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Originally Posted by tscott
Holy jumpin' jehosophat! Let's review some diesel basics: the cars are designed to run on fuel you can find in third-world countries. If the fuel explodes when compressed in the cylinder, it has a high enough bang factor. Wanna get fancy? Follow the instructions in the Owner's Manual which is, after all, written by MB, and a lot more specific and demanding than the average taxi driver in Lebanon.
I have a chevy truck with a big-block v-8 and it gets premium because a) it was designed to use it and b) with regular at $2.10 a gallon what's a dime more for premium. The 240D gets exactly what MB calls for- #2 diesel. Runs fine.
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There's an old saying "ignorance is bliss" and it shows here when it come's to diesel fuel. When these cars were built all the diesel fuel the world over was 50 cetane plus (including US) and the only problem that you might have was contaminated fuel, or ultra high sulfur content. The common problem back in the early '80's and before in 3rd world countries was contaminated fuel. Now days in the US we are faced with some new problems & old problems.
Average US Diesel fuel cetane rating is only about 40 or 42, compared to most of the rest of the world average of 52 Cetane. The other problem that we have in this country now is the same in a lot of 3rd world country's, that's contaminated fuel. You sould read this
Bosch Fuel requirments
Got to go the cat is wanting his supper.