a "friend" used it a lot when commuting
did about 60k miles on the stuff saving £20 a tank
mechanic warned against it as said it would degrade seals etc
fuel injectors eventually went on the car, but this was a common problem on ford mondeo's that have 180k on the clock
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Originally posted by MarillionFan View PostNot personally but had a mate who used to use it quite regularly when we were younger. He compunded it by nicking the stuff as well.
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Not personally but had a mate who used to use it quite regularly when we were younger. He compunded it by nicking the stuff as well.
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Originally posted by wim121 View PostI don't know much about diesel (dont use it) but why cant you just dye red diesel black or filter the fuel?
Road going diesel isn't black and morons who mix red diesel with used engine oil have also been caught due to the chemical indicators.
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I don't know much about diesel (dont use it) but why cant you just dye red diesel black or filter the fuel?
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Originally posted by eek View PostYes it doesn't meet the quality of standard modern diesel.
Originally posted by eek View PostI don't think canal boats can use it nowadays. I think they require duty to be paid.Originally posted by Peoplesoft bloke View PostYep and canal boats
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Originally posted by TestMangler View PostWas the right to use red diesel in non-commercial boats not removed a couple of years ago ?
In the same vein, US Senate mulls higher fuel tax for private planes
For canal boats 20 years ago, yes you could use red diesel, but because you couldn't really drive the thing to the cheapest garage you were stuck with high prices for the stuff, and it wasn't such a great saving.
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Originally posted by d000hg View PostAnd sailing yachts (no that's not a non sequitur)
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If I ever saw an amputee being hung, I'd just start shouting out letters
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I found out at the weekend it is common practice to run on 'red' in my current part of the World. As it happened this popped up this morning:
MPs want action on NI fuel fraud
"Northern Ireland is estimated to have lost £70m in tax revenue due to fuel fraud in 2009/10, down from £250m five years ago."
There are only 1.6 million people here!
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Originally posted by Peoplesoft bloke View PostFair enough - that was a while ago.
I wonder if planes could use it? I know the Nazis had diesel bombers but maybe the idea didn't catch on.
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