(20-10-2013, 08:40 PM)ginge191 Wrote: 1) why are you calling it petty???
2) veg alone with derv is fine
3) run no veg if your fussed about a little idle change, smell, looks and sounds which from what I gather, you are.

(21-10-2013, 09:48 AM)pugvivant Wrote: try a bit of paraffin works wonders

(21-10-2013, 10:08 AM)Dum-Dum Wrote:

(21-10-2013, 09:48 AM)pugvivant Wrote: try a bit of paraffin works wonders

Other than the fact that its illegal and if your caught could have your car seized and crushed by HMRC

(21-10-2013, 11:31 AM)ginge191 Wrote: ...and consuming untaxed vegetable oil as fuel with little acknowledgement of recordings is legit?

(21-10-2013, 08:20 AM)Chris_90 Wrote: So whats the down sides to putting it in more than 10%?? ive just started doing it and dont fancy killing my car by putting to much in with the veg lol But it helped alot with thinning it out/starting up first thing in a morning. All tho when it gets colder i think im gonna have issues agin but will see what its like when it comes to colder mornings.

(21-10-2013, 05:06 PM)Toby Wrote: This time of year I run 55 litres of veg, a 5 litre jerry can of petrol, and one shot of millers cetane booster.

One extremely worthwhile modification, if you have not done it already, is to modify the fuel filter housing (cutting down the stat, inserting a 10 cent coin, sealing everything back up), as this forces all of the veg to run through the maze heated by the coolant. Peugeot put it there for a reason, so you may as well use it. This alone will bring average fuel temps up by 10*c, which to veg makes a big difference.

Also r3k1355 is spot on with the tuning, a stage 1 does help, although I never really worked out why as the main problem is incomplete combustion. Meh.

(21-10-2013, 05:10 PM)Piggy Wrote:

(21-10-2013, 05:06 PM)Toby Wrote: This time of year I run 55 litres of veg, a 5 litre jerry can of petrol, and one shot of millers cetane booster.

One extremely worthwhile modification, if you have not done it already, is to modify the fuel filter housing (cutting down the stat, inserting a 10 cent coin, sealing everything back up), as this forces all of the veg to run through the maze heated by the coolant. Peugeot put it there for a reason, so you may as well use it. This alone will bring average fuel temps up by 10*c, which to veg makes a big difference.

Also r3k1355 is spot on with the tuning, a stage 1 does help, although I never really worked out why as the main problem is incomplete combustion. Meh.

'the penny trick'!

I always do this.

But doesnt help with cold starts...hence petrol/cetane booster

(22-10-2013, 10:08 AM)r3k1355 Wrote: Another trick people have tried is increasing the cold idle past 1000 rpm.

(26-10-2013, 02:52 PM)Andy annear Wrote: Ive got a question regarding this topic,

So in summer i was running 100% veg no problems, started after around 10 seconds of turning over, then ran lumpy for 2 minutes or so, lots of white smoke when it fired,

Last week I was running 10% petrol to veg, took ages to start, when it fired it would run perfectly smooth and blast black smoke out the back,

Now im running 50% veg 50% diesel, and it takes as long as above to start (probs 20 seconds if it hasnt been driven for a day or two) and blows huge amounts of black smoke out when it does fire, again, more black smoke here but not as much as 1st start in the morning

then also, if i leave my car for a couple of hours after driving it, it still takes a good, 8 seconds or so to start, which seams weird as it should all be reasonably warm,

any suggestions? It seams to me that since i've put petrol in the tank its making it a bugger to start, but when it does it runs smooth ? Temps not down too low here yet either..

thanks hope nobody minds me jumping in on this thread.

Andy