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Old 01-01-2004, 03:52 PM
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Hello Tony,

You should have no problems running vegetable oil from a heated tank. I've done it for 2 years now in my '84 300D without any problems. Only issue is making sure you've filtered the oil well before putting it in the tank - otherwise you'll be changing filters alot - bit of a pain but not critical as you can always switch back to the stock tank. I've made a heated filter for the veg oil by wrapping copper tubing around a metal filter ('85 Golf diesel fuel filter) and routing coolant through the tubing. Tube is connected to the heater hose that carries coolant to the tank in trunk (and has the poly veg oil fuel line inside of it). Only need it because temps get well below freezing. You might not need it in and round Perth. You'll be pleased with how well the car runs on veg oil or waste veg oil. Cheers! Let me know if you want some photos of the veg oil set up.
fred
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