Has anyone ever ran their 2.0D on Red Diesel?

[noscralc]

Originally Posted by busy builder

When I worked at ICI Petrochems on Teesside, back in the early 90's a mate of mine was syphoning off raw deisel from a sample point. He drew it off into 45 gallon drums and then took it home in a works van (big mistake).

Early (2 or 3am) one morning he was stopped by plod and the van was searched with the drum of diesel oil in the back. Anyway he obviously had no plausible excuse, he was investigated by the Excise people, as it was bonded property.

He lost his job, his ICI pension, his wife and he was given a jail term.

45 gall drum!! - dont know how that got there officer lol

[4 forty]

not only has red diesel got red dye in it, also it has a tracer chemical which clings to the fuel tank etc for a year or more.

[stevo83]

You used to be able to run it through cat litter to remove the dye. Nice way to remove the oil too!

[ADBS65]

My mate got done running red in a Transit. Hefty fine £250 I recall. HOWEVER they then pitched up at his house to view his accounts to see how much duty he had evaded over past 12 months! They want the whole cake not just a slice !