Terrano and SVO

The Mad Hat Man · Nov 28th, 2007, 06:09 AM

Hi folks.
dun a search and cant find any info.

Duz anyone run their Terrano on Tescos/Sainsburies finest SVO?

or is this a no-no on the Terrano doozil?

**88pathoffroad** · Dec 1st, 2007, 03:08 PM

What's SVO? We're 99% in the US/Canada here.

The Mad Hat Man · Dec 2nd, 2007, 03:16 AM

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Originally Posted by 88pathoffroad

What's SVO? We're 99% in the US/Canada here.

Ah! That might account for the lack of replies......
straight vegetable oil (SVO) or used/waste vegetable oil (WVO).

It is common practice in the UK, to make diesels more environmentally friendly by adding "Biofuel" in the shape of local supermarket vegetable oil. It also reduces the cost from 2 dollars a litre (for diesel) to about 1 dollar for SVO.

It has been known, though, for the vegetable oil to damage some fuel lines (it also cleans all the crud out of the fuel system, so a fuel filter change is required after 500 miles or so), so my question is meant to be...

"Does anyone run their Diesel Terrano on a Diesel/Bio fuel mix and are there any known problems associated with this?"

I suppose this Q relates primarily to the UK and Europe (Canada) as, I believe, there are no diesel Nissans in the States.

Rogue_Wulff · Dec 2nd, 2007, 09:31 AM

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Originally Posted by The Mad Hat Man

I suppose this Q relates primarily to the UK and Europe (Canada) as, I believe, there are no diesel Nissans in the States.

Not since around 1986. Too bad, as I hear the newer diesels are even better than the earlier models they did sell here.

Which engine do you have? Mechanical pump or ECU driven?
Most mechanical pump diesels are able to be run on the veggie oil without any issues beyond those you have already listed. Well, there is the cold weather issue, but I don't know if that really applies where you are.

I've been tossing around the idea of getting a Nissan TD27T to replace the KA24E in my truck.