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    #11
    My vehicles are diesel.

    Vegetable oil in Tesco = 37 pence a litre. smells funny but the engine runs just as efficiently, and you just pour it straight into the tank.

    Confusion is a natural state of being

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      #12
      You do know that you are avoiding fuel duty doing that? If they catch you, I would imagine, you'll be presented with quite a hefty bill.
      Insanity: repeating the same actions, but expecting different results.
      threadeds website, and here's my blog.

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        #13
        Originally posted by threaded View Post
        You do know that you are avoiding fuel duty doing that? If they catch you, I would imagine, you'll be presented with quite a hefty bill.
        There is no fuel duty on cooking oil
        Confusion is a natural state of being

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          #14
          Originally posted by Diver View Post
          There is no fuel duty on cooking oil
          You have to pay the duty as you're using the cooking oil as fuel in a road vehicle.

          Ring the bastards up, they'll tell you.

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            #15
            Originally posted by Churchill View Post
            You have to pay the duty as you're using the cooking oil as fuel in a road vehicle.

            Ring the bastards up, they'll tell you.
            are you crazy

            Ring them up indeed.
            Confusion is a natural state of being

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              #16
              Diver,

              what engine are you putting the cooking oil into, and do you have to add anything to the cooking oil ?

              I wouldn't like to try this on a valuable car

              Milan.

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                #17
                Originally posted by milanbenes View Post
                Diver,

                what engine are you putting the cooking oil into, and do you have to add anything to the cooking oil ?

                I wouldn't like to try this on a valuable car

                Milan.
                Oddly enough, the diesel engine was designed to run on vegetable oils, peanut oil IIRC, and should last longer than using mineral oils.
                Insanity: repeating the same actions, but expecting different results.
                threadeds website, and here's my blog.

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                  #18
                  Originally posted by milanbenes View Post
                  Diver,

                  what engine are you putting the cooking oil into, and do you have to add anything to the cooking oil ?

                  I wouldn't like to try this on a valuable car

                  Milan.
                  Your Passat will be Ok.

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                    #19
                    Originally posted by milanbenes View Post
                    Diver,

                    what engine are you putting the cooking oil into, and do you have to add anything to the cooking oil ?

                    I wouldn't like to try this on a valuable car

                    Milan.
                    Any diesel engine will run on old but filtered, cooking oil, engine oil, peanut oil, sunflower oil etc.
                    in fact the very first diesel engine ever exhibited ran on peanut oil.
                    Buy some Bio fuel to mix with it and keep the reciept. bio fuel is 93p a litre just down the road from me.
                    Confusion is a natural state of being

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                      #20
                      PS. it is carp for starting in frosty conditions so mix 50/50 with diesel in cold weather, or buy a preheater.
                      Confusion is a natural state of being

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