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  • Cheap, old vehicle and technically challenged

    Hi

    I am not a car owner but am looking for the cheapest, most environmentally friendly way to travel by car. I am only interested in old diesel sedan or wagon(eg: Peugeot or Mercedes). Have very little car knowledge or maintenance skills. In truth, very few technical skills full stop. I have stumbled around the forums for over an hour, tried to post thread and lost it. I want advice on best fuel lines, filter system, winterised fuel and mechanic for such a scenario. If and when I get car set up, I am incredibly keen to buy biodiesel.

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    Re: Cheap, old vehicle and technically challenged

    Hello and welcome,

    We are all pretty new here, but I'm sure someone will be able to help out. I know if 2 people who visit here, one with a Merc and the other with a Peugeot. Both have converted their cars to run on waste cooking oil.
    If you wanted to buy an old merc and run it on commercially made biodiesel, you won't really need to convert much at all, save perhaps the fuel lines, which should be replaced with a synthetic hose, such as one made with Viton. Any old mechanic should be able to do this for you for very little cost, if you didn't want to do it yourself. When running biodiesel, you do not really need to "convert" your car as such.
    Another way of putting it is this:

    If you want to run your car on waste cooking oil, or straight vegetable oil, you can either do it by converting the fuel (into biodiesel), or by converting the car to be able to run on the fuel (heating it before it gets injected). Both methods have their merits. The first means that you can use pretty much any diesel engine with no conversion required. The second means that you do not have to make (or process, or react) the fuel first, your converted engine just gobbles it up "as is".

    Most people will start by running biodiesel, then once they have confidence, they will install a conversion kit and a veggie oil tank and use that. Have a look at Tony's Mercedes here.

    As for your requests on best fuel lines, filtering, winterising etc, hopefully some other users can offer some help here. I'm sure when you actually get around to getting the car and converting it, there would be loads of people willing to help.
    Robert.
    Site Admin.

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