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Originally Posted by TwitchKitty
There are many threads here on this topic, search.
I don't recommend this practice. I have run it several times and the results were not good.
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After having done some considerable research on this topic and combed about 450 sites, with notes, I discovered these trends:
BAD = clogs or large resude lumps in tank or lines
1. mixing WMO unfiltered + WVO unfiltered and just left to stand for cleaning + gasoline in a 40-40-20 mix
2. mixing WMO unfiltered and WVO unfiltered and heated to about 170 degrees F
3. Mixing turpentine + candle wax shavings + mineral spirits + used fryer oil in 30-10-30-30 mix, causing crud in tanks and blockages after about 10 miles
4. WMO unfiltered + hydraulic oil unfiltered- no more info, don't know if hydraulic oil was mineral or vegetable based
GOOD = normal use as fuel after 5 full tanks
1. WMO (filtered using "true" 5 micron filters in pump, then centrifuged) + mineral-based hydraulic oil (filtered to 3 microns before dumped for recycler pick-up) + kerosene in 6 gal + 6 gal + 1 gal mix
2. super-thin hydraulic oil, mineral based with viscosity at 2.6 (?) on scale, plus used Dexron filtered to 5 microns + kerosene, together in 10 gal + 10 gal + 2 gallon mix.
In very few cases was I able to find info on Mercedes vehicles. Many mixes were made for Continental multi-fuel engines or for larger older diesels. In many cases people did not answer when I asked for proportions. These did, so I have them.
I'm sure there are many ways to do this, but I'm interested in using only Bosch MB pumps and systems and creating fuel usable in them without damage.