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Old Oct 8th, 2007, 19:25   #1
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Anyone have any details on running old Volvo's (740's ect) on either chip fat or bio diesel.

I currently have a petrol 740 estate but want to change to a cheaper and more 'green' version and I'm wondering about alternative fuels.

anyone doing this or have any details, stories or experience. All info greatly received.

many thanks in advance
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Old Oct 8th, 2007, 19:50   #2
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No experience, but.. I'd say the first consideration is access to a ready supply of the fat! If this is guaranteed then it has to be worthwhile, but not of course in a petrol engined car. Changing an engine is not an economic or practicable proposition for most, so that means changing to a diesel engined one. There are kits which allow use of straight veg oil or you can have a go at manufacturing biodiesel, which can be used in any vehicle, as long as it's expendable.
If you want to keep your car the alternative is an lpg conversion, which is considerably less green, but is certainly economically worthwhile if you do a lot of miles.
There is a fair bit of info on this site about both options and a member (mike brace) does lpg professionally. There are loads of sites with info on biodiesel and you can go to classes to learn how to make the stuff. It would suit someone with access to the oil and some knowledge of basic chemistry and plumbing!


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Anyone have any details on running old Volvo's (740's ect) on either chip fat or bio diesel.

I currently have a petrol 740 estate but want to change to a cheaper and more 'green' version and I'm wondering about alternative fuels.

anyone doing this or have any details, stories or experience. All info greatly received.

many thanks in advance
Elsbett do a one tank (Straight vegetable oil) conversion for the 940 TD. You can put Veg oil or diesel in your tank then.
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I think Top Gear run a volvo 740 /760 diesel on veg oil some time ago and it was succesful i dont know if you will find any info on the web site but might be worth a try
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found a site dieselbob.co.uk this can be used to identify which injector pump you have and if it will be ok on BIO-fuel
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I wont be running my car on any other heavy oil. only what comes out of the pumps.
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found a site dieselbob.co.uk this can be used to identify which injector pump you have and if it will be ok on BIO-fuel
He has a petrol 740!
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In about a month or so, once I sort out a few of the faults on my 940 2.4T, I'll be trying an Elsbett 1 tank kit and pure vegtable oil. I'm not too sure about using waste oil due to need for filtering equipment and suchlike. With any luck in a few weeks I'll be filling up at Costco or Macro or for 50p a litre!

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Works a treat in my mates 95' Toyota Surf Turbo (new Cosco oil) with just a few gallons of diesel now and then to keep the pump and injectors happy smells lovely lol..............all totally legal. Just watch it in the winter.
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there are some good informative bio fuel sites out there also check out this months car mechanics magazine for more info theyve don a feature on vegie oil it lists some sites to check out to
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