An interesting note on the power conversation here ... I work at a place that makes biodiesel and the owner drives a F-250 powerstroke that is a few years old. He says that he gets slightly better performance on Biodiesel! Weird I thought, since it has calculabaly less energy. Also, he says one of his buddies that pulls a fifth wheel trailer pretty often can't pull as well on petro diesel. I read some articles within the last couple years about some truckers that were running biodiesel in their semis that would get 6.5 or 7mpg versus 5 or 5.5 mpg on petro diesel.

In theory, I'm thinking that, the more cylinders there are, the more the lubricity aids the power of the engine versus our 4 and 5 cylinder engines which would rather have more top-end bang. Any thoughts? ... especially with the ULSD crap that is at the pumps these days.

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'82 240D 224K miles manual transmission
mods: wooden 4by4 bumper, EGR delete and older EX manifold without EGR port, glass pack muffler (cheapest replacement muffler), rebuilt bosch injectors with Monark nozzles

working on: aux electric fuel pump, coolant/fuel heat exchanger/filter head, afterglow, low oil pressure buzzer/LED