Yes, i have heard predictions that diesel will hit all high record for $5 per gal, 4.09 right now is a real pain in my wallet when it gives 18 mpg but i am getting me some crazy performance (i bought it that way), is there a cure in getting better mpg, or else i have to drive my gas sipping 1985 BMW 318i that i get very cluster fobic...

thx

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Current Garage
2008 Mercedes GL320 CDI 188k mi Repair/Work in progress
1994 S350 160k mi Garage Queen & prepping for repairs
2005 E320 CDI 203k mi Healthy & Daily Driver
1994 S350 357k mi Retried as parts car
1984 300TD 214k mi Blown OM617 Poss OM603 Swap??

Sold
1987 300SDL 200K+
1994 S320 181K mi
2008 E320 Bluetec 127k mi
1999 S420 130K mi
1980 240D 360k mi
15+ Others that has come, stay and gone

GONE, BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
1995 E320 SE 220k mi
1984 300SD 350k mi

figure that gasoline will be about $8/gal in the winter season. Surely by the spring. Diesel of course will maintain it's out of whack relationship.
It's the new world order.

buy a tdi jetta.then the side effects of clusterfobia don't hurt the wallet so bad.

Clusterfobia in the BMW?

Take the instruments out of the Mercedes and wire them up to the BMW. Problem solved.

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~Michael S.~
Past cars:

1986 300SDL
1987 300SDL
1982 240D
1982 300SD


Current:

1987 300SDL

This sort of thing makes me want to trade the 240D (currently 20-22 mpg) for something like a Suzuki Samurai and be done with it.

I figure with some injector work, I can probably get 25-30 mpg, but if that doesn't pan out then I don't really know what I'm going to do long-run.

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1983 Mercedes-Benz 240D
Automatic, A/C, Power Sunroof, Power Right Side Mirror
231K Miles FOR SALE MAKE OFFER

wvo.

Any idea why the benz is only getting 18? Even with performance-oriented modifications you should still be able to get high 20s if you keep your foot out of it. If you displace half of your fuel with WVO (in a well-designed, heated system of course), you will get about 55mpg of diesel, if you displace 3/4 you will get above 100mpg of diesel fuel. Multiply that by about 1.5 for a VW 1.6NA, about 1.8 for a tdi.

EDIT: it ain't easy displacing 75% of your fuel with WVO, but it is possible.

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99 E300 Turbodiesel 100k

I agree that the SD should not be getting 18mpg. In my worst cases, driving like I stole the thing and running it flat out on the highway, I got over 24mpg and I was regularly getting 26.5 in that car doing a mix of highway and city drving. I would look real hard at the SD to make sure you are not leaking fuel. Look under the car at the hoses coming from the tank.

If you are interested in mpg, why not keep the SDL? Mine is averaging 28.something doing the same driving that I was doing inthe SD but with no ALDA

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Current
Monika '74 450 SL
BrownHilda '79 280SL
FoxyCleopatra '99 Chevy Suburban
Scarlett 2014 Jeep Cherokee
Krystal 2004 Volvo S60
Gone
'74 Jeep CJ5
'97 Jeep ZJ Laredo
Rudolf ‘86 300SDL
Bruno '81 300SD
Fritzi '84 BMW
'92 Subaru
'96 Impala SS
'71 Buick GS conv
'67 GTO conv
'63 Corvair conv
'57 Nomad

Fix the fuel leak and check the accuracy of your odometer.