1.7 turbo diesel MOT fail.

Post by **Defender110** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 9:00 am

smiffy1071 wrote:
electrokid wrote:

Heating oil has that effect on the Granny - but that was a mistake
A costly one if the customs & excise people dip your tank...

Not if it was a genuine mistake in a petrol Granada which I suspect it must have been to cause the smoke.

electrokid · Post by **electrokid** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 10:13 pm

It was very low on petrol so I grabbed a can from the garage - gave it a quick sniff - it definitely wasn't diesel so I poured it in. As the last dregs were dribbling into the tank I had the thought that something didn't smell right - literally.

Next job was a drive to the petrol station to stuff some more petrol in and make it somewhat less smokey. It probably cleaned out some crud hence the smoke.

I've used up to 30% heating oil in the BX diesel once - made no difference at all !

smiffy1071 · Post by **smiffy1071** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 10:34 pm

electrokid wrote:I've used up to 30% heating oil in the BX diesel once - made no difference at all !

Well the reason it made no difference, is because heating oil, is more commonly known as red diesel!

That's why HM tax inspector tend to get pissy when you put it in a car. I'm not innocent of that, but I wouldn't dare do that nowadays...

Post by **Defender110** » Sun Dec 18, 2011 11:24 pm

smiffy1071 wrote:
electrokid wrote:I've used up to 30% heating oil in the BX diesel once - made no difference at all !
Well the reason it made no difference, is because heating oil, is more commonly known as red diesel! That's why HM tax inspector tend to get pissy when you put it in a car. I'm not innocent of that, but I wouldn't dare do that nowadays...

Yep Heating Oil is just diesel, and i'm not innocent of it neither but it's a crushed car nowadays so a total no no.

MULLEY · Post by **MULLEY** » Mon Dec 19, 2011 10:51 pm

mat_fenwick wrote:
MULLEY wrote:I've put a couple of litres of old engine oil in the fuel tank before, & the smoke is superb
That's interesting, the most I've put in, in one go is 10 litres and had no visible blue smoke.

10 litres of oil

Was it mineral oil from a diesel? I find that it clogs up the fuel filter unfortunately, so perhaps just adding 1 litre to tank might be better?

Post by **mat_fenwick** » Tue Dec 20, 2011 12:17 am

I've found diesel oil it clogs up the fuel gauge sender - there is a small hole to restrict the flow of fuel moving the float rapidly which can block. So I use the diesel oil as a rust preventative, and the petrol oil as 'fuel' (actually running on gas the oil stays a lot cleaner so looks almost new when changed).

MULLEY · Post by **MULLEY** » Tue Dec 20, 2011 10:49 pm

I've heard that about LPG'd cars, so i've only got dirty diesel oil to re-use, hence the lovely smoke

I've got plenty spare if you want a smokey car