younitehumanity (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I have been running my 82 rabbit on 50% heating oil and 50% waste engine oil. The waste engine oil should be filtered with a 10 micron filter. Been running it for 4 years now. It is an alternative for those that don"t want to process Bio diesel. A diesel can run just about anything that is made of oil.

rr28 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

todd feinberg, rush limbaugh, jerry doyle and micheal savage will accuse you of hurting the economy,

GarrettKeetley (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

265 miles? both my dads car and my car can easily do that, our diesel cars get 60+ mpg

BmxDieseldude (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

@urbex2007 veg oil kills your car.... if your an idiot about it. Any well filtered system will work, assuming it's not too cold. A well heated system is even better as it burns more fully, and lubricates injectors much better. The only thing at that point threatening your engine is carbon build up on the cylinder walls which will ruin rings. Go wide open throttle once in a while to avoid build up, and then every fifteen thousand or so miles (or once a year), do a diesel purge to clean it out.

urbex2007 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

50mpg from a hybrid is rubbish - i get 50+mpg from a turbo diesel car in the town and 72mpg on the motorway at 70mph. Biodiesel will eat through rubber seals and not provide enough lubrication to the pumps and injectors. Never use vege oil unless filtered and the acidity is adjusted, it kills your car!

mnstrbassist (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Biodiesel can be made from used vegetable oil so they come from the same place really. You just need to make some conversions to the vegetable oil before running it in a diesel car.

reno93535 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Exactly. Friend of mine makes his rounds to the local restauranrs for his free fuel. Takes it home, does a little filtering and he's ready to go.

Gozzmaster (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Used vegetable oil is better than biodiesel because biodiesel needs to be grown as a crop which uses up valuable agricultural land and costs more to produce. Used vegetable oil is a waste product that would otherwise be thrown away.

memyself2k (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Bring that vehicle to New York City!

thesmileyone555 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

actually the new vw bug with the deisel engine gets 54 mpg at least thats what everyone i have talked to that owns one. in fact theres aclub for bug owners that has contests to see who can get the best milage from a gallen of deisel.the record is get this 186 mpg would love to see that in a hybred .