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Joe the Plumber Member Since: 18 Dec 2013 Location: Midlands Posts: 906 |
Sounds disasterous to me. How do fuel lines get 'dirty' inside anyhow?
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21st Oct 2020 5:14am |
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LandRoverAnorak Member Since: 17 Jul 2011 Location: Surrey Posts: 11240 |
It's a bad idea in modern diesels with high pressure fuel systems. Petrol lacks the lubricating properties of diesel and will lead to wear in the fuel pump.
I vaguely remember this being a thing 'in the old days' to stop diesel waxing in cold weather. Really not necessary anymore though. Darren 110 USW BUILD THREAD - EXPEDITION TRAILER - 200tdi 90 BUILD THREAD - SANKEY TRAILER - IG@landroveranorak "You came in that thing? You're braver than I thought!" - Princess Leia |
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21st Oct 2020 5:51am |
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LR90XS2011 Member Since: 05 Apr 2011 Location: bickenhill Posts: 3602 |
not a good idea need to be adding lubricity not removing it, petrol also has a lower energy value than diesel so in theory will reduce power DEFENDER 90 TDCI XS,
I hope everyone is well and your land rovers make you happy |
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21st Oct 2020 8:07am |
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Badger110 Member Since: 06 Feb 2018 Location: South hams Posts: 1024 |
I used to do it when I was running veg oil in the 200tdi & 19j
No idea if it made a difference |
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21st Oct 2020 3:49pm |
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Co1 Member Since: 19 Aug 2018 Location: North Yorkshire Posts: 3604 |
Those were the days! I ran a mk1 Navara on veg oil until it broke down right outside a main dealer. Had to push it in there and when they inspected it they told me it had had a massive heart attack! All the fuel lines were clogged with fat!! I wouldn’t mind but I was using reasonable quality sunflower oil, not the Tesco value stuff!!
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21st Oct 2020 5:40pm |
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Bluest Member Since: 23 Apr 2016 Location: Lancashire Posts: 3993 |
I went to Morocco and back last year with my friend running his TDI 110 hard top on veg oil. Half of his load was veg oil when we crossed into Morocco, and customs never bothered. 2007 110 TDCi Station Wagon XS
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21st Oct 2020 7:52pm |
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