Have I been 'rurrnin' my engine by NOT adding whale sperm? - OH n000!

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1987 300D (230,000 mi on a #14 head-watching the temp gauge and keeping the ghost in the machine)
Raleigh NC - Home of deep fried sushi!

I have heard this one but I don't know where that came from at all - even antique engines with straight generators and point regulators didn't over charge unless there was some malfunction.

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1987 300D (230,000 mi on a #14 head-watching the temp gauge and keeping the ghost in the machine)
Raleigh NC - Home of deep fried sushi!

500,000 is just getting "broke in".

Diesels are not as efficient as their gas counterparts.

Diesels are slow.

Diesels are high maintenance.

300D gets "40MPG".


Oh.... And I am just about sick and tired of seeing this one in any MB diesel classified ad. "Great for Veggie oil Conversion"......

Go pound some sand!

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AJ

1985 300D (SOLD)

"It's OK to idle dlesels for long periods of time..."

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-Evan


Benz Fleet:
1968 UNIMOG 404.114
1998 E300
2008 E63


Non-Benz Fleet:
1992 Aerostar
1993 MR2
2000 F250

Rudolf Diesel's great grandfather was Chinese.

I bet you have not heard that one.

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Ben
1987 190d 2.5Turbo

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No, I haven't

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1987 300D (230,000 mi on a #14 head-watching the temp gauge and keeping the ghost in the machine)
Raleigh NC - Home of deep fried sushi!

You must run 5W40 synthetic motor oil in the Winter.

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1993 W124 300D 2.5L Turbo, OM602.962
2000 Chevrolet Cavalier, 2.4L DOHC
2002 Ford Explorer, 4.0L SOHC
2005 Toyota Prius, 1.5L

http://www.fuelly.com/sig-us/40601.png

I get annoyed when people say that diesel powered cars are slow....

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1982 300GD Carmine Red (DB3535) Cabriolet Parting Out
1990 300SEL Smoke Silver (Parting out)
1991 350SDL Blackberry Metallic