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Old 07 December 2007, 17:54   #1
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Home Brew Diesel anyone
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Old 07 December 2007, 21:12   #2
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Usually the home made ones are better. haven't looked into these ones yet but many of the commercial ones are crap.

About to start making my own - should be fun!!!

Bloody hell just seen the price - £1750 + vat - it will cost me about £600 for one that does 200 litres per batch.
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i have heard a few stories recently of modern diesels going bang after they have run on it for a while .
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As long as it's made to the EN/BS standard it should be fine........
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Usually the home made ones are better. haven't looked into these ones yet but many of the commercial ones are crap.

About to start making my own - should be fun!!!

Bloody hell just seen the price - £1750 + vat - it will cost me about £600 for one that does 200 litres per batch.
Me thinks Codders is homebrewing something else.
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I don't know anything about the stuff TBH I have just been told a few tales of woe from friends in the motor trade. I wondered if it was the old problem of vegetable and mineral oil not mixing hence the engine oil becomes contaminated also mixing regular diesel with Bio.
I haven't looked into it but you know how roumours go round the trade.
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My 2.0l TDCi runs like a bag of nails on Tesco Diesel with its 5% bio - not sure i'd like to try full bio
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Usually the home made ones are better. haven't looked into these ones yet but many of the commercial ones are crap.

About to start making my own - should be fun!!!

Bloody hell just seen the price - £1750 + vat - it will cost me about £600 for one that does 200 litres per batch.
Codders, what is your plan to do this? when are you going to start and finish the project? Can you provide a report on the results? I am sure everyone will be interested.
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I will start it just over Christmas - I looked into it a lot before - I was thinking of starting to produce the stuff commercially but the hardest part is getting sufficient waste oil. The prices are going through the roof. It is NOT a good thing for the environment either. It is a different story to produce just enough for myself - and there is no red tape either now for up to 2,500 litres a year!!!

there was a bloke on here a while ago who said he made it - seemed to know what he was on about so wouldn't mind talking to him if I can remember who it was.
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I will start it just over Christmas - I looked into it a lot before - I was thinking of starting to produce the stuff commercially but the hardest part is getting sufficient waste oil. The prices are going through the roof. It is NOT a good thing for the environment either. It is a different story to produce just enough for myself - and there is no red tape either now for up to 2,500 litres a year!!!

there was a bloke on here a while ago who said he made it - seemed to know what he was on about so wouldn't mind talking to him if I can remember who it was.
is this your man codders?

http://rib.net/forum/showpost.php?p=207245&postcount=9
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