Aussies: Did you know you can run a diesel vehicle on used cooking oil from the chip shop???!?

Question

- the same oil they cook the chips in. You just strain all the detritus out.

In fact, apparently Rudolf Diesel, the inventor of the diesel engine, originally designed it for use with veg oil. He displayed his engine in 1900 running on peanut oil!!

The fella I heard on the radio said he fitted his vehicle with both a diesel tank and a recycled cooking oil tank. The cooking oil needs to be warmed up a little first, so he runs the engine on the diesel first then switches smoothly over to the oil.

He gets his oil for free from the local fish and chip shop!

Here are some useful links on this topic, including the technical details:

http://www.shortcircuit.com.au/warfa/pap...

http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_ma...

http://www.autoinfozone.com/biodiesel.ht...

Answer 1

ha ha, cool!  I didn`t know that......mutch better for the inviroment!... Is it legal?? hmmm...I mean....can you just buy some veg oil and fill up lol? interesting

Answer 2

Yes I saw that on A Current Affair

Answer 3

I met a bloke once that actually did that so it does work but your car smells like fish and chips.