can i use cooking oil in my van

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Hi i have a escort 55 turbo diesel x reg 2000. and i am wondering would it run off cooking oil mixed with a little but of thinners? or sould i mix half & half, 20ltrs of oil & 20ltrs of diesel say? would it work and would i damage my engine, I am told no convertion is needed? any help Many thanks Bri

[lajohn]

didn't i just respond to this question? or am i losing my mind?

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My friend runs his diesel van off Tesco's Chip Fat. No need to mix anything in it, according to him. But be advised that anything other than diesel will have detrimental effects on the engine.

[fivetoze]

firstly DON'T use thinners, it'll eat the seals in the dizzy pump...

you CAN you WVO, BUT... WVO is acidic, and its full of crap which your engine won't like. and, during winter it turns to sludge, and your van won't start.

i bought a volvo 760tdi, it was run on WVO from dirty dans burger vans... OK, i got the volvo cheap, but it cost nearly 400 quid to sort it out. (reconned distributor pump and exhaust system) after that it ran for 4yrs without a hiccup..;

if you want to mix WVO then use diesel to do it! we use 1gallon of diesel to 10g of WVO...the colder it gets, the more diesel we add.

oh, and change the fuel filer EVERY OTHER MONTH, they clog really easy. youre saving a fortune on fuel, buy a few more filters.

type biodiesel or WVO into google