Thread: Two Tank setup
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Old 01-23-2018, 10:08 AM
rocky raccoon rocky raccoon is offline
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Our cars have Diesel engines. That means they were designed to run on Diesel fuel. It is true that the OM616/617 can RUN on anything vaguely combustible, probably even peanut butter. There are even people out there running their cars on waste lube oil. It is not true however that they will run as good or better. It also means that the maintenance problems will be a magnitude greater.

You say this is your daily driver. I believe it as my '83 is mine. I would never experiment with my car especially knowing the potential problems. It will take quite a while to achieve "cheap" fuel after initial cost and increased maintenance. Why do you want to do this? Is it a hobby? To have cocktail party conversation? It certainly can't be good for your car.
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