The Pros & Cons Of Running An Old Diesel On Used Vegetable Oil

This week, Alex swaps out diesel for used chip fat, to find out how well this heroic old Skoda Octavia runs on it
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[@memememegaming]

But the question is: *can you use diesel as vegetable oil?*

[@hyperlock]

Well, you can use it to cook and eat the thing you cooked, but just once

[@camboi6103]

customer : why do the chips taste funny? me : they were fried in diesel customer : *throws up*

[@tobiramasenju7669]

Good Question

[@memememegaming]

@@Abner-em6ov the opposite way round, it's diesel as veg oil

[@tan1da819]

I would like to frie my potatoes with diesel

[@wdonders]

In the Netherlands, it's illegal to run your car on veg oil, if cops smell it and pull you over, you're in trouble. Why? because the government misses on taxes! If you still want to drive on veggie oil, you should declare every fillup to the government why make you pay the tax separately.. You should be able to show a recent receipt of the tax payment to the police. The government only cares for money, not the environment.

[@circusboy90210]

wdonders duck your taxes.

[@filthymcnastyazz]

wdonders its legal in uk, providing you paytaxes

[@CTimmerman]

So is fueling up abroad also illegal?

[@wdonders]

When you fill up abroad at a gas station, taxes are included in the fuel price. We're talking about filling your tank with veggie oil here. Filling up with veggie oil abroad could be ok in some countries, but if you drive back to NL, you better have some proof of taxes payed like i mentioned earlier

[@CTimmerman]

Veggie oil is taxed as well, but less than normal fuel because it's not meant for wearing down roads while poisoning the neighbors.

[@BigGreezyJake]

Rudolph Diesel actually designed his engine to run in peanut oil so this shouldn’t be a surprise.

[@alexm566]

wait what? 🤨

[@garethbaus5471]

He also was working on a design to run on coal, diesel engines can run on just about anything if you can deliver the fuel correctly.

[@americansmark]

@@garethbaus5471 yep. At an old job, we ran one of our old semis on a mix of avgas and used motor oil. Ran about as well as an old truck could. It wasn't meant for multifuel, but it can run it. Older diesels can run on pump gas as well if enough motor oil is mixed in. It acts kind of like a 2-cycle engine.

[@vinimarshall7301]

And coconut oil

[@jasonrist6582]

and then he went missing

[@AlexYeets]

Ahhhhh, do you guys remember when diesel used to cost £1.31 a litre? I do. I miss those days.

[@victoriavongate7208]

Good ol days

[@Markcain268]

I remember when it cost less than 70pence per litre lol

[@ColiDog]

Let's hope that diesel goes back down.

[@regd.2263]

Do you remember when petrol and diesel was less than twenty five pence ( five shillings in old money ) a gallon and you could fill a tank of an average size car for around two pounds and you paid the same road tax for all size cars

[@Markcain268]

@@regd.2263 the good old day, when we could communicate with people without the need for an electronic device!

[@designanddirection]

A friend ran his Volvo on veg oil and mice ate his fuel line!

[@alexvega9181]

Wtf😂

[@stephenrambo9447]

Best comment

[@thegamingchannel4556]

it does occasinony happen anyway but funny as

[@stepaman]

To funny😂😂

[@designanddirection]

Completely true!

[@DRAINTVofficial]

And now try to get your best time on nurburgring running on chip fat

[@notsamsamsucks3586]

Full Throttle If he can run 800 miles on some chip fat

[@joshellis5477]

Full Throttle To do this properly, you are supposed to preheat the oil using heat from the coolant loop, to lower the viscosity and save your injectors. Put a heat exchanger in your separate oil tank and you'll be greasing for a million miles with nothing but smiles.

[@Genci0]

Full Throttle i can you try HVO100

[@amanofmanyparts9120]

Josh Ellis. I've run several older diesel cars on neat veg oil, both fresh and filtered used, and never needed to warm the oil first. However if you're worried about excessive injector pump pressures you can simply add a small %age of petrol to the tank. In really cold weather you can safely go as high as 20%.

[@sv_cheats1970]

Actually why not take Miles to the Nurgburgring and do a lap on only vegetable oil

[@InsaneCoaster]

Technically an older Diesel engine can run on any fuel as long as the viscosity isn’t too high and it also acts as a lubricant.

[@raphaellecoustre6493]

Try that on a new diesel with high pressure pumps, direct injection etc you'll be surprised of the result I've seen it on older diesel such as 1.9d from PSA but anything newer is a no go

[@E_Rico]

Raphael Le Coustre how comes?

[@raphaellecoustre6493]

@@E_Rico veg oil has a different viscosity compared to diesel, you'll break the fuel pump and the injectors in no time if you run with 100% veg oil A mix of both should be alright in the short term but with the years you'll see damage to the fuel system increasing

[@E_Rico]

Raphael Le Coustre i saw a video where they use white spirit as a solvent to make the oil less viscous, does this help?

