what other types of fuel for a diesel car ?

[tatu]

just curious,i was told that a diesel motor would run on home heating oil,is this true? my guess is it would ruin the engine eventually.

[yeomanphill]

All I know is that at work we had a heater which was removed, this left a surplus of heating oil, which went into the tractor and lawn mowers, which were all diesel.

[mushroom25]

running your diesel road vehicle on anything but white road diesel is probably not legal.

[Toureman]

Your guess is wrong but it would be illegal to do it.

[Mortartube]

The diesel engine will run on many types of heavy oil, but it is often the fuel pump that suffers as the diesel from the forecourt diesel pump is the right viscosity to provide lubrication to the engines fuel pump.

The diesel engine was originally designed to run on peanut oil for third world countries who had no access to regular fuel supplies.

Biodiesels are good for many diesel engines although they can be acidic if badly made and corrode rubber pipework and seals in pumps.

The engine itself should find little trouble running on heating oil, it's the surrounding equipment that will probably fail.

[dm1982]

The VAG( Volkswagen-Audi group) have already confirmed that anybody using BIO diesel (particularly from Morrisons) will invalidate the warranty on the engine and fuel system on their diesel models.

[Seafarer1966]

I ran a Renault 19 diesel and a Vauxhall Astra diesel on sunflower oil with no problems. It was on 49 pence a litre then and was worth it. It's more expensive than diesel now.

Totally illegal by the way because the taxman doesn't get his fuel duty.

I looked in the mirror just now and did I see the face of concern about not paying the taxman? Er...no.

[beso]

It it is a common rail diesel system it will die very quickly.