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View Poll Results: What type(s) of fuel do you burn in your Diesel? | |||
Waste Vegetable Oil with conversion kit | 12 | 10.71% | |
Waste Vegetable Oil in tank | 11 | 9.82% | |
Home made Bio-diesel | 13 | 11.61% | |
3rd Party Bio-diesel | 32 | 28.57% | |
Petro-diesel | 74 | 66.07% | |
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 112. You may not vote on this poll |
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B100 and WVO from the time I bought the car 2 years ago with minimal problems. First I changed all the old hoses to vitron as recommend because biodiesel has solvent properties and will eat through old rubber hoses. Also, biodiesel will clean out dino-diesel stuff in your tank so I changed the fuel filter after about a month to avoid the filter clogging issue. If I have to I'll mix in dino-diesel when no biodiesel is available or when the outside temperature drops. I have also used kerosene blended with biodiesel when it gets real cold.
I bought my 300D specifically to convert to WVO. I have driven cross country and back on a two tank WVO system twice and have had no problems with this set up. I have clocked somewhere around 20-25,000 miles on WVO alone and have been happy with the results. Also, the engine runs a lot smoother and it smells good.
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You mean it didn't hiccup at idle? Did it engage in public oil leaking or weave all over the road?
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At the moment, the votes add up to 125%.
Dang Democrats must be stuffing the ballot box again.
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B100.
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Resurrected Nov 2010 - 79 240(SD) with 83 617 engine and 4 speed manual, 2.88 rear and 2.5" straight pipe unknown mileage (Salmon) 83 240D parting out 96 Dodge Cummins 5 sp 4X4 long bed - 310k http://flickr.com/photos/11103112@N03/ |
#20
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Whatever the truck stop down the street from my office gets. Don't even remember the brand. Shell or Citco maybe?
Its cheap and convenient.
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1999 SL500 1969 280SE 2023 Ram 1500 2007 Tiara 3200 |
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I mostly use waste Jet A1 from work, when I have tgo buy diesel, it's whatever is handy.
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It's probably that you can click more than one box. I clicked both biodiesel and petro because I usually run B100, but as it cools down, I am increasing the petro into the mix.
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1979 240D w/4 Speed Manual, Light Blue Estimated 225-275K Miles - "Lil' Chugs"
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where do you live? how cold does it get in the winter? how hot in the summer? at what point do you switch?
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WVO all the way! 15,000+ TROUBLE FREE miles on WVO. The power is the same, the car smells good too! I prefer FREE and CLEAN over $3.00 per Gallon and TOXIC.
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Home made bio. B100 about 9 months and up to 30% petro mix in winter. Great results so far. Runs quiet and smells good. Pollutes much less than petro. Costs about $0.70 per gal. Supports farmers rather than warlords.
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#26
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32,000 miles since purchase.
First 8,000 on homebrew BD. Next 24,000 on WVO/RUG blend. No mods to the car. I've reduced the demand on Petrodiesel by 1280 gallons to help keep the price low for you petro users!
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#27
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Mostly air.
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#28
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Whatever is available, petro diesel, biodiesel, kerosene, filtered WVO, filtered used hydraulic oil, atf, etc., but no more than 50% blends, depending on the temperature.
Sorry for being disgusting...
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'99 S420, 155k '91 VW Vanagon GL, 150k '85 VW Vanagon GL, 120k '82 VW Westy, aircooled, 165k |
#29
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Locally made ASTM soy based B100.
Is there any other fuel?
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300TD W124, Two VW TDI Passat Wagons,Cummins Ram 250, Kubota Tractor 23 cylinders sipping the sweet sauce of the soy bean |
#30
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Co-ops (peanut oil, cotton oil) non food grade bulk is cheap. Mississippi = peanuts, cotton
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