my motor was designed for a lot more sulfur than is in the new fuels.

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82 Mercedes 300CD 252k......slow ride

82 mercedes 300 SD...mi Unknown
83 Mercedes 300D ????ksniff..gone too
84 Mercedes 300D 148k........SOLD
85 Mercedes 300TD 386k and holding some one elses project

They have added lots of additives to help with that. On the bright side most of the places down here still run LSD in the city. So I get to stick with the good stuff till they work the kinks out.

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#1994 E320 Cabriolet
#1995 E320 Touring
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You sure have to hope the additives to ULSD for lubricity are more effective than the additives for anti-gelling. See the other ULSD thread that discusses anti-gelling.

It may be better to supplement ULSD with your own lubricity additive for awhile and let others be the refiner's test platforms.



Ken300D

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1984 300SD at 217K miles
1987 300D at 370K miles

Nothing, you may notices some old seals leaking thats about it.

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2007 Tiara 3200

Just add a little bit of biodiesel to take car of the reduced lubricity.

DK

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1983 300sd 253,000 + 13,000 (10,000+ on veggie and biodiesel)= 266,000
1983 300sd 390,000 (Leaky windshield seal) Known to me as the shower car. Parts car now!
1 junk 300sd Watch out for the skunk that lives underneith it!

Your motor would rather not have the sulfur. And neither would the air your exhaust dumps into.

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'01 VW Beetle TDI
'05 Jeep Liberty CRD
'89 Toyota 4x4, needs 2L-T
'78 280Z with L28ET - 12.86@110
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My cousin has had problems with his car with ULSD, and now purchases 5 gallon jugs of veggie oil from costco. Has not converted the car for veggie, but just puts a couple of gallons of veggie oil every fillup. Its only 3-4 dollars a gallon there, and best of all does not need to be filtered.

How long is it going to be before everyone finally figures out this is a non-issue, it's getting boring?

Agreed. I've had nothing other than a couple of minor leaks, have been running it since it came out.

Just wait until all of the stations that have been selling ULSD all year start putting the stickers on the pump!! Then we'll see this question daily.

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not another ULSD question.... true, getting very tiredsome. most that could happen would be a leaky injector pump. after 24 years of service... who cares, ill just rebuild. might be fun

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2016 Mazda 6
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Formers:
2012- Mazda 3
2007 Outlander- complete pile
1995 E300 Diesel 208K
2007 VW Passat 2.0T 63K SOLD
2003 Jaguar X-type 3.0 Sport Sold 04/11 w/88K
2009 Lexus RX350 9061 miles. Sold 04/09
2008 Mitsubishi Lancer GTS:Totaled Sept.,09 @ 24,000
2003 Infiniti I35 58K Sold
1984 300 turbo diesel 222K

some of us are "rookies" to this site.....perhaps making this subject a sticky would be in order.

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81 Mercedes 300SD 289k.......SOLD
82 Mercedes 300CD 252k......slow ride

82 mercedes 300 SD...mi Unknown
83 Mercedes 300D ????ksniff..gone too
84 Mercedes 300D 148k........SOLD
85 Mercedes 300TD 386k and holding some one elses project

I think that this is a great idea for a diesel forum.

Also:
http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/gen-comm/info-notices/2006/in200622.pdf

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I find it kind of funny actualy. People are willing to burn WVO, nasty used oils, Acetone, you name it they want to burn it in these cars! But ULSD comes around everyone freaks out!

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New veggie oil provides much better lube, as well as cleans out your fuel system, acts as a detergant.

WVO properly filtered will do the exact same.

That is why people put it in their tanks, as well as being a renewable resource.

LOL, don't forget used ATF. Oh well, we can always use some more parts cars.

I don't know if you are old enough to remember when leaded gasoline was discontinued, same kind of "sky is falling" nonsense, nothing much happened then either.