Up to 5% bio-diesel according to Manual. Converting a diesel to LPG is technically possible but the cost would be so high you would need about 10,000,000 miles before it started to pay back!
I've just changed from a D1 V8 on LPG, and the "pence per mile" is working out about the same as the highly managed diesel is getting lots more miles from a gallon. I wonder how effective the "engine off when stop" on the Freelander really is, and whether it could be added to Discovery.A vaccine does not stop you catching a virus, or passing it on, or getting ill from it, really ill. It does reduce the likelyhood of you dying when really, really ill. Stay Alive - KEEP AWAY FROM PEOPLE.
26th Mar 2010 1:17 pm
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Afraid it's just a case of grin & bare it, thank the thieving Comrades Brown & Darling, or sell up & buy a eurobox.
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Well, if I have cider and beer I run a lot.A vaccine does not stop you catching a virus, or passing it on, or getting ill from it, really ill. It does reduce the likelyhood of you dying when really, really ill. Stay Alive - KEEP AWAY FROM PEOPLE.
I keep looking at FL2, but the improvement in economy is marginal, certainly not enough to warrant selling my D3 at this point.
As for alternative fuels, I hear heating oil is presently 43p a litre, and thanks to the EU it's now low sulphur, so less of the tell-tale stink associated with heating oil of old. Or so a man tells me I know it's not considered "kind" to say no these days, but no. Just no, ok? And if it's not ok, still no.
26th Mar 2010 7:49 pm
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A well known D3 guru, some say he likes a certain gin from India named after a blue corundum, reckons he gets 12 more statute miles from his imperial gallon in his FL2(v)!!!
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Yeah, but he always drove the D3 like a knobber..... I know it's not considered "kind" to say no these days, but no. Just no, ok? And if it's not ok, still no.
26th Mar 2010 7:59 pm
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Careful, he might be behind you!!!
I know U looked!!
26th Mar 2010 8:03 pm
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According to my handbook (LRL 10 02 53 602) the V6 diesel engine IS NOT compatable with bio-diesel fuel
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26th Mar 2010 9:11 pm
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Currently the Diesel on sale in the UK is 5% bio-fuel, with the Ultimates\V-Powers 7.5% bio-fuel and Diesel could become upto 30% bio-fuel by the end of the year.
Then I shall have to sue Land Rover if there was foreknowledge, or the fuel companies if not. Either way, someon (and it won't be me) is going to get in the I know it's not considered "kind" to say no these days, but no. Just no, ok? And if it's not ok, still no.
28th Mar 2010 12:30 am
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Then I shall have to sue Land Rover if there was foreknowledge, or the fuel companies if not. Either way, someon (and it won't be me) is going to get in the
Quite right. It's not as if the D3 is old technology, but the most important thing you really need to make it go will be the thing to make the vehicle obsolete, FUEL
Is the D4 capable of running on more than 5% Bio?Faultmate MSV2 EXTREME
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or sell up & buy a eurobox.
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