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  • January 14, 2011 at 8:21 pm #60211
    ELDAR59
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    bio diesel, does anybody use it? is it safe?
    i paid £134.9 a litre this morning, it’s getting beyond a joke now.

    January 14, 2011 at 8:57 pm #341136
    odom
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    Re: bio diesel

    Yep, buy it in bulk (1000litres) at 80p per litre inc. delivery from Mitch at Distanza fuels in Derbyshire – 07523 393324.

    Have a big 1000 litre container in the corner of the workshop and pump in to the van as required – with the amount we all use I save thousands a year.

    Works fine in my 2002 Vauxhall Combo and my mate uses it in his 2010 Merc Sprinter – courier so loads of miles and it copes fine. I do change my oil every 10k instead of 20k though as apparently bio thins it over time.

    January 14, 2011 at 9:12 pm #341137
    ELDAR59
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    Re: bio diesel

    thanks for that chris.
    what sort of container is it that you use and how do you pump it out?
    are the container and the pump supplied by the diesel firm?
    finally, is the fuel economy affected?

    thanks again.

    January 14, 2011 at 9:25 pm #341138
    nomadPaul
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    Re: bio diesel

    alf_uckem wrote:bio diesel, does anybody use it? is it safe?
    i paid £134.9 a litre this morning, it’s getting beyond a joke now.

    Blimey , that is expensive 😆 😆

    January 14, 2011 at 9:32 pm #341139
    ELDAR59
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    Re: bio diesel

    yes paul, it’s expensive round these parts! 😆 😆 😆

    of course i meant 134.9p!!

    January 14, 2011 at 9:33 pm #341140
    Jonah
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    Re: bio diesel

    £137.00 in Exeter today 😯

    January 14, 2011 at 9:35 pm #341141
    Jonah
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    Re: bio diesel

    137.00p ooopss :rolls:

    January 14, 2011 at 11:02 pm #341142
    odom
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    Re: bio diesel

    alf_uckem wrote:thanks for that chris.
    what sort of container is it that you use and how do you pump it out?
    are the container and the pump supplied by the diesel firm?
    finally, is the fuel economy affected?

    thanks again.
    Hi,

    I believe the containers are IBCs? Big 1,000 litre ones with a cage around them. We pay a deposit for it (I believe £30).

    The pump I put together myself with various scrap bits I had lying around, but my mate uses a cheap siphon pump he got off eBay which fills his Merc tank in about 5 mins. It’s easier with my venturi-nozzle as it clicks off like a normal pump, but to be honest it’s hardly difficult with the siphon pump, just need to keep an ear out as the tank fills up.

    Fuel economy-wise, it’s much the same as diesel. I always get 500 miles give or take from a tank, depending on how heavy my foot is :).

    January 15, 2011 at 8:24 am #341143
    geoff1
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    Re: bio diesel

    Hi

    we are paying £146.00 per litre for desiel this week and am looking at buying direct from fuel supplier . We already do this for the red desiel and store it in an oil central heating tank. (for use with tractor only not van or car I hasen to add). This would save me about 10p per litre.

    It means though I would have to buy a 1000ltrs at a time but in the grand scheme of things this would save about £500 per year

    Geoff

    January 31, 2011 at 10:24 pm #341144
    geoff1
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    Re: bio diesel

    Diesel has hit £149.9 today. 😯 I have asked them to have smelling salts available in future for when I faint with the next bill.

    geoff

    February 1, 2011 at 9:32 am #341145
    Martin
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    Re: bio diesel

    Don’t be tempted in using that red stuff Geoff otherwise you’ll be worrying a lot more than the price per litre of regular diesel. 😉

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