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#641 JG

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Posted 26 September 2007 - 11:32 AM

Ant, I've had a great idea. I'm bored of pouring veg oil into the corsa and equally bored of having to mix it with a little petrol. So I'm building a fuel pumping station. :D 1000L tank should do the job nicely. Pump is a bit of an issue, i think i'm going to get bored with a hand pump so it needs to electric and of decent throughput. What i really need is a nozzle from a dissused proper petrol station too. I will then be able to mix a special blend and then refill every 6 months.

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Posted 26 September 2007 - 12:20 PM

i forget what sort of pump you'll need, but i had a similar plan when i was planning on brewing my own biodiesel . basically it worked on the basis that the pump that would be used to recirculate the filtered wvo and mix it with the methanol and NaOH could then be then be switched, by use of a valve to pump what you'd just made into the car. think i have a basic schematic somewhere.... on a slightly separate topic i passed a white 306 xldt in traffic the other day with a big black sticky stain on the side of it below the filler cap and run marks. i think i know what the driver has been up to ;) on a separate topic again.... how's work mate? :lol: central heating pumo should do the trick btw thumbsup

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Posted 26 September 2007 - 12:35 PM

work thumbsup holiday next week thumbsup thumbsup thumbsup Just found a pump in brico depot in france 50 euros. Nice. can't be asked with WVO, far too much effort. heard that VO is rising by 2p per litre per day at the moment. :angry:

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Posted 26 September 2007 - 12:40 PM

what you doing for your holiday? whatever it is you should not do it and help me finish my house next week :lol: that's what i'm doing on my week off :( :beat:

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Posted 26 September 2007 - 12:50 PM

Going to France. No summer and No vx so i'm not sure how thrilling its going to be. We are going to be buying the floors for the new house though, which should be fun. Will give you hand with the house the following week end, keeps me out of the redrow building site with is supposed to be restricted :rolleyes:

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Posted 27 September 2007 - 09:33 AM

here is my winter run around! 65mpg and £35 a year tax! WOOP! has climate control aswell! :D

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Posted 27 September 2007 - 09:42 AM

Thats not a Shed! :P

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Posted 27 September 2007 - 09:44 AM

its an oil burner! so that means it qualifies! :P

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Posted 27 September 2007 - 09:47 AM

1.5 dci? I didn't know that they were that cheap to tax. My other half who is about to start doing starship miles could do with something like that. How much did you pay if you don't mind me asking?>

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Posted 27 September 2007 - 09:57 AM

Imnotworthy Imnotworthy Imnotworthy Imnotworthy Imnotworthy Imnotworthy Imnotworthy Imnotworthy I've just read this thread you boys really are special I saw the top gear segment about running on veg oil but thought it would need some kind of conversion !! Fantastic It's making me want to get a shed just to get one back on the tax man well done to you oil burning chaps Imnotworthy Imnotworthy Imnotworthy Imnotworthy Imnotworthy Imnotworthy Imnotworthy Imnotworthy

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Posted 27 September 2007 - 10:33 AM

1.5 dci?

I didn't know that where that cheap to tax.

My other half who is about to start doing starship miles could do with something like that.
How much did you pay if you don't mind me asking?>


yeah its a 1.5.. its only a 65hp version, but its got plenty torque for the size.. i paid £3500 for it but i really thought i got a bargain.. its got all the toys nearly..

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Posted 27 September 2007 - 10:34 AM

:D

Saving over a £1000 a year Good for the environment too (80% less emissions)

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Posted 27 September 2007 - 10:47 AM

ah i never bought it for the environment ;) ha ha

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Posted 27 September 2007 - 10:54 AM

ah oops, very close posting time, i missed you last post justin. Environmental thing was in relation to the veg oil. although 65mpg diesel will be better than most. As you can imagine i wouldn't bother if it wasn't cheap :rolleyes:

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Posted 27 September 2007 - 11:25 AM

does anyone else get any bother with the alternator belts on the corsa 1.7D (non turbo) ? i keep having to adjust every other week (you can tell when it starts slipping as the taho stops reading), and it eats belts - the other belt is fine ive used pattern and OEM belts, - its really annoying as its a PITA (under car job) to do i hate cars

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Posted 27 September 2007 - 12:17 PM

Its a fairly common problem I've recently reverted back to an non-toothed belt and it works much better. I would make sure it is tight though. There is an oil cooler on the back of the alternator that probably aught to be working properly.

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Posted 27 September 2007 - 12:54 PM

I've just read this thread you boys really are special


i always knew i was special! :lol:

seriously though, even leaving aside the 'are we causing global warming' argument, i can't see how people can do the miles i do (100 miles a day) in say a big 30mpg car, with only them as the passenger. needless waste thumbsdown

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Posted 27 September 2007 - 03:53 PM

I can't beleive your car is still managing 100 miles a day the way you drive it. :P :D

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Posted 27 September 2007 - 04:17 PM

oh no from this day forth you two shall be known as "The Special Ones " Bring on the Veg Imnotworthy

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Posted 27 September 2007 - 04:21 PM

which belt do you use ? it's got a really stupid adjusting mechanism too i have to slacken off the alternator and the top bolt to get the thing to move noticed the bottom rad hose leaking too :rolleyes: yeah i hate cars
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