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phylymann

Petrol/diesel prices nearly a pound a litre is it not time to fight back. We are lugging 3 and a half tons of metal and plastic around the countryside and my poor half empty wallet is beginning to complain Crying or Very sad

With so many fulltimers and regular users out there, there must be a better and more economical way to travel.

LPG is great if you have a petrol engine but I suspect most of us use diesel units. Magnets and twirly metal sleeves are fine but...............................

Bio diesel is an idea but where can you get it and is 5% mix the best that can be done. I for one would prefer to give my money to British farmers and not to Oil sheiks in some far off land.

How is yours!!!! and what do you use to fill your tanks?

Any other ideas for filling your tanks Exclamation

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Can I really run my 'van off my chip pan, if not what else can I use.

All ideas gratefully received Laughing

ScotJimland

Red diesel ... ?? Wink

joking of course..

johnsandywhite

Hi phylymann. The original Diesel engine was built to run on farm produced oil. Here are a few that might help:-

johnsandywhite

nobbythehobby

Hi phyllman,

If you take a search through the Back Room Technical Forums on here -

phylymann

Thanks guys, but I do not want to keep emptying the chip pan into my 'van, but would like to fill up at pumps from a fore court and except for the 5% added I cannot find any other details of a commercial supplier.

Do you all just accept the price from Shell/Esso etc and not wish to find a better alternative Wink

johnsandywhite

There is of course another way of buying cheap fuel. I am not sure it is not illegal but at car auctions the assistants drain off the tanks if they are too full. The excuse I presume is because they could be a fire risk. They then sell it on at a cut price. Laughing

phylymann

Found this.....

"We may be moving in the right direction: next month Ford will put 40 bio-ethanol Ford Focus saloons into Somerset, where a bio-ethanol infrastructure has been put in place using bio-fuel from locally grown grain."

So there is hope Razz

olley · Campsite DB Admin

The largest proportion of the cost is the tax, i belive the cost of getting petrol to the pump is about 22p this includes buying refining it and delivery. what ever fuel we use Gordon will tax it, he cannot afford not to, with all labours schemes for wealth distribution, ie the less you work the more you get paid.

olley

johnsandywhite

Why say Gordon specifially will tax it? Any Government will tax it irrespective of Political persuasion. IMVHO Rolling Eyes