[@raphaellecoustre6493]

@@E_Rico I'd rather use diesel even at a small amount than use solvant, a 1/4 ratio of diesel/veg oil should be enough

[@user-mx1fq6qm6i]

"nitrous oxide emissions increase" Then toss that into a bottle and sell it to tuners

[@manasmittal4752]

Nice 🤣😅😅🤣

[@victoriavongate7208]

If only you could develop some kind of harvester

[@Xelenteontae_]

​@@victoriavongate7208What do you mean a harvester? What does it do?

[@ionutenache4967]

Miles will probably die of hear attack or stroke due to high colesterol 🙂

[@exquisitedark]

:D

[@AUXdrone]

ionut enache vegetable oil, no cholesterol

[@Feeshgmod]

you can only get cholesterol from eating animal products...

[@kristoffer816]

@@Feeshgmod The oil have been frying animal products. so it does contain colesterol

[@glenn1111]

Cholesterol*

[@mraaaaaaa]

My dad once ran a tractor on this stuff. It smelled like pancakes :D

[@BrapBrapDorito]

Deep frying pancakes?

[@stonedsavage7814]

i can tell you are from the countryvtoo as the offline dino game is your P.P you must drop internet alot?

[@colorblind1983]

Must of been terrible pankakes that you ate

[@lsswappedcessna]

Makes me want to run my late 90's mechanically injected Kubota lawnmower on deep fryer oil.

[@noelmedina6925]

You can run diesels on anything, my dad ran a Mercedes 300d on engine oil, automatic transmission fluid, and some diesel all mixed together

[@ghosttwo2]

Two points. If you heat it up, the viscosity decreases and you can pass it through a finer filter. A bed sheet would probably work well. Second, if you siphon something, keep your thumb or finger over the end when you do it; you'll be able to stop the flow immediately without losing vacuum or getting anything in your mouth.

[@gavinrichardson3918]

Use a clear tube so you can see it coming! 😉

[@duarteolim6473]

Pro tip: Put a seccond little tube in the hole to the tank.. use a piece of tissue to block as much as you can so no air comes in or out.. Now blow on the little one. As the air gets in from one, the diesel comes out from the other. The little tube don need to tuch the diesel

[@boardingurban]

My uncle left the country but the car to us, so we abused his TDI Bora 2001 with McDonald's Oil. Non Filtered, Straight into the gas tank. 1/3 Diesel, 2/3 Oil. Worked as a charm!

[@S-O-T]

That would have clogged your fuel filter immediately, tank would look like a chip pan, Viscosity would be far too high, I've run it for 23 years How many days did your car last 🤣🤣

[@boardingurban]

@@S-O-T it lasted 3 more years until he got rid of it (he crashed the wing due to ice on road). It worked well. We put oil many times and it worked. When he came back from Spain, he drove from Montreal to Los Angeles and it worked well. ALH engines rule!

[@tarkitarker0815]

@@boardingurban i thought he left the country for good, gosh are you good family to try to kill his car with unfiltered filth.

[@boardingurban]

@@tarkitarker0815 he crashed it a year later. No issues with the engine until then.

[@tarkitarker0815]

@@boardingurban its still not nice.

[@vkgiotis]

Mr Diesel originally wanted his engine to be used with peanut oil. However, one beautiful evening while on a on board a cruise ship, sailing English Channel, he ‘conveniently’ disappeared.

[@99ron30]

I imagine he was bumped off either for military reasons as diesel technology was going to be a great advantage in the coming world wars. Or by those with vested interests in the fossil fuel industry. Or for both reasons.

[@notmenotme614]

@@99ron30 Most allied world war 2 tanks ran on petrol and even used engines from aircraft. Later tank designs only changed to diesel because highly flammable petrol was a bit of a problem when you were getting shot at.

[@qasimmir7117]

@@notmenotme614 If a discarding sabot project flies through a fuel tank, it won’t matter what fuel it is. It will detonate it. I think diesel is better for tanks because of the range and torque advantage.

[@robbiecrosbie4506]

Back in 2000 when the fuel shortage was everywhere I was running my rover on veg oil for weeks from wherever I could buy it. Standing in kwik save with a trolley filled with 1 litre bottles got me a few states

[@peytonforeman7835]

I heard a lot of places will give you their used oil for free, because they have to pay to get rid of it.

[@unclemikeb]

The veg oil even filtered will eventually clog up the engine itself. There is something called esters in it. By processing the veg oil, you can remove the esters. BUT to do that you must heat it with a mixture of methanol and lye. The esters will separate and since they are lighter they will float to the surface. That way you can drain off the now purified veg oil from the bottom. At one hundred percent it will thicken in cold weather such that it cannot reach the engine. For that you must put heat cables all along the fuel lines. Or you can run only a 50% mixture in cold weather. You might notice a slight decrease in power depending on the engines management system. A new electronic system might be able to add more fuel when you need to accelerate such that you won't feel the loss of power.

[@elisha8614]

Can I msg u? I'll post my email for a short time if/when u respond.. I would sincerely appreciate your input 🍻

[@bikerfirefarter7280]

It's not the esters that are the problem. Vegetable oils (and animal fats) are tri-glycerides (all tri-glycerides are tri-esters of glycerine and hydrocarbon-chains), during combustion, especially in a cold engine and at an oxygen deficit, the glycerol residue reacts to produce both Acroline, which is emitted/produced, and the side reactions polymerise. The Acroline is very rough as an atmospheric pollutant, and it reacts to produce photo-chemical smog. The polymerised byproduct clogs your engine, and the rest fucks up air quality.

