cooking oil in a Di

[madmark]

pipp you have to work out how many miles you are going to do in the camper! otherwise converting it to di etc will take along time to get your money back! i done this when i had a petrol car ,i spent £1200 on it haveing it converted to gas and never got my money back, i worked it out it would of took me around 60,000miles before it started to pay for itself! mind you i wish i kept it!

[pippadee]

Know where your coming from Mark, but i think veg oil could be the future for my camper, especially as the V6 is a non runner at moment. I have been offered a good 2.5 di and complete running gear for £300. Anybody got a detailed step by step guide on how to put it all into my camper.

[FredTransit]

Know where your coming from Mark, but i think veg oil could be the future for my camper, especially as the V6 is a non runner at moment. I have been offered a good 2.5 di and complete running gear for £300. Anybody got a detailed step by step guide on how to put it all into my camper.

Pippa, I have bought a V6 SVO Mk2, with a 2.8 capri engine, original SVO tranny engine in the back. The SVO has one or both blown head gaskets. Could you put the two engines together?

[pippadee]

Great a V12 6 litre. Thanks Fred, but i think were gonna go diesel. We have a mate with a huge workshop who will lend a hand doing the convertion, so that should help keep the cost down a bit.

[FredTransit]

Great a V12 6 litre. Thanks Fred, but i think were gonna go diesel. We have a mate with a huge workshop who will lend a hand doing the convertion, so that should help keep the cost down a bit.

I also think serious bulkhead mods would be in order for a V12, and it would take a shedload of cable ties!

[bortaf]

Know where your coming from Mark, but i think veg oil could be the future for my camper, especially as the V6 is a non runner at moment. I have been offered a good 2.5 di and complete running gear for £300. Anybody got a detailed step by step guide on how to put it all into my camper.

Pippa, I have bought a V6 SVO Mk2, with a 2.8 capri engine, original SVO tranny engine in the back. The SVO has one or both blown head gaskets. Could you put the two engines together?

they are different engines aint they? Mk2 svo would be essex and capri is cologne V6?

[FredTransit]

Bortaf, if you read it again, it's the original SVO engine in the back.

[madmark]

2.8 capri engine????????????????? you meen essex???????????????// would have abit of a job to get the gearbox to go to the 2.8

[madmark]

pipp whats wrong with your engine???????

[FredTransit]

:? 2.8 capri engine????????????????? you meen essex???????????????// would have abit of a job to get the gearbox to go to the 2.8

it is the 3L essex, amd a mistake on the 2.8 bit. The original is the 3L essex too, the SVO LC tranny engine. Wasn't the 2.8 a cologne?

[UK_ANDY]

Yep the 2.8 is a colone engine talking of colone engines the 4.0 explorer engine is made in colone and based on the 2.8/2.9 colone early ones where pushrod later ones are sohc...... theres pics here of a pushrod in a mk2 grandad.... http://www.capri.pl/page/3f519e9e775b6 and same again in a mk3 capri........ http://www.capri.pl/page/3e9e3fc1efc7c .........dont ask me for a translation havent a clue
only difrence in size from a 2.8/2.9 is it's an inch taller in the block should go in a mk3 onwards without much bother mk1/2 would no doubt need bulkhead mod's

[pippadee]

:shock: pipp whats wrong with your engine???????

Have managed to blow one of the head gaskets!!! . Guess that having been stood for basically a year and then us using it loads all of a sudden wasn't liked.

[bortaf]

Bortaf, if you read it again, it's the original SVO engine in the back.

sorry i was thinking you ment put the 2 engines you have together

[bortaf]

:? 2.8 capri engine????????????????? you meen essex???????????????// would have abit of a job to get the gearbox to go to the 2.8

it is the 3L essex, amd a mistake on the 2.8 bit. The original is the 3L essex too, the SVO LC tranny engine. Wasn't the 2.8 a cologne?

Thats what confused me i thought you ment 2.8 capri wich is a cologne

[bortaf]

Yep the 2.8 is a colone engine talking of colone engines the 4.0 explorer engine is made in colone and based on the 2.8/2.9 colone early ones where pushrod later ones are sohc...... theres pics here of a pushrod in a mk2 grandad.... http://www.capri.pl/page/3f519e9e775b6 and same again in a mk3 capri........ http://www.capri.pl/page/3e9e3fc1efc7c .........dont ask me for a translation havent a clue
only difrence in size from a 2.8/2.9 is it's an inch taller in the block should go in a mk3 onwards without much bother mk1/2 would no doubt need bulkhead mod's

The latter colognes were DOHC, 4 cams 24valves but only on the granada/scorpio cosworth, and boy are they nice
24Vtransit had one in a Mk2, rather rapid as i recall