TD engines: Which alternative fuel is the best?

Post by **T123** » 30 Mar 2008, 17:01

After reading about alternative fuels here, i ended up really confused!
I have a '90 TD engine, and i'm pondering about alternative fuels.

What is the cheapest, easiest (DIY), most efficient, most reliable, most env friendly, etc, etc alternative fuel conversion?

Thanks!

David

Post by **andysimpson** » 30 Mar 2008, 17:23

There is no good alternative to diesel.

Post by **T123** » 30 Mar 2008, 18:33

andysimpson wrote:There is no good alternative to diesel.

Oh....maybe i'll convert to petrol. Question still stands.
Thx. David

Post by **andysimpson** » 30 Mar 2008, 19:31

T123 wrote:
andysimpson wrote:There is no good alternative to diesel.

Oh....maybe i'll convert to petrol. Question still stands.
Thx. David

They will run on lots of things, the question is how long they will run. Bosch and vw designed them to run on diesel and nothing else.

Post by **Mocki** » 30 Mar 2008, 22:57

get a proper vw engine in it and go LPG.........

Post by **andysimpson** » 30 Mar 2008, 23:24

Mocki wrote:get a proper vw engine in it and go LPG.........

Diesels can only partly run on lpg

My TD van was a 1.9DF with JUST lpg, yes it was cheap on fuel but so slow. Now i have tripple, yes tripple the power and it only costs a bit more to run.

Post by **Hypnovan** » 11 Apr 2008, 00:10

Out of interest Andy, I have a 1.6Td and I was wondering what you would use in place of it. I'm more interested in fuel economy than power or 0-60 though a little more power never goes amiss. I've heard a lot about Subaru's and other engines but i'm no mechanic so much of it is over my head until I learn more.
I would like to use SVO/PPO/Veg oil but if you're saying a petrol engine/LPG is in some way better, can you tell me how? Any tips would be be v cool.

many thanks,