[@harryhall4001]

You make esters when you refine vegetable oil the way you are talking about. It's literally called trans-esterification. So the esters aren't the problem.

[@edwardteach1855]

It’s a shame we could drastically decrease our carbon footprint by running Diesel engines on renewable resources but we’d wind up in prison because the government can’t get their cut of it

[@joshdoeseverything4575]

Edward Teach I mean it’s the act of burning that increases your carbon footprint so it’s about the same footprint

[@bsarioz]

@@joshdoeseverything4575 Definitely. It's more sustainable being able to constantly grow plants for oil, but the emission is likely worse than diesel. Not just the carbon dioxide. Maybe, if there were specialized refineries, it could be clean.

[@jftechdrones]

@@joshdoeseverything4575 The plants grown to produce the fuel will absorb some of this though.

[@Ryan-si8om]

JoshDoesEverything That's not how the carbon cycle works. Burning vegetable oil doesn't increase your carbon footprint because it is already being cycled through plants and whatnot. Burning fossil fuels does because that carbon was sequestered deep underground, meaning you are adding carbon to the cycle that previously wasn't there.

[@George-li1yv]

@@joshdoeseverything4575 Not how it works. Biofuels are almost carbon neutral. The only extra carbon and waste is in the manufacturing process. The vegetable oil gets used in restaurants before as well.

[@laowhy86]

I am simultaneously nervous and super pumped to watch this.

[@conorwilson1382]

laowhy86 didn't expect to see you here haha , love the videos man .

[@L393nd1]

Hows your lexus?

[@tzhongyan2]

you should try this if you find any 地沟油 lying around your neighbourhood

[@danielfulop]

only do it on old diesels tho... also check if it's legal in China, cause it's illegal in Hungary for example... good to see you here btw :D

[@nickray239]

Conor wilson has been. Hi qq

[@radionutio81ij79]

Use a 50/50% diesel and veg oil mix saves money and you don't have the problems with viscosity and no problems with cold start I have been driving my pajero 2.8 auto 4x4 on a sunflower oil mix for years without any problem.

[@Steve211Ucdhihifvshi]

You can still smell it, and eventually it gums up the injectors. The crap filtering he did will kill modern cars. Your better off using an actual filter membrane.

[@peaceout4774]

Hi, do you put the 50/50 mix strait into your fuel tank or do you have a second tank

[@SuperNeilB]

I used to do the same with my Landy.....had about half a tank of diesel and would stand in Tescos carpark and pour 2 x 5l of veg oil into the tank. Got some strange looks!

[@malcolmhardwick4258]

@@SuperNeilB Same here in a Vauxhall Astra Isuzu diesel 50 50 ish. Car ran just fine !

[@justrockon426]

the best is a 2 tank system you only use diesel when starting and 1-2 minute before shutting off the engine.

[@stevekuruc1145]

Thank you for this excellent video! As a senior chemistry teacher who delivers curriculum about biofuels this video explores the pro's and con's superbly and gives practical advice, information and DIY skills for anyone wanting to try it. 10 out of 10 folks!

[@scottdunbar9808]

I was watching this video and then my neighbour came and we watched it together. He said that this video changed his life and touched his heart. I then went and rented a projector in a big field and all my villagers watched it and it changed their lives too. We all are so grateful. Thank You for this video….

[@supertekkel1]

I did this for a few years in a 1993 Citroen AX Diesel. Worked great, it actually run smoother once it was on operating temperature. I did install a fuel preheater, this makes the diesel flow better trough the system.

[@tarkitarker0815]

"the diesel" i know what you did there.

[@samhicks97]

Diesel engines can run on diesel OR vegetable oil, *PERFECT FOR THE APOCALYPSE*

[@eduardoavila646]

Most likelly any random oil XD

[@FVBmovies]

You should see modified petrol engine running on wood gases: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eJOtkI2qlN-lg9U

[@mrcaboosevg6089]

They'll run on far more than that, they can run on pretty much any oil however diesel is a lubricator and a lot of other 'fuels' aren't hence why it's not advised. Cooking oil is fine but stuff like kerosene will work but it'll kill your engine eventually unless you add a lubricant yourself

[@TheRealFobican]

Fuelpocalypse

[@Rays_Bad_Decisions]

You can run a gas car on alcohol

[@randomaccount2507]

This would be great thing to add in Walking Dead series, when they are doing there supply runs. Carol, did you check fryers?

[@BillyBullshitter]

Have you had you car "chipped" B'dum tishhh

[@JulieWallis1963]

X -Why- Z I think I love you 🤣

[@mohammednehal9089]

the go to video for broke car enthusiasts...good work mate

[@MrKazaroumba93]

Mohammed Nehal That was harsh.. :/

[@Destinykillerable]

My dad owned a Citroen Bx 1987 1.9 liters diesel. We ran it 1 year or transformer oil. She was really good, quick note it actually cleans the injectors. When we switched back to diesel she was perfect. We bought her at 200 000 kilometers and we sent her to the junkyard at 1 400 000 kilometers. She did 0-160 km/h without any problem when we bought her(that's her max) at 1 400 000 she didn't lose even 1 horsepower and still did 0-160 km/h without any problems. Too bad rust claimed her...she's the strongest car I've ever known and I will ever know in my whole life!

