27-03-2013, 06:57 PM
(27-03-2013, 06:20 PM)306Puggy Wrote:(27-03-2013, 04:02 PM)Chris_90 Wrote: my experience with veg is i ran 100% veg for 4 weeks (4 fill ups) was getting around 350 miles from full to quarter of a tank, Then it started miss fireing and takeing ages to start so went back on to derv cleared it out (amzied in the power difference!) now i run a mix 50/50 veg and derv no issues.
To be fair i think all the products are the same ktc/tesco etc carnt see there being much difference other than price, I used ktc all the time, then about a week ago bought some ktc long life stuff at 72p a liter (damaged stock) looks abit like wallpaper paste when im putting it in but mixed with derv its fine.
I find on veg i struggle at top of revs and have alot of flat spots since i put derv in and mixed never had any flat spots and can rev right round to the gov (standard gov).
I found my engine sounded louder on veg tbh seemed to be quieter on derv not sure why that is.
Change the fuel filter, that is the cause of the missfire. I've been running on veg for about a year now (apart from when I haven't been able to source it) and I can say that veg is definitely better than diesel. It is cheaper, more powerful (higher certane) and emission free. Why anyone would run on diesel (apart from for performance reasons) I don't know. My only bad experience was from a missfire caused by a blocked fuel filter which I swapped out the fuel pump for, changed the cambelt twice and checked the timing a gazillion times to try to solve. I didn't realise a blocked fuel filter could lead to messed up injection timing but there you go.
(27-03-2013, 06:08 PM)RJDubya Wrote: Have any of you tried any other alternative fuels? Heating oil (kerosene) for example?
What other "select mods"are you meaning n0v0s? I'm looking at modding mine so I can run veg, I want to make the most of it so any knowledge is good...
Pretty much anything other than veg is illegal and/or more expensive.
I did change the fuel filter still used to cut out at junctions, miss like a right f**ker and take ages to start, fuel filter was the first thing i thought! Then tried the in tank fuel cleaned that no difference, so but derv in ad it started up straight away never missed fired once, So mixed it ever since and never had an issue starts bang on no lumpy idle any more no miss firing etc, just just gona run a mix im happy as im still saving money and still get to keep some power from the derv