Biodiesel in north east????

[w33lerd33ler]

Iv been hunting high and low for a supplier of Biodiesel in the North east around Sunderland, anyone know of any???

[Scorpion]

These were all I could ever find mate.

Bishop Auckland
Witton Le Wear
Bishop Auckland
England
DL14 0BL

Catterick Service Station
40 High Street
Catterick
Richmond
England
DL10 7LD

Safari Garage
Scaling Dam
Easington
Saltburn-by-the-sea
England
TS13 4TP

[w33lerd33ler]

These were all I could ever find mate.

Bishop Auckland
Witton Le Wear
Bishop Auckland
England
DL14 0BL

Catterick Service Station
40 High Street
Catterick
Richmond
England
DL10 7LD

Safari Garage
Scaling Dam
Easington
Saltburn-by-the-sea
England
TS13 4TP

Thats a hell of a lot more than i could fine mate! do you know how much it is compared to normal diesel prices? can you just go and fill up or do you collect it in drums?

[Diezel Weazel]

Take a look here ........
http://www.hiluxsurf.co.uk/showthread.php?t=46129

ps.
I'm not a great lover of Bio, but (I am a bit bias) tho ... take a sample n test it/ get it tested n be careful ...

Jess
"Cos short cuts can cost more in the long run"

[w33lerd33ler]

Thats a hell of a lot more than i could fine mate! do you know how much it is compared to normal diesel prices? can you just go and fill up or do you collect it in drums?

Ah, after doing a bit research i see these are normal garages, im after the cheaper 100% biosdiesel thats usually around 80p/l, i dont know if they sell this? i suspect it will be a blend and not much cheaper than normal diesel?...
im using £50-£60 a wk in normal diesel just round the doors so obviously biodiesel would be a lot cheaper to run it on

[w33lerd33ler]

Take a look here ........
http://www.hiluxsurf.co.uk/showthread.php?t=46129

ps.
I'm not a great lover of Bio, but (I am a bit bias) tho ... take a sample n test it/ get it tested n be careful ...

Jess
"Cos short cuts can cost more in the long run"

i used to work at a valeters a few years ago where we actually made our own biodiesel. the owner bought the kit for £2k and we made it in the workshop to run the vans on, it was pretty good! the vans ran sweeter on that than normal diesel, granted they smelt like a chip shop but who cares! as long as its mixed with around 5% petrol to help stop it gunking up when cold its usually pretty safe to use and is a lot cheaper than standard diesel. we used to run a normal tank of diesel after every 4 tank fulls of bio just to flush it all through.

[Diezel Weazel]

I don't doubt most Bio is good but there are unscrupulous bio makers as some on here have found out !!

Jess
100% WVO Nutty Oil Burner
"Cos short cuts can cost more in the long run"

[w33lerd33ler]

I don't doubt most Bio is good but there are unscrupulous bio makers as some on here have found out !!

Jess
100% WVO Nutty Oil Burner
"Cos short cuts can cost more in the long run"

your right mate, gotta watch out for the dodge pots!

[kamaangir]

Just make your own, it can work out at about 20-30 ppl or cheaper if you can get free used oil. You can even make the reactor yourself for about £300 or so.

[w33lerd33ler]

Just make your own, it can work out at about 20-30 ppl or cheaper if you can get free used oil. You can even make the reactor yourself for about £300 or so.

iv got nowhere to keep it, dont even have a shed in my garden to i cant really make my own... im happy to just buy it ready made if i can find it! it would be a good money maker around here coz nobody seems to do it so if i were to make it id av em cuing up to buy it!

[jaky cakes]

Just make your own, it can work out at about 20-30 ppl or cheaper if you can get free used oil. You can even make the reactor yourself for about £300 or so.

I make my own bio using free used oil - total cost is about 13p per litre.
saves me around £2500 a year based on current dino prices and doing 10k miles a year
In hard times i sometimes have to buy used veg oil at around 40ppl - making my cost go up to 53ppl.
I've ran my own 100% bio for over a year now and don't need to add petrol/deisel/additives even in low temps like -9'c last week.
All depends on your recipe/process.

Although you don't have space for a full blown bio plant - ever thought of using straight veg? even new at 70ppl can save you £30 every tank?

[Spoggle]

Only place Ive seen selling Bio near here is at Witton Le Wear on th A68. Its way cheaper to buy Derv at the local supermarkets though. The only problem with the Surf is the £60+ that I put in the tank every week

Spoggle

[Scorpion]

Aren't you using a veggie / diesel mix mate? I think Costco veggie is only 78p per litre. A 70% diesel, 30% veggie normally runs okay, even in this weather.

Come the summer, 100% veggie for long runs!

[Diezel Weazel]

Gotta agree with jacky cakes (Alistair) n Scorpion (Jim) it's gotta be worth a go at SVO (Straight Vegie oil) @ 48 litres a week ...

Jess
"Cos short cuts can cost more in the long run"

[Chainsawdude]

How about mixing heating oil with veg oil?
One time i actually used 50% heating oil and 50% hydraulic oil in my VW transporter and it seemed to run fine, dunno how the surf would take to that mix tho.