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03-23-2009, 11:34 AM
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Using reserve tank on 300td wagon for WVO?
Howdy,
I just recently purchased a 1980 300TD wagon and have been thinking about ways to convert it to run on WVO. I have been most interested in Single Tank Systems b/c of the ease and leaving the cargo room area free. Now, I know you can do a Singe Tank System pretty easily, but will only work on %100 WVO in temps above 60 degrees F. I have been looking at the reserve tank behind the spare tire and think it might be a prime candidate for being my diesel tank for start-up and shut-down. I'm wondering if any of ya'll have heard of this being done. I wanna eventually be able to run WVO in cold temps and realize that in order to do this I need to start-up on diesel to get the veggie hot to flow and also for shut-down. But, I don't want to add an extra tank that takes up space and heats up my cab. I've been thinking about adding a tank heater to my stock tank, also a heated inline hose, heated fuel filter, and fuel injector heaters. Do you ya'll think this will be the optimal set-up for wvo? Thanks for any help or ideas.  Peace-- Will 
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03-23-2009, 11:46 AM
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What reserve tank are you talking about? On my SD and I believe all Mercedes there isn't an extra tank for the reserve. The reserve is just a portion of the main tank.
EDIT- Looks like Mo beat me to it as I was typing.
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03-23-2009, 07:00 PM
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Thats an expansion tank. Its there because the flat tank under the floor has no air space above the filler neck for the fuel to expand into.
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03-23-2009, 10:35 PM
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i have a tank that is split 70/30 that goes in the stock location
i also squeezed another 5 gallons into that space works awsome
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03-23-2009, 10:53 PM
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... are you talking about the "egg crate" up under there? that's for vacuum...
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03-24-2009, 12:18 AM
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03-24-2009, 09:38 AM
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03-24-2009, 05:07 PM
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03-24-2009, 05:13 PM
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03-24-2009, 08:34 PM
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Attention all WAGON owners. The fuel expansion tank that Lance and Jimmy are referencing was originally metal during certain years; then it was changed to plastic. Guess what happens to 20+ year old plastic? If you have a damaged plastic fuel expansion tank, and want to replace it with a pristine metal fuel expansion tank, I know someone who has one.  Sorry for the hijack post.
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03-24-2009, 08:53 PM
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The fuel expansion tank that Lance and Jimmy are referencing, and daw_two is promoting would make for an interesting 1/2 gallon diesel tank.
FWIW, daw_two has good parts.
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03-25-2009, 09:00 AM
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I have had experience with using fairly small purge tanks. I ran a 3 gallon one with an external filler for a while. It was acceptable but I wouldn't want to go any smaller. I think 6 gallons is a more practical limit since you could use it until it is down to below one gallon and then fill it back up with one 5 gallon diesel can without looking to make sure it isn't over filled.
By the way, I really like external fills. I don't think I will ever go back to filling in the trunk.
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