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E85?
I know one can burn a lot of things in our engines (diesel fuel, kerosene, crankcase oil in emergency, vegetable oil, Jet A), but can one burn E85 ethanol based fuel in the MBz diesels? Do they run well on it? If one can use it, does one have to modify the car to use it most effeciently? Is this a dumb question? What other novel fuels have people used successfully?
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I would advise against it. Its more a gasoline substitute. I would think it would cause the engine to run ruff (if at all) because of the heat it takes to ignite it.
Heard of an alcohol based diesel before. It had variable displacement and 50ksi injection pressure. Not typical. Motor oil is a fun thing to run though. It takes 3 tanks of diesel to make the fuel clear again. |
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I found that out....
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I did read however a story in National Geographic of a truck driver in Niger in the Saharan desert who ran out of fuel and was dying of thirst and had a vision while in the final throes of dehydration in which he drained out the crankcase and put it in the fuel tank. He did so and survived, though they did not relate the fate of the truck )
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I thought you were talking about the elusive V-16 E85 AMG for a minute
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Wouldn't that be...
the E850. I think that would need two engines, one in the front and one in the trunk.
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Der Panzermann und Fraulein Fahrvergnuegen 1991 420SEL 201K "The Big Blue One" 1985 300DT 205K chassis/285K engine nee California emissions "Goldbug" 1983 300TDT 255K "The Womble" 1983 300 DT 214K "Sea Sprite"-Rear-ended a truck 1983 300SD 285K "The Donor" Gave his life so that others can live 1980 500SL Euro 105K "Der Panzer" |
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