Hey Dana, some a-hole did the same to me too while driving in Hollywood. I think left a greasy film on their S500 Turns out the vacuum diaphragm had a hole in it sucking engine oil anytime I let off the throttle. It kept the tailgaters far far away when it happened though.

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

Drove a 79 rabbit one time down the highway. It had this interesting issue where it would blowby SO much that would start picking up engine oil and throwing it into the air filter housing. Someone had removed the restrictor so this was possible.

Busting along doing about 65 in a 55 and in the rear view (night time) see headlights dissapear and a brown cloud forming...

Oh dear...haha...let off and slow her down.

A little bit of brillo pad stuffed into the CCV line helped and never had the problem again. That little 1.6L gas was sure a strong engine

I had a valve cover gasket blow out on my 63 T-Bird on my way home one night. It dumped oil right on the exhaust. A friend who just happend to be on the same stretch of road thought they were fogging for mosquitos until he got close enough to see it was me. We still laugh about it every now and then.

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green 85 300SD 200K miles "Das Schlepper Frog" With a OM603 TBO360 turbo ( To be intercooled someday )( Kalifornistani emissons )
white 79 300SD 200K'ish miles "Farfegnugen" (RIP - cracked crank)
desert storm primer 63 T-bird "The Undead" (long term hibernation)

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Here in the Great State of Tejas, TNRCC/TCEQ has an online form you can use to report smokers. FWIW, I have received at least one 'smoker' letter for every one of my licensed diesels.

It's a convenient tool and I've made it my personal goal to use it to try and report every smoking gasser I encounter. However, I don't believe that the form will accept out-of-state registrations or exempt (city, county and state) tags.

FWIW, Palangi was the Forum member threatening to repeatedly report himself in order to have enough letters from TCEQ for garage wallpaper.

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Never a dull moment at Berry Hill Farm.

Bathroom wallpaper...

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2004 C240 Wagon 203.261 Baby Benz
2008 ML320 CDI Highway Cruiser
2006 Toyota Prius, Saving the Planet @ 48 mpg
2000 F-150, Destroying the Planet @ 20 mpg



TRUMP .......... WHITEHOUSE
HILLARY .........JAILHOUSE
BERNIE .......... NUTHOUSE
0BAMA .......... OUTHOUSE

one word to fix the problem, BIODIESEL or WVO. I get light smoke even if i floor it or rev it hard i get a small amount of smoke, probably what a gasser would get. My friends SD thats on diesel made a huge puff of black smoke when we were revving the hell out of it in my driveway.

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Current:
05 E320 CDI
07 GL320 CDI
08 Sprinter
05 Dodge Cummins
01 Dodge Cummins

Previous
2004 E55 AMG
2002 C32 AMG (#2)
1995 E300
1978 300D
1987 300D
2002 C32 AMG(blown motor :[
1981 300SD
1983 300SD
1987 300SDL
2002 Jetta TDI
1996 S420
1995 S500
1993 190E 2.6
1992 190E 2.3
1985 190E 2.3 5-Speed

I've heard that bio-D reduces smoke (as well as power and economy). Trouble is, its suppliers gouge -- pegging their veggie product to the price of petroleum -- for their fuel. Not a way to win customers, at least this one.

As a lark, I've thought about reporting Priuses as excessive smokers.

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'91 300D 2.5 Turbo 330K
'00 VW TDI Golf, 190K
'67 BMW R50/2
'73 Norton Commando Interstate

Dana, if you want some biodiesel I have some sitting in buckets if you would like to try it out just to see if the smoke decreases.....but as you said that takes all the fun out of it.

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

I don't want to sound like a whiner, but I don't like the smoke.

Diesels already have enough problems with acceptance here in the US, partly because of the smoke that came out of so many pre-turbo diesels and badly-tuned cars, I prefer to not further that misconception.

Most will agree that the GM diesel pretty much torpedoed the diesel car in the US, but this doesn't help.

- Jeff Miller
Smokeless 190DT

Is there anything we are good at doing or making?

Well, we have lots of MBAs and financial advisors.

like most places , making a mess out of things thanks to bean counters

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1971 280SE W108
1979 300SD W116
1983 300D W123
1975 Ironhead Sportster chopper
1987 GMC 3/4 ton 4X4 Diesel
1989 Honda Civic (Heavily modified)
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Section 609 MVAC Certified
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