Biodiesel in a TD5 06 plate? [Archive]

bluebadger

13th Sep 2009, 10:19

Sorry if there has been a thread before but can i use biodiesel in my TD5? A mate of mine who has a L200 runs his on biodiesel no probs and suggested i waited for the warranty to expire on my TD5 before switching to biodiesel. Would that be a goer? Or is biodiesel a big no no?

Cheers

ncooper

13th Sep 2009, 18:51

General consensus is No.
Here is an earlier thread
http://forum.landrovernet.com/showthread.php?t=93767&highlight=td5+biodiesel
Land Rover also say no.

Regards,
Nick

bluebadger

14th Sep 2009, 06:42

Cheers Mate. Bit of an **** but never mind!

taz123

16th Sep 2009, 18:24

i have run mine on it on and off for ages no problem
2001 td5

taz123

16th Sep 2009, 18:29

the above link seems to be about veg oil not bio

flatmajor

16th Sep 2009, 20:57

Sorry if there has been a thread before but can i use biodiesel in my TD5? A mate of mine who has a L200 runs his on biodiesel no probs and suggested i waited for the warranty to expire on my TD5 before switching to biodiesel. Would that be a goer? Or is biodiesel a big no no?

Cheers

hi, i would add a bit of kerosene in it for over the winter do 80/20 mix or you can add some sort of heat exchanger. ive been running bio d and wvo for a year with probs . now ive made a fuel filter heater and just bought a heat exchanegr 12 volt for the winter coming. the oil needs to be at temp for it to combust properly otherwise it will clog your engine up.

cheers