Well, the title scans quite well with the tune of 'Video Killed The Radio Star' by the Buggles.
I had a long journey coming up so I filled the car with a 50/50 mix of diesel/veg oil. That was a couple of weeks ago. I finally got the phone call Monday night, so set off. Luckily, I had forgotten something so, after about half a mile up the road, I had to turn round. Just as well, because I never made it home in the car. It would seem that the temperature drop over the last few days, especially at night, had caused seperation, and the pump got a big does of cold veg oil. Too much for it to cope with, so it gave up the fight. The fuel filter was full of it, so were the injector pipes and pump. (I have not used the car since last week in preparation for the phone call. I usually use a max of 25% during cold weather because of known probs using too much veg oil in the cold.)
I had a long journey coming up so I filled the car with a 50/50 mix of diesel/veg oil. That was a couple of weeks ago. I finally got the phone call Monday night, so set off. Luckily, I had forgotten something so, after about half a mile up the road, I had to turn round. Just as well, because I never made it home in the car. It would seem that the temperature drop over the last few days, especially at night, had caused seperation, and the pump got a big does of cold veg oil. Too much for it to cope with, so it gave up the fight. The fuel filter was full of it, so were the injector pipes and pump. (I have not used the car since last week in preparation for the phone call. I usually use a max of 25% during cold weather because of known probs using too much veg oil in the cold.)