Greetings all,

Haven't seen much in here recently about running on alternative fuels. Just for those who may be considering, I'm having great results running a blend of 30% filtered, waste vegetable oil / 70% diesel in my '84 300 D turbo. Just pouring the veg oil straight into the tank at fillup. The car definitely runs BETTER on this blend. No black smoke on hard acceleration, better pickup, and smoother, quieter idle. Only downside is the exhaust smells like fast food. Besides all that, the stuff is free!

I installed a Greasel conversion and did 8000 miles on straight waste veg oil in my '85 Golf. Plan to convert the 300 in next week or so. I'll let you know how it goes.

Fred Burgess
'84 300D turbo (379,000 miles and counting)