I recently acquired a 2002 BMW 320d (150bhp version). My FIL tells me that as its the same lump as the land rover TD4 which both have common rail injection, that he recons it should run on a 50-50 mix of veggie and normal diesel. (I can get unused veggie oil VERY cheap from my work).
Apparently his mate who had a td4 used to do it. Now I have posted on a BMW forum and was pretty much instantly shot down but the guys provided no back up for their argument, just saying it will knacker the engine and turbo blardy blah.
I found this link of someone else who appears to be running his TD4 on veg oil mix:
Freelander TD4 and Veg oil
It appears that it worked fine although he had to change his fuel filter after a while, which seems common anyway. I was thinking of starting with a 90% diesel - 10% SVO mix first then moving up in stages of 5% increase with every tank to 60%diesel - 40%SVO.
I know alot of you guys know your stuf so what do you recon, can it be done, or would I be crazy to try it?!
Apparently his mate who had a td4 used to do it. Now I have posted on a BMW forum and was pretty much instantly shot down but the guys provided no back up for their argument, just saying it will knacker the engine and turbo blardy blah.
I found this link of someone else who appears to be running his TD4 on veg oil mix:
Freelander TD4 and Veg oil
It appears that it worked fine although he had to change his fuel filter after a while, which seems common anyway. I was thinking of starting with a 90% diesel - 10% SVO mix first then moving up in stages of 5% increase with every tank to 60%diesel - 40%SVO.
I know alot of you guys know your stuf so what do you recon, can it be done, or would I be crazy to try it?!