[@danielfulop]

Vladislav Levenov 1.4M kms wuuuuut??? :D crazy

[@HAL-dm1eh]

I looked this car up and it reminds me of the earlier Ford Taurus which was a revolutionary design in America beginning in 1986. I wonder if this is where Ford drew some inspiration. Interesting.

[@amirhazimahmadnasri3061]

Damn you onion cutting ninja.

[@TheFPSPower]

those are some impressive numbers, no doubt!

[@MrSupercar55]

It's only rust. Gives it character. Plus if it's really out of control, fear not! You can weld it up. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qnzcq558nNGraM0

[@biggycheese2766]

this video gonna get a lot more views this year

[@taritznova9192]

3:13 "diesel burp" this made me laugh 😂

[@NunoVippan]

Durp 😂😂😂

[@Bellamyatmidnight]

Prick

[@VitorMadeira]

I own a 1995 Citroen ZX diesel and some 8 years ago I used to run it using my own used vegetable oil from my kitchen. I then quit making fried food in my own house and never retried the veggie again on the car, but the car is still running fine nowadays. Average 4,5 Liter per 100 Km. ;)

[@alexkersten1964]

Miles for President!

[@igotoschoolitallaght4704]

Alex Kersten hahahahhaha

[@danielnache9712]

Imma vote for him :)))

[@johnthecarlord]

1 like, 1 vote

[@johnthecarlord]

Shakeel, Alex With Autism its a joke and he is the guy in the video

[@flame486]

Miles for car President!

[@neovo903]

Honestly this was a good idea when this came out, even more so now with fuel prices skyrocketing

[@CH-vb5kr]

I love the bit at the end where you say about enveloping a tailgater in a big cloud of exhaust smoke!

[@KnightsWithoutATable]

The city of Seattle in the Northwest USA used vegetable old oil to fuel their city buses back in the early 90's. It was cheaper, put no sulfur into the atmosphere (low sulfur diesel was not available at the time), and they had added in nitrate removing systems in the exhaust in the late 80's already to help reduce smog and also because the county Seattle is in had passed emissions standards that required the modifications. They replaced these buses in the late 90's and several of the old ones were bought by rural counties on the east side of the state as counties set up bus systems. They ran them on diesel again since there wasn't enough waste oil in the region to keep them on it, but they ran fine for another 5 to 10 years before being replaced with newer buses since they had worn out by this point. The engines were fine, but the rest of the buses were just worn out by this point.

[@PlaystationMasterPS3]

nice

[@David-cy5zu]

smog and nox are totally different. plus there is no nitrate in exhaust.

[@nihal467]

add non kerosene based white spirit. it acts as a solvent and should make the oil less viscous ( straight from old top gear).

[@BrianSu]

Aygul18 I’ve read the same on biodiesel websites. Some people use zippo fuel of petrol to make the oil less viscous

[@upurkilt7246]

I used to mix mine with a bit of diesel. 5lt diesel to 100lt oil and 30lt diesel to 100lt oil in winter.

[@coyote5735]

Just cut it with Diesel.

[@dildobaggins069]

I've heard of adding a little bit of methanol to the waste oil to cut it also. Idk how true it is though

[@RenaxTM91]

10% diesel or 2% petrol does the job nicely. At -15C this winter I had to up it to 5-6l petrol... I get the oil for free (actually often get a free meal too when I go get it) so 5-6% petrol is low cost. with that the old VW IDI engines runs with no modifications to the car..

[@WildPhotoShooter]

Always use a clear pipe to syphon liquids, especially fuel, so you can see it coming up the pipe.

[@philiptownsend4026]

I know from experience how wise you are.

[@WildPhotoShooter]

@@philiptownsend4026 I bet you have guessed how I got wise. 🤮

[@r.g.8416]

Had a very close friend die from siphoning from a hose one mouth full down his lungs died an hour later in the hospital nothing they could do for him . Ruined his lungs instantly

[@SvetGolovkin1462]

Your show inspired me getting my car repair business last November 2021. Also I love high mileage hero cars bc I got bunch of those lol.. 98 civic 428k kms, 04 civic sedan 303k kms, 93 toyota pickup v6 4x4 sr5 525k kms, w204 c class 188k kms. Never had a new car but I keep them maintained.

[@GermanPerfectionist]

My Dad had a W124 Mercedes E-Class which he ran on rapeseed oil, basically the next best thing after used vegetable oil. We had a big fuel tank in the garage which was filled up by a truck every once in a while, and we could just fill the car up in our own garage - and it was cheaper than diesel, too! The disadvantages? That freakin' truck driver ALWAYS flooded our garage with this stuff (there are still stains on the floor even years later), and the OEM Mercedes fuel pump and injectors had to be swapped out for more heavy-duty ones (which the pre-owner of the car did). The car was running just fine on that stuff, and when we traded it for a W210 E-Class Estate in 2012, it had 387,000 km on the clock - with no noticable issues apart from some minor rust spots and a worn-out differential. I bet it's still on the road today, but probably somewhere in Africa... 😂

[@alexmeier3538]

The Stig's German Cousin my dad still has a w124. In summer veg. Oil is used, if it is cheaper than diesel. The car has over 400.000km and still running fine

[@GermanPerfectionist]

Samot Roger Lol I just thought what a hell of a coincidence it would be if your dad got our old car... 😂 Ours was a black 1992 250D sedan, what's yours?

