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Nov 29th, 2007, 01:22 | #21 | |
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Whether that was a 6 cylinder version of the golf one I know not.. But it is an old engine and not common rail so should be Ok with veggie oil. You may want to add a pre-heater to the fuel pipe before the injectors to help running. Des. . .
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Nov 29th, 2007, 11:43 | #22 | |
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Nov 29th, 2007, 12:04 | #23 |
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I have been running on 50/50 SVO and diesel for about 6000 miles now. I have got an Elsbett kit to convert the car to run on 100% SVO, but I've only installed part of it so far....lack of time!
The kit consists of an coolant heated heat exchanger, an electric filter heater, new fuel filter, 6 new glowplugs, 6 new injector nozles, a few relays and lots of pipes, fittings and jubillee clips and an instruction manual. The maual is not too bad, being a translation from German, but it has at least been translated by a person not a computer. I have still to install the injectors and the last two glowplugs and some of the control wiring for the glowpugs. The concept of the kit is that the electric fuel heater heats up the filter up until the coolant temp has got up to 70C and then it's turned off as the heat exchanger is now heating the fuel, the glowplugs are longer in length and stay on for a longer time (not sure how long as I haven't got the new control wired up fully yet). As for the new injectors, I believe they are a slighty different shape and are supposed to atomise the thicker fuel better. I am not sure if it will start ok on 100% SVO as the electric filter takes a bit of time to heat up. I did try it on 100% as an experiment and it wouldn't start on a cold morning, but we'll see if the new injectors and last 2 glow pugs make a difference. If the engine is warm it will run quite happily on 100% SVO, so if once I have finished installing the conversion kit if I still have problems in the morning I'll look at adding a small tank for diesel for the start and end of my joruneys. Luckily all my trips are over 15 miles and most are 90 mile commutes. Doing 600-1000 miles a week, the prospect of only paying 57p a litre is most attractive and the smell from the car is great too! regards TFB |
Nov 29th, 2007, 12:47 | #24 |
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well i got it wrong after reading the manual - hey i am a male :-) the thing that looks like a glow plug appears to the the thermostat and there is a black plastic insert between the filter canister and the filter mount that is the pre heater see pictures still think this is a good and cheap and easy way to pre heat your SVO still not sure if this is running all the time as the Fiat manual is not very detailed on this part of the car but will investigate there is also a BIG fuse and a relay in circuit.
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Nov 29th, 2007, 13:05 | #26 | |
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Nov 29th, 2007, 13:07 | #27 |
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of course it is true i am NOT a MD ;-) up to 2,500 liters = NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO TAX - on the Fiat that equates to 20/25,000 miles and if you can get WVO for free - or if bought clean and water free at 20ppl that is seriously cheap - new clean Rapeseed at 50/60ppl
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Its funny, i was talking to a private taxi driver on tuesday and he mentioned something along the same lines. I personally didnt believe him as i couldnt see the govement missing out on all that duty. Upto 2500 litres, does it only apply to a certain type of bio diesel? edit: just found this: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programme...ch/6288920.stm
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Nov 29th, 2007, 13:22 | #30 | |
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might have to find myself a nice 850 tdi now.
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