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biodiesel cars Frequently Asked Questions
Which of these cars run well on biodiesel & which won't?
I need a small secondhand estate car (about 3 years old) that runs OK on biodiesel. Do you have any experience of running any of the following on Bio & if so was it good or bad?
Citroen Xsara /Picasso HDI
Ford Focus/Cmax
Kia Carens
Peugeot 206 HDI
Renault Megane/Scenic 1.5
Skoda Fabia
Vauxhall/Opel Astra
any other smallish diesel estate?
Any of the cars there will run on it just fine.
However what do you mean by biodiesel?
If you mean stuff from an actual petrol station then yes.
If you mean cooking oil then you can you it, but not just in its pure form.
A 15% mix of cooking oil and normal diesel will probably be fine, apart from in a cold winter where it might get to thick.
Really cooking oil needs to be mixed properly with ethanol and used with a tank heater in the car to get its viscosity down to the same level as regular diesel.
Also as a side note, Any german car produced after a certain date (dont know what date but at least in the past 10 years) has a legal requirement to run on biodiesel or in petrol engines bio-ethanol.
Some companys call these engines 'flexifuel'
Did Biodiesel Knacker My Fuel Pump?
I bought a 2003 Freelander about 5 weeks ago and have been running it mostly on bio-diesel. All was well until it decided not to start. My mechanic said bio was keeping them busy at the garage, causing problems on lots of cars. It turned out the fuel pump packed up. I have read that because it is a thicker fuel, it puts the pump under strain. I told the local Bio-diesel guy and he said 2 other people with the same car had told him of problems they had and advised me to stop going to him for the fuel. Are any of you guys a expert in this area or have you heard of problems?
The Freelander engine is not designed to run on bio-fuel unless it has been modified to do so, the most obvious addition is a fuel heater to reduce the viscosity of the fuel.
Its use will also cause premature failure of the injectors in the common rail engines.
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