hillbillyracer
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| posted on 11/2/11 at 09:36 PM |
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Originally posted by big_wasa
On the other side of it. Most cars will run fine on it and some around this way have done so for years.
Its not just white with a dye, its not aswell refined as white.
Years ago whe there were no emissions regs they were the same I think, then they needed to get things running on white to pass emissions tests etc
& the white was more refined, additives etc in but the red was left as was. Recently the regs for red diesel has tightened up regarding emmisions
& it's now said to be pretty much the same as the white again. Deliveries of this new stuff started around October last year
There's a bit of concern with this new red diesel, it's got a small percentage of bio-diesel in it & if you've got water in your
tank & dont get through much of it (meaning it'll be in the tank a while) it may form a bacteria growth/sludge which will play havoc with
filters etc & the other bits of crap that rests on the bottom of the tank will float more in it & so more filter trouble there.
But so far I've not seen any real problems & if it's just the same as the white well it's been around a year or two with the
bio-diesel & it's not been any real problem that I've seen.
Now should you use it in your car? Well I have to pay tax so why should'nt you? Then again if I was sure enough I'd not be caught....
But I can't use it: I'm an Agric Engineer, I live on a farm & I drive a van, how the hell I've managed 16 years & never
been dipped is a mystery!
[Edited on 11/2/11 by hillbillyracer]
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owelly
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| posted on 11/2/11 at 10:09 PM |
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The grade of fuel oil has alway been the same (35seconds fwiw)no matter what colour it is. Now, it's all low sulphur but still from the same tap
at the refinery.
http://www.ppcmag.co.uk
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iank
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| posted on 11/2/11 at 10:16 PM |
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HM Revenue & Customs stake out the local garage that sells it, nice public car park over the road to park their van with the camera.
They've even caught people with the pump stuck in their car rather than taking it away in a can.
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Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.
Anonymous
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Richard Quinn
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| posted on 11/2/11 at 11:22 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by ali f27
Kind of all depends if you have new rangerover probs not get stopped if you have older car van will be stopped
Lad I know with a fairly new Range Rover has been dipped a few times. He owns a small plant hire company and they just seem to know which people/cars
have access to it/visit sites that have it.
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Peteff
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| posted on 12/2/11 at 08:25 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by iank
HM Revenue & Customs stake out the local garage that sells it, nice public car park over the road to park their van with the camera.
They've even caught people with the pump stuck in their car rather than taking it away in a can.
Vosa did the same in Derby, parked outside the garage they still caught 5 taxi drivers in a day.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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martin1973
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| posted on 12/2/11 at 08:55 AM |
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i ran my old range rover on red for years.
when i got caught they fined me £500.
and the exsize duty since i brought the vehicle £2000
but red smell different, makes more smoke the men from HMRC know when its running on red.
martin
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JoelP
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| posted on 12/2/11 at 09:32 PM |
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ive seen checkpoints twice on the road, but avoided them both - dont have time to waste chattering to people when i havent done anything.
Im sure if you did enough mileage, you could get a hire van and run it on red, and if caught, say that it must've been filled by the last user.
They couldnt prove it anyway.
The IRA used to make a fortune by cleaning red diesel, and essentially charging the duty themselves to corrupt local garages. Im sure a competant
chemist could clean it easily enough (and i mean the hidden markers, not the colour).
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