Corn Oil
Hello all,
Am I right to assume corn oil can be used as sunflower oil in a G.
Regards Vic b.
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.
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.
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...
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.
Try without it first! Also are you intending to use SVO or WVO?
And remember to send the Chancellor his cut :D
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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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
: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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All the Ocado delvery vans run on bio (or so they claim). All their Sprinters are CDI's.
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.