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can i run my lucas pump on veg oil - Dan306DT - 12-10-2013

Can i run my lucas pump on veg oil. Turned up the fuel pump and turned up the turbo can i still run my car on veg oil on my lucas pump and if so what veg oil is the best to use?? crisp and dry tesco value oil ?? and do i need to pre mix it??


RE: can i run my lucas pump on veg oil - adamm306 - 12-10-2013

No it will perish the seals on the pump. Try and gather a Bosch setup far superior


RE: can i run my lucas pump on veg oil - Dan306DT - 12-10-2013

sweet just thought id asking going to buy a pump soon so will try it then Smile


RE: can i run my lucas pump on veg oil - Piggy - 12-10-2013

no way!!!


can i run my lucas pump on veg oil - Sambarker - 12-10-2013

You'll get away with a light mix, maybe 25-30% but for how long is another question


Re: RE: can i run my lucas pump on veg oil - WiNgNuTz - 12-10-2013

(12-10-2013, 10:04 PM)Sambarker Wrote: You'll get away with a light mix, maybe 25-30% but for how long is another question

This is pretty much what I've heard about running veg on a lucas. Could run for 10 minutes, could run for a year. Depends how big your balls are really, but I wouldn't risk it myself.


RE: can i run my lucas pump on veg oil - Pompey306mark - 13-10-2013

I know of a Lucas car that has been running veg as well as old engine oil and anything else lying around.


RE: can i run my lucas pump on veg oil - underground375 - 13-10-2013

got a bosh lines and injectors for sale soon, tuned to run on a k14/T2 at 25psi, easy bolt on performance tune Wink


RE: can i run my lucas pump on veg oil - Dave - 13-10-2013

Who here knows anyone who's actually had a Lucas pump fail on them while running veg? I would just swap to a Bosch anyway


RE: can i run my lucas pump on veg oil - Piggy - 13-10-2013

I have Smile


can i run my lucas pump on veg oil - Sambarker - 13-10-2013

Ran my c15 on everything and anything and that's was on a nad Lucas pump


Re: RE: can i run my lucas pump on veg oil - THE_Liam - 13-10-2013

(13-10-2013, 06:51 AM)Piggy Wrote: I have Smile

Me too. Berlingo NAD on a Lucas, running veg on a cold morning, pump seized and chucked the cambelt...


RE: can i run my lucas pump on veg oil - Piggy - 13-10-2013

mine was actually a mates 1.5nad.

we had a bosch...thought would see how long a lucas would last/if it was a myth.

50mile later we realised it wasnt a myth


RE: can i run my lucas pump on veg oil - ADV_93 - 13-10-2013

A lot of people do say no to this, however my boss had a 405 straight-D with a Lucas pump and he ran it on chip fat oil for over a year with no problems?