[@alexmeier3538]

The Stig's German Cousin haha, no. It was bought 1994 as a used car in germany. I think it was build 1988. its a 250Td in brown colour

[@GermanPerfectionist]

Samot Roger Haha oh well. Guess that would have been too much of a coincidence 😂

[@azizbelkharmoudi2564]

I bet that your W124 Mercedes is somewhere in Morocco 😂

[@kal1mm]

Its good for a takeaway delivery car then!

[@amogus694]

A Tofu delivery perhaps?

[@tronixfix]

UBER 😁

[@CheapskateMotorsports]

Thomas Heurlin did you, by any chance, hear it higher on the street?

[@kal1mm]

Musa Malik i think its time to go

[@KrestenGiese]

If you have any type of delivery job where you need to use your own car, you're getting ripped off and you should probably quit.

[@pabloemilioescobargaviria4714]

I love 1.9tdi 66kw. I have 1.9tdi 1z in vw golf mk3 with 446k km and still running good:)

[@hudsonhawk0016]

A friend of mine ran it in a mid 80's GMC van with no modifications. I ran it in my military G wagen with the OM617A engine. That primitive 'tractor' engine ran better on veggie and waste oil than I'd did on diesel. Keep a case of filters on hand though.

[@tdcm666]

Wow You paid £5 for their waste oil that they were either going to use a few more times or just throw it away

[@robinjones6999]

There are companies who pick the stuff up and refine/resell the stuff - big business

[@sora64444]

Well unless you use a shit ton of oil every day its a good deal

[@mdtdci]

Sora64444 ."

[@rob-123]

I wonder how much they paid for it brand new?

[@dazxzachsta]

@@rob-123 I Pay around £17 for 20L for veg oil

[@patrickm5217]

This channel has come pretty far since last time I watched. Production quality is noticeably better since 1-2 years ago, job well done!

[@Bayan1905]

Here where I live in the US we have bears and when they tried this a couple of times, the bears would literally rip the car out because the NUMBER ONE thing that bears are drawn to is the smell of oil, grease, anything that is used for that.

[@nickbeswick6044]

I too had diesel burps after siphoning from my van 20 years ago. I can still taste it now after a flashback from your video😬

[@pananonym7251]

Greetings from Czech Republic! It's good to see you have Škoda Octavia in UK.

[@georgemorley1029]

Pan Anonym there’s tens of thousands on the roads here. Really popular car.

[@ittasteslikeburning6895]

Big props for the thorough effort on draining and persevering through the siphon attempt.

[@snorkelthump]

I ran a Toyota Corina E (N reg) on cooking oil for around 2 years. I used fresh oil and had no issues

[@mcruz2357]

I remember, when I worked in food services, that there was a used oil filter that worked like a vacuum. Could that save time in filtering the used oil, or does it need to be filtered finer? Also, isn't there a pump attachment that you can buy to place on the hose when empting your fuel tank? I think it's called a liquid transfer pump.

[@TrentEvans01]

my favourite part about using waste vegetable oil as fuel is that you can smell where you got the oil from in the exhaust fumes if you use all your from the same source. my favourite source is Mexican because like the exhaust smells really nice . (i meant the smell that it leaves in your driveway and where you go).

[@MyRegardsToTheDodo]

You normally have to filter the particles out. A former colleague of my father had an old VW Golf 2 Diesel and basically got his fuel for free from fast food places all over the city. That was before everybody with an old Diesel would use vegetable oil as fuel, so they were happy to give their used oil to him and save the costs of having it disposed professionally (which isn't cheap). He ran the oil through some stockings, filtered out all food particles and drove for free most of the year (during the winter he had to add some Diesel fuel, but that was about it). Once during an inspection the TÜV tested the emission values and got a zero reading.

[@fiveminuteman]

I remember 13 years ago when everyone was buying veg oil from asda until the price went up.☺

[@RenaxTM91]

I've done it when diesel was really expensive and veggie oil was cheap, went in and bought 50l veggie oil and straight to the tank it went...

[@GrrMeister]

It's now back down to a price cheaper than Diesel, (5 litres £4.50) but is it legal to run car on it. I bet it smells good, like a mobile Fish & Chip Shop ! OK Legality answered at 9:00 - off to Asda first thing !

[@kokeshkokesh]

Aaaand many years later... MILES IS BACK, BABYYYY!

[@JE-ee7cd]

I used to run my Volvo 740 Turbo Diesel Intercooler on 90% diesel and 10% old frying oil. Worked perfect even in colder temperatures. 😃

[@u-wot-n8]

My high school chemistry teacher was Mr. Diesel's granddaughter. Super great teacher, and interesting bit of history :D

[@alexkersten1964]

That's actually amazing!

[@Over9000HD]

super greasy teacher

[@TheJoeMB]

Alex now has me looking for old diesel Skodas. Top content lads.

[@Q...........-]

I bought a mercedes 240d just because of this specific vid 🤣

[@orphid]

I actually work in a plant which converts used veggie oils into "biodiesel". By law the big companies like Shell and BP are required to mix their diesel with this stuff (don't know how much though). We mix in Methanol and Potassium Hydroxide though, not sure which ratios or such. So your regular diesel already has some veggie oils in it

[@captain052A]

Thanks to you my driveway smells like KFC

[@Mike7O7O]

Sure it's not bacon?

[@V8AmericanMuscleCar]

My smells like barbeque! 😁

[@alphaplayzz1381]

Is that sarcasm or genuine because to me it seems like a good thing.

[@sunnysub7507]

M W joke only catholic eat bacon... jews, christians or muslims have rule.. but in catholic we can eat everything we remove that rule in new statement update lol

[@sunnysub7507]

gay? we remove that rule too soo gay people can feel happy in catholic.... we are flexible.. lol.. what a joke

[@isaaclemasters8432]

I've been running my w123 300D Mercedes for over 12 years on veggie oil, no conversion at all. Ive actually owned over 10 of these cars as id often buy them to fix them up and resell and they all have been veggie monsters. Just diesel purge every year and only use straight veggie when its going to be hot all day and night. If you live somewhere where it gets cold in the winter, install the 2 tank system or like I would do, buy diesel and mix it. Also, you can buy a 55 gallon drum, put a 5 micron screen bag that hangs inside the container, poor in veggie, let it filter, then have a pump that connects that drum to a larger one preferably above your head so you can just pull up next to it and gravity feed it into your car. simple. I've used over 10,000+ gallons of oil throughout the years and have not had any significant issues resulting from WVO use. I highly recommend it because everywhere I have ever lived, there is always more veggie oil available that I cant even take. Ive never paid for it from a restaurant, golf course, food truck...... either. VEG ON !

[@longbottle]

The OM616/617s love that stuff. I've fed mine WVO, SVO, jet fuel, all sorts of old oily stuff (hydraulic oil, transmission fluid, etc)

[@insideimagery133]

@@longbottle You guys think the om 601 from the w201 190d could handle the veggie like the om 617 ? I don't know if the pump and injectors are less resistor or not.

[@longbottle]

@@insideimagery133 I know people that have done it, but less long-term than the 617s.

[@insideimagery133]

@@longbottle That's what i feared, lol. Thanks.

[@niteblaster1]

All you need to do is use neat oil with 20% petrol and some redex

[@srspower]

It only really makes sense on long journeys though. Popping to the shop you might as well use diesel since you have to use it to clear out the injectors before switching off.

[@benjaminkaric2874]

This aged very well 😄👌

[@CoreTech951]

So, it's super cheap, much better for the environment (less emissions and less oil being thrown away), doesn't do any harm to your engine if you have a twin fuel system, helps with tailgaters, and smells nice....this should be an option when buying a new car, it's a win-win situation (except for the gas companies of course haha)

[@LuanCristianThums]

I don't think new vegetable oil is cheaper than diesel, only used oil is.

[@alt572]

The laws in different countries is probably the reason why manufacturers don't do it. If I wanted to run anything except diesel (which is taxed) in a diesel car, I would have to pay 670 euros PER DAY of use. Which is stupid and prohibitive

[@InXLsisDeo]

I only feed my engine with the best refined cold pressed olive oil. Only 18€ a liter.

[@taylorz42]

It was my understanding that veg oil produces far more Nox emissions than diesel fuel. I’ve used refined 100% biodiesel in an old ALH. More expensive and I didn’t like the smell as much as I like the sweet smell of diesel fuel in the morning lol

[@rambleon3698]

Dunno about UK but companies here in Aus actually go around to to these Chippys and their like and purchase the used oil off them. I think they centrifuge and filter it then resell it....

[@tothemax8174]

Now the question is: Will it run 800+ mile on one tank of vegetable oil?

[@karlosbricks2413]

probably not, as you get fewer MPG with veg oil and with LPG conversions.

[@cerrystyle]

Ahah It would be a nice challenge!

[@alexkersten1964]

Please God, no! That journey was killer!

[@rhmn97a]

Alex Kersten 😂😂😂 lool that actual official alex replied

[@rhmn97a]

Alex Kersten 😂 love ur work bro watching u is like living my dreams only wish u uploaded more content like the old budget cars

[@williamduncan5679]

I know a man who ran out of diesel with his transit van then put 5gall of hydraulic oil in it bled it and it ran perfect and he got home mind you he was a diesel mechanic 👍👌👍

[@DJDOUBLE077]

I've seen these conversions which implement the use of an inline waste oil heater to address colder Temps and a switch as mentioned.

[@nicholaslau3194]

6:43 Didn't you say veg oil has lower energy than diesel? You can't use the same mpg value for the calculation.

[@benjaminhoefler8357]

Nicholas Lau he lowered it a bit

[@nicholaslau3194]

Uh.. no he did not

[@benjaminhoefler8357]

Yea cause he did the calculation at 40 mpg and hes got 80 mpg before

[@nicholaslau3194]

But he used 40mpg for both calculations

[@8203755]

Ive been using svo for a while. The mpg has been better for me on svo specially in the summer

[@SwedishVolvo-hk7mr]

Miles. A proof that you can rice a car using only stickers.

[@varkokonyi]

A proof that you can rice non-japanese cars

[@jebbush8491]

At least he had some Szechuan Chicken to go with it

[@dhruvchawla5476]

Super Makówka you can rice anything with anything .-.

[@amgtim4636]

I live in Eastern Europe in the north of Montenegro. In our country, from 1990 until today, many diesel cars (especially golf 2, and other VW, Audi diesel, Mercedes w124, D190) drove on used oil from restaurants and used motor oil from cars, used from large power generators. The diesel engine has a longer service life when driven this way. Proven.

[@mattmclean8768]

Years ago I tried veg oil on a Peugeot 306 1.9 turbo diesel and added a second tank like you suggested in the video with new/clean veg oil. It did not like it one bit and always spluttered to halt no matter how much I let the engine warm up before switching tanks. If memory serves me correctly there were 2 brands of fuel pump fitted on these and I clearly had the wrong type. Definately do you homework if you want reliable running on this stuff.

[@pugboat]

Make life easy for yourself. Go to a garage that runs recovery trucks and get a load of misfuel. Blend this 20% with your waste cooking oil. It will half the viscosity and make it more like diesel. The blend will settle out in 24 hours and be ready to use. After settling it will fly through a 1 micron filter into the tank. It’s 20% more free fuel, and it’s already duty paid. I’ve run this for 120k in my Peugeot 406 (XUD) all year round with no need for twin tank.

[@uzvisheni]

I watch this video at least 2-3 times a day, I love what Miles has become. GO MILES! The high mileage hero!

[@sinclairxu1r545]

Wow ..... lol

[@tonymoon4525]

Very good video. Thank you for the information.

[@lonelybikr]

I used to run 50/50 veg oil,diesel in a 90's chevy truck with a catapiller engine in it. Installed an extra fuel filter inline and never had any problems. Not in the winter though.

[@Yobodie]

That siphoning scene took me back! Made me even dry heave haha

[@Merc-Rover]

Adding normal diesel to the veg oil helps lower the viscosity.

[@markross728]

Silver Van Man petrol does it better

[@T7R87]

topic is diesel...tsk

[@gramoukdoom]

I run 50/50 with no mods. Perfect.

[@JA-rn5qv]

You can also do 20% petrol

[@michaelloach9461]

I know this is a bit late but ive just seen your vid. I used to run a '96 escort 1.8d on half new veg oil/diesel. This was about 12 years ago & it actually ran smoother. I am now looking at getting a old, not turbo car thats cheap enough to wreck just to try it again but on used veg oil. It may work but not much lost if it doesnt..........All the best..............

[@jazzpote4316]

This dude is so funny it puts the video on a whole other level

[@gustavgnoettgen]

Free diesel - I'd like to call it 'Frobscottle' 😅 Reminds me of a certain VW Caddy - the old, old ones - that was fueled with fresh sunflower oil, without any modifications. Only in winter some diesel was added to securely liquify it. Also a Citroën CX Break. The fast food smell was kind of nice actually...

[@nvigneshnayaka4147]

The money saved by switching to veg oil from diesel will be used for maintenance like de-clogging injectors or to replace the fuel filter.

[@stonent]

A good thing to do is get some cheap oil filters and an electric pump to filter down better than the cloth does.

[@MilesPrower1992]

@@stonent oil filters? Or fuel filters?

[@donaldlingenfelter8944]

Oil filters. Not fuel filters. Make sure you get good oil filters that filter out better. Parts stores will tell you which ones to buy.

[@tannertolson]

My 77 300d. Loves the stuff. And used engine oil as well. It’s been a huge life saver Over the years. The economy is phenomenal.

[@rasbe420]

“Ugh, diesel burp” 😂😂😂 you guys needed a siphon pump!’

[@cameronliddell9533]

why not just use the drain plug on the bottom of the tank?

[@jacobthefiend]

@@cameronliddell9533 pretty much all the cars I've heard of don't have those so people don't steal fuel

[@adarshdwivedi3630]

I've been waiting for the video..... Probably one of the best car Throttle series..... Plz restore MILES and mod this car... At least do the wheels and paint, interiors... Plz

[@alexkersten1964]

you'll like what's planned for Miles!

[@kristoftobias1172]

This is wonderful. This actually is the positive influencing. Im personally thinking of buying an old octavia after this series, too.

[@alexkersten1964]

haha, amazing! Genuinely, though, if I needed a big car with great fuel economy and reliability, I would definitely consider it. Boot is massive!

[@TheShepster80]

Just love the way you say “vegetable oil” dreamy

[@thedispenser8301]

This is awesome!

[@juandig]

6:58 got that smile on screenshot * - * c:

[@cybfae4327]

Same omg

[@tyrereviews]

You should try and run Miles on flour and sugar and make him smell like a Donut.

[@mrmolotok5934]

Tyre Reviews that would kill the engine...

[@BrapBrapDorito]

😂 except he would die. 🙃

[@notahuman369]

Sugar works awesome to increase your mileage. Just pour a bit, maybe half a cup, into your tank and you'll easily get 50% more mpg, guaranteed. Maybe even more.

[@cracerjack4693]

Kids, Don't fall for this.

[@Yoyo378]

Its better to burn pot :D Engine Coputer will be so happy XD

[@addison99996]

To offset the lack of calorific values, adding mineral spirits will help. This could be acetone, naphane (mothballs).

[@Smiffy30]

Interestingly enough I have some very long term results on running on used and new vegetable oil. I out purchased my 1998 VW Passat in 2000 with 39,000 miles in it. I ran it on normal diesel for 1 year until I discovered vegetable oil. I was working in a 'large institution' that had 1400 'customers' so obtaining used chip oil was easy. I simply converted and old copper heating cylinder to accept used dirty oil through a 6" hole at the top, fitted a 15mm brass garden tap to the bottom and purchased a 3ft long 5 micron filter from ebay and hung under tap. Oil heated, filtered and straight into car at 100% when weather was above 15 degrees C, and diluted it with regular diesel in the colder months up to 75% regular diesel. Some 24 years later car has 229,000 miles on it which I self maintain and it still has the original 1998 exhaust on. Only downside is I have to put pure diesel into it to get through MOT in UK, as with vegetable oil it does not give a high enough reading for test! Incidently the car was laid up for some years and I now only use it for daughters visit from Australia. Once again it has just sailed through an MOT and it has sat for 3 years with a mixture of pump diesel and clean sunflower oil. The car has no other modifications. I reckon we are all missing a trick here for cleaner running plus it does over 60+ mpg on long runs!

[@I_Only_Dabble]

what kind of copper heating cylinder did you use?! I want to convert my 2003 Mk4 Tdi to run on veggie oil for the summers :)

[@byronclarkson2604]

Isn't a diesel burp a backfire?

[@NickPDX22]

*Great Video*

[@jockwilson221]

I ran neat veg oil 1yr to scotland and back.never had a problem,no other mods or heat pumps etc.yes in scottish winter cold starts were a problem but it always fired up

[@MrQbee87]

Once I had an old Fiat Ducato Mk2 with 2.8L JTD. For over two years I was mixing used engine oil (filtered) with home heating oil 1 to 1. During winter I was adding 1 part of winter diesel (winter ratio was 1 to 1 to 1). Engine and fuel pump was fine. I was changing fuel filter twice a year but that was like 10 euro per year. Home heating oil was about 75% (50% if you buy in bulk - 200L or more) of diesel price and I was getting used engine oil from a friend's garage for 10% of diesel price. One more thing. The first prototype diesel engine was running on powdered charcoal (or coal, I don't remember)

[@tradingcardboss]

A friend of mine did it and blew up his engine . It’s ok if you mix 50/50 as it’s less heavy

[@Blabus5]

7:25 So used vegetable oil in diesel is same as LPG in gassoline engines? :D >extra tank for this fuel >using this fuel when engine is warm

[@nutragardens6632]

Love it .. I have a 300td with the vegies oil kit in it

[@pequlatv4814]

Doing a 50/50 is what i recommend, that can make sure you put some additives too in it, i mean after all its a car not a tracktor yes it can run on 100% oil but its better to dilute it

[@RideBikes_Walkplaces]

ahhh when this was a craze the amount of cars we had in the garage with knackered injectors and pumps was hilarious!

[@Vanadeo]

LOL

[@darius2640]

I've heard of a dude who ran his old non-commonrail turbodiesel on a mix of 90% used engine oil and 10% actual diesel, lasted for years too, only thing that eventually stopped that thing was a headgasket

[@grahamhamlin674]

Dariune couldn’t agree more

[@KingR787]

What about the wear and tear of the fuel pump and injectors due to the extra labour you mentioned? I could only imagine they would be super expensive to replace.

[@jcdenton3062]

My friends grandpa used fresh cooking oli in his old Merc 190D. Car used around 7 liters on 100 km.

[@gedas3419]

Škoda i think should be pronounced like shkoda. I don't know 'bout Czechs, but in my country letter S with that birdy (Š) is pronounced like sound -sh. Your pronounciation is šitty.

[@lazar2175]

Gedas Alekveravičius Yeah,š is pronounced like sch or sh here,like in school.

[@Agm1995gamer]

Gedas Alekveravičius it is shkoda. I don't know why skoda became the regular pronounctation.

[@thelionking3321]

Gedas Alekveravičius dont blame him coz he is British and the above pronunciation is no where in English. So, fair enough English Teacher!!!

[@Agm1995gamer]

The LION King but english people say "shite" and "schooner".

[@JanDrastik]

I mean, even Škoda itself pronaunces it Skoda in non-czech ads.

[@johnnybigoni2071]

2019:fuel 3019: vegetable oil

[@abhisheksagar3795]

By modifying vegetable oil to biodiesel car it will very good

[@Mercuryreal]

*1919

[@crabrangoon2493]

@@GlitzyZebra 3019 will be air I think