Is this thread from 2011 still alive?



I've logged over 100k on well filtered WVO, UNCONVERTED, and knock on weird, no significant problems. I start with decent oil not cooked to death, let it settle for weeks or months, pour the clear layer thru a 1 micron filter bag, add about a cup of gasoline to each 4.6 gallon cubie, pour it right in the tank, and drive. In freezing weather, i will up the gasoline (10% max), and/or mix in some kerosene, and if it is really cold, run mostly kerosene or diesel. If it below about 50 deg. F, i will plug in the block heater, and also i have a magnetic heater stuck to the fuel tank that i use in cold weather. I also try to let the car warm up before taking off, especially in colder weather. In cooler weather i also keep a cubie of WVO in the house behind the woodstove and pour it in just before driving. Every few tankfuls i add some ATF, or Power service additive.



About 70,000 miles on the 1981 240D so far (it currently has a clutch problem, but i doubt that is related), and about 50,000 on my main 1985 300D. The 300D was getting a bit hard to start and smoking about 10,000 miles ago, so i cleaned the injectors, and soaked the rings for about a week in Marvel mystery oil, and now she runs great! I've run these cars on WVO from the get go, but the few times i've run diesel, i've noticed slightly more power. But i just drove the 240D 1400 miles at 70 - 75 m.p.h. mostly freeway, and 75 m.p.h. is fast enough for an old tortoise like me.


If these cars, which between them cost about $2000, died tomorrow, they have paid for them selves several times over in fuel savings, not to mention environmental impact and and pissing off the fossil fuel industry.