Well it's been over three weeks and 450 miles but I've finally used up all the diesel that was in the tank of the AX, so now i am able to test the Veg Oil conversion. Fitting was a breeze, the hardest part being to feed a wire through into the cabin for a switch on the dash - it took about 1/2 an hour to do that, and about 1/2 an hour to do the rest of the job.
And the good news is the little AX runs just fine and dandy on veg oil. I flled up with 40 litres of SVO, no diesel at all, and even in the 4 degrees run home at midnight last night she ran sweet. It takes about 30 seconds to warm up the veg for a clean start by which time the main plugs have gone out, so it's switch on, wait 30 seconds, switch off switch on again to reactivate the glow plugs and then start immediately. There is no black smoke, and unless my ears are deceiving me, less clatter.
Now in true banger style the car will be tested rigouously before it does the banger rally later next year. This means it will be my daily driver for work. Already it is proving to be a suitable banger, the passenger side sun visor came off in my hand the other day. And I got my first puncture in 17 years of driving. Cost to repair......... £15. I love thsi car. It's cheap as chips!
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