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If like me you are covering a fair distance each trip then, as we all know, the cost of the fuel is by far the biggest outlay. I have just found the Petrolbusters site.
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It can find the chapest fuel, petrol or diesel, in your location or any place you are about to visit or pass through (uk). It also has lots of other goodies one being a map of the uk showing fuel price trends. By checking this you can see the areas to avoid when refueling on a long trip and plan accordingly.
You will have to register with the site and my advice here is to carefully look at the "no junk mail" tick boxes ( I think you need to leave them blank). I use a throwaway email address anyway so if I start to get junk I "throw it away"
I know its only pennies but they do add up and I was always told to look after them
as pusser is my technical guru so honest john of the daily telegraph is my motoring guru.
2 pieces of his advice that i have chosen to adhere to are:-
1. only use shell or texaco fuel if possible. they are the only fuels on general sale in uk that have a detergent added. was sceptical but he keeps getting letters from people who have changed and get improved consumption or some obscure fuel problem disappears.
2. give a diesel engine a thrash at 4000rpm once a month. have had this advice from other sources as well.
cheapest ain't always best
om swami honest john
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There is a product that you add to your diesel or better still suck it through the engine direct ,called "Forte diesel additive" it is liquid engineering at its best, comes in a "coke" size tin and seems exspensive for what you get, most garages will not sell it to you but if you look round and find a Landrover specialist he may have it believe me it is [u:cf05ccfacf]fantastic [/u:cf05ccfacf]stuff try here
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they may help you.
It stops smoke and lubricates the pump, very important now there is no sulphur in diesel I had terrible problems with a Kontiki with a Peugeot engine, used this and flew through the smoke test, and lasted till the next test without further treatment, and it really did improve the vehicle, it was like new again..
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what about cooking oil (used) it,s cheap (remember to declare to taxman)should,nt damage your engine (dont use in cold countrie,s) any taker,s[color=green:48d7fd8aa3][/color:48d7fd8aa3]
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[quote:b2a2d54670="jamanji"]what about cooking oil (used) it,s cheap (remember to declare to taxman)should,nt damage your engine (dont use in cold countrie,s) any taker,s[color=green:b2a2d54670][/color:b2a2d54670][/quote:b2a2d54670]
It does however need processing first....DO NOT add it neat from the bottle ( or even from the deep fat fryer.)
Seriously though, there are firms who are looking for backing to do the processing involved and, given that the used oil is plentiful and normally a problem to dispose of, shouldn't there be more incentive for these firms to set up ?
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Grizzly the only incentive would be cash, and regardless of the green aspect the Chancellor wont give up on the EXCESSIVE duty we pay in UK be it on Petrol, LPG if enough people change, Deisel greasle or whatever.
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