Corn Oil

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vic b
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Hello all,
Am I right to assume corn oil can be used as sunflower oil in a G.
Regards Vic b.

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I believe so... rapeseed, corn and sunflower will work OK in your G, but you need to blend them with some diesel for start up. Once started, any of those will work wonderfully and lubricate your diesel injection pump beautifully.

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But it goes without saying that this assumes you have a diesel (pre CDIs) and you will need to change your filters more regularly in the beginning.

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Thanks for the quick reply, I understand you have been down this road. I looked at a two tank kit today that allows 100% veg oil use when the engine is hot. I am impressed, apart from having to filter used oil, if you get a good source, I see no problems with this kit. As you know the engine is switched over to diesel and purged 2 mins. before shutting off so you have a supply of diesel in the system for start up on a cold morning. When all is running and warm you switch to veg oil which is heated via a heat exchange run off the heater pipes, before being injected into the warm engine. I am told that this system is easier to install and more versatile than the 1 tank system. Have you any knowledge of problems because it all sounds to good. thanks Vic b.

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I have been running my totally standard G300 Diesel with a blend of 90% sunflower and 10% regular diesel since December last year. I have done 9,200 miles with an average consumption of 21.4 mpg (22.5 mpg with straight diesel). Performance is only marginally affected and smells beautifully.

And the cost per litre was generally 51 pence (lowest 40, highest 58 ) as opposed to the regular diesel price of 0.66 per litre.

The only drawbacks is to have to replace your fuel filtre shortly after starting usage of SVO (because it dissolves all the diesel gunk accumulated in your tank over the years) and to change the engine oil more often (to prevent the polymerisation of the oil due to the unburnt SVO on start-ups finding its way into the sump, though I had no traces of it in my case).

And the best of it is knowing that I am really doing something good for this planet, as opposed to all those corrupt poloticians who never stop talking about the whole thing...

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You can also get inline heaters so that you can just use SVO. But mixing it is the easiest.

Please fill in your profile and let us know where you are - it will let us help you easier. If you're in California or somewhere equally warm you don't need to do a conversion to run svo.

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Hi ,sorry about the profile I will attend to it today, California yes you got it first time. I'm 52 years old and sat on the beach with my 20 year old blond girlfriend who is a modelllllllll......... arg.... time to get up for work in Cardiff, well almost as good. We have some lovely girls in Wales all in traditional Welsh costume. Thanks again for the info. I will try the 2 tank method, kit is £475 from dieselveg, check the web site, just put dieselveg into Google. All looks O.K. to me, any comments?? cheers Vic.

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Try without it first! Also are you intending to use SVO or WVO?

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And remember to send the Chancellor his cut :D

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marcus wrote:
And remember to send the Chancellor his cut :D

Not anymore... as long as its less than 2500 litres per year you're ok.

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Thanks Maxwell,
Most likely both at various times certainly not all WVO as I cannot get a regular supply. Vic

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:oops:
So Maxwell tell me more, I take it there is an exemption in force,
2500 litres @ 24mpg = 12,500 per annum, sounds good,
is this per vehicle, or total allowance per person, or per address.
I know a farmer with a big tank of rapeseed oil, and funny enough a "G" Wagen too.
Cheers
Marcus

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marcus wrote:
:oops:
So Maxwell tell me more, I take it there is an exemption in force,
2500 litres @ 24mpg = 12,500 per annum, sounds good,
is this per vehicle, or total allowance per person, or per address.
I know a farmer with a big tank of rapeseed oil, and funny enough a "G" Wagen too.
Cheers
Marcus

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Re: Corn Oil

All the Ocado delvery vans run on bio (or so they claim). All their Sprinters are CDI's.