov.uk/government/publi...uel-for-road-vehicles#powers-of-hmrc-officers
 
I have heard of people having false tanks etc so they test from the bleed at the filter! As others have said, it's not worth it :)
Running it on a mix of cooking oil and diesel is more economical, just more smelly lol
I don't know the legality of cooking oil as a fuel from a HMRC prospective though :)


I used to know a man whos speciality was making special fuel tanks for trucks that were in fact two tanks!
 
I use lots of red diesel.... In the generator on the motorboat, but the EU has been taking the UK to court on that.

I've seen them. Doing fuel checks around here but only when I've been in the petrol car..
 
Your pop is correct
No it wont knacker your engine
Google or local knowledge will get you the red
Its illegal to use on UK roads

Fullers earth is what you need to clean the fuel dye, also known as cat litter
I guess a police state is a concern. I've ben using red stuff for years, and never been a issue. Only difference between red and blue is road tax. The government gets enough taxes fook em. A k or so saving a years is better in my pocket than theirs
 
In the day's when it was only the colour that was checked [ fuel was a very dark red then ] I knew an old farmer who had a long row of glass jars [ ones used for brewing ] along the wall behind the shed. He filled them with red and left them for about a year in which time sunlight bleached the dye away.
 
DVSA / HMRC tend to concentrate on rural areas as well as motorway service stations for spot checks because most farmers will bunker their own red diesel and the temptation for a bit to find its way into their road vehicles is very strong! As has been said above, big fines if caught. I've a vague recollection that there was an illegal "fuel polishing" plant discovered in Northern Ireland some years ago. Could be wrong on that though.
There's been many caught in NI stripping die from fool. Problem is the waste chemical is harmful to the countryside it's dumped in. If flushed down the sewer it's harmful to treatment plants anorl.
 
Have been pulled in on a combined police, VOSA and HMRC operation and yes tank was dipped. Licence, insurance, MOT, checked along with quick assessment of drivers state of drinks/drugs. Tyres checked, tank dipped and on my way. Chat with police and they stated that certain drivers/vehicles were not going to proceed straight on with their journey for differing reasons.

This stop added less then 5 minutes to my journey. Now if this stop got one illegal driver/vehicle off the road it was a success.


Brendan
Exactly the same here, they are out quite often and always over the brow of a hill with no side roads.
 

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