Good riddance. A trend whore brought his single-tank into my shop after he broke his cam in 3 places.

I believe it's law now that all pump diesel in WA needs to be B2 or higher. Barely anything, but it's enough to bring the lubricity back. Maybe why my delivery valve seals started to leak recently?

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1990 300D 2.5 Turbo -155k
2000 E430 - 103k
2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee Ecodiesel 4x4 - 11k
2014 VW Passat TDI SE - 7k Bro's Diesel
2006 E320 CDI - 128k Pop's Benz

Pre-glow - A moment of silence in honor of Rudolph Diesel

Nope.

You have a problem with your heat exchanger inside your car or have a stuck open thermostat.

There is so much wasted heat ( energy ) from cooling the engine with your coolant that you can take a hot bath 10 times over every day.

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W124 Keyless remote, PM for details. http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/mercedes-used-parts-sale-wanted/334620-fs-w124-chasis-keyless-remote-%2450-shipped.html

1 X 2006 CDI
1 x 87 300SDL
1 x 87 300D
1 x 87 300TDT wagon
1 x 83 300D
1 x 84 190D ( 5 sp ) - All R134 converted + keyless entry.

The difference between the M and MW pump aside, aren't the NA cars older than the turbo cars?

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- Jeff

I was unspecific. I burn a lot more diesel in the Jetta, and while it's not a CDI, it does run the same 30,000PSI of the CDI and calls for no more than B5.

I run B11-20 in the Benz sometimes, but I really don't like buying stuff that isn't labeled properly.

I haven't ruled out a not-working-that-great heater core.....but my thermostat is fine....I replaced it last year. Engine runs 80-82C year round.

Being in San Diego...perhaps you don't realize how cold it gets here! There is NO extra heat available with a 617 on the colder days. I drove 14 miles on the highway the other night, interior heat on high, it got pretty warm, but the engine temp only reached 80C....When I got home I checked the radiator....COLD. As in, the thermostat never had to open, all extra heat went into the car. Scary eh?

In the real dead of winter when its like 15F or less out, you could probably just loop the coolant hoses and get rid of the radiator/fan altogether on a 617 and not have any issues.


With a gasser they make a lot more waste heat....our 300E gets right up to temp in about 4-5 mins even on super cold days, and the radiator is warm even with a comfortable interior temp. Those wasteful gassers....

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'15 GLK250 Bluetec 118k - mine - (OC-123,800)
'17 Metris(VITO!) - 37k - wifes (OC-41k)
'09 Sprinter 3500 Winnebago View - 62k (OC - 67k)
'13 ML350 Bluetec - 95k - dad's (OC-98k)
'01 SL500 - 103k(km) - dad's (OC-110,000km)
'16 E400 4matic Sedan - 148k - Brothers (OC-155k)

Heater core will about cool a 616 in the winter. Gotta block the rad or the tstat bypass to get proper operating temp below 0-5F

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82 Benz 240 D, Kuan Yin
12 Ford Escape 4wd

You're four times

It's hard to

more likely to

concentrate on

have an accident

two things

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a cell phone.

www.kiva.org It's not like there's anything wrong with feeling good, is there?

It technically is but it's more of an additive rather than a fuel.

I guess Kris lost control of the stations?

Is Kent Bullard's B99.9 co-op still alive and well?

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1974 240D 3.0L 4(M) - 250K -OM617.910 + 300D FW + Rajay turbo power!
1977 6.9 3(A) - 84k

So do lawsuits, you can only ruin so many new Benzes before one of them is owned by a lawyer.........

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1995 E300 Weiss
#1987 300D Sturmmachine
#1991 300D Nearly Perfect
#1994 E320 Cabriolet
#1995 E320 Touring
#1985 300D Sedan
OBK #42

Don't you think they would ask the owners to sign a waiver? Who in their right mind would do the modification with WVO not an approved fuel.

BTW, I am not a lawyer.

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W124 Keyless remote, PM for details. http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/mercedes-used-parts-sale-wanted/334620-fs-w124-chasis-keyless-remote-%2450-shipped.html

1 X 2006 CDI
1 x 87 300SDL
1 x 87 300D
1 x 87 300TDT wagon
1 x 83 300D
1 x 84 190D ( 5 sp ) - All R134 converted + keyless entry.

ya i think the co-op is still going
last time I checked its was quite pricey tho

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79 300d "baby blue nose" (sold)
87 e300d (om603) "billy" (sold)
94 e300d (om606) "mcrae" (sold)
84 300td (om617) "mom"
82 300cd (om617) "whitey"
84 300sd (om617) "benzo valdez"
87 300sdl (om603) "chip"
90 e300d (om 602) "bev"
69 280c (om603 swap) "rommel"
74 internationl scout II (om617) "scout"
64 impala (4bt) "homie"
57 chevy apache (7.3 psd) "goldie"

The waiver is only as good as the lawyer who wrote it and the amount of money the seller has to pay the lawyer. A good lawyer can take out any small business with sue and stall tactics and counter suits. But I would agree ultimately supply and demand has taken its toll...


The sad part is the number of wvo modified cars that are on CL, most with busted IP's or other similar issues. Oh the fools that ruined good to great cars on a fad that they will never recoup the losses from.

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1995 E420 Schwarz
1995 E300 Weiss
#1987 300D Sturmmachine
#1991 300D Nearly Perfect
#1994 E320 Cabriolet
#1995 E320 Touring
#1985 300D Sedan
OBK #42

Its also a critical thinking problem. I understand people buying LC kits when they were nothing more than a Davco filter with a Lovecrap sticker, Davco makes a great filtration system. But their "maintenance free" "filter" system was clearly nothing more than a household water strainer with a sock filter zip-tied over it. How people could possibly perceive that as a "good value" for $450 plus $300 installation is beyond me.





When I think of a typical LC user, I always recall this water condensation filled ebay picture.

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The condensation pix is indeed scary.

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1979 300SD Black/Black MBtex239000mi
1983 300TD euro-NA. White/Olive Cloth-MBtex 201000mi. Fleet car of the USA embassy in Morocco
1983 240D Labrador Blue/Blue MBtex 161000mi