KTC extended life vegetable oil

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KTC extended life vegetable oil

Post by bluefirs » Tue Jun 23, 2015 10:20 am

KTC extended life vegetable oil (soya bean oil) is cuurently £4 for 5l, is this suitable for Bongo use - I usually use rapeseed oil?
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Re: KTC extended life vegetable oil

Post by JoeC » Tue Jun 23, 2015 1:02 pm

You may find that it is rapeseed oil. Vegetable in a generic term and could be made from a few different plants. Peeps say rapeseed is better as it is thinner but others can be used.

Some people don't buy the extended life ones as it contains GM products and they like the idea of GM.
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Re: KTC extended life vegetable oil

Post by Mark Elvin » Tue Jun 23, 2015 1:24 pm

I use KTC, no issues reported so far
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Re: KTC extended life vegetable oil

Post by cmm303 » Tue Jun 23, 2015 1:28 pm

Mark Elvin wrote:I use KTC, no issues reported so far
In similar proportions to RSO or with a bit more diesel?
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Re: KTC extended life vegetable oil

Post by scanner » Tue Jun 23, 2015 1:32 pm

JoeC wrote:You may find that it is rapeseed oil. Vegetable in a generic term and could be made from a few different plants. Peeps say rapeseed is better as it is thinner but others can be used.

Some people don't buy the extended life ones as it contains GM products and they like the idea of GM.
It says
(soya bean oil)
so no rapeseed anywhere. :wink:

I've used Soya bean oil in the past and as Mark says "No problems".

It is however a bit thicker than rapeseed or sunflower oil so I wouldn't use it in colder weather.
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Re: KTC extended life vegetable oil

Post by bluefirs » Tue Jun 23, 2015 2:13 pm

It is made from GM soy beans. No need to worry about the E900?
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Re: KTC extended life vegetable oil

Post by David Edwards » Mon Jun 29, 2015 7:05 pm

nah can be used, a little thicker than rapeseed but fine use a lot less in colder weather mind
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Re: KTC extended life vegetable oil

Post by c1rider » Wed Jul 01, 2015 2:37 pm

The last batch of KTC I bought said it was rapeseed, so could be anything. Most don't say anything except cooking oil. Have been using it for several years now with no problems except rough idling, which I have now tracked down to the lack of any proper escape route for air with the system I have installed. A job for the winter methinks. Is solved for a while by switching back to diesel for a couple of minutes to bleed off the air then away we go. Could always find where the air is getting in I suppose but haven't had any luck with that so far.
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Re: KTC extended life vegetable oil

Post by rita » Fri Jul 10, 2015 10:23 am

KTC is Britain's largest private manufacturer and distributor of oils and fats. They produce hundreds of different types of oils and fats, and Soya is just one of the many. You need to check the label/tin to confirm what you are actually buying.
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Re: KTC extended life vegetable oil

Post by Diplomat » Fri Jul 10, 2015 11:05 am

bluefirs wrote:It is made from GM soy beans
Frankenstein fuel?


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Re: KTC extended life vegetable oil

Post by scanner » Fri Jul 10, 2015 11:18 am

c1rider wrote: Most don't say anything except cooking oil.
All food products need to have the ingredients listed on the label, so what it is made from will be there somewhere.
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Re: KTC extended life vegetable oil

Post by roosmith » Fri Jul 10, 2015 1:12 pm

scanner wrote:
c1rider wrote: Most don't say anything except cooking oil.
All food products need to have the ingredients listed on the label, so what it is made from will be there somewhere.
I don't know how but not all oils list the ingredients, I've had plenty that just say vegetable. Tesco for one don't label them.
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Re: KTC extended life vegetable oil

Post by scanner » Fri Jul 10, 2015 9:54 pm

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I will try and find a "Veg" oil one, I'm sure they state it is 100% Rapeseed oil.

As it is 100% of the ingredients all you will see what the type of oil is - somewhere.
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Re: KTC extended life vegetable oil

Post by rita » Sat Jul 11, 2015 8:17 am

I think the word "Pure" means that they have lo give the ingredients.(Nutrition)
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Re: KTC extended life vegetable oil

Post by roosmith » Sat Jul 11, 2015 8:00 pm

Their vegetable one doesn't state anything (or last time I looked at least). I've been running on the rapeseed from Lynn for a couple of years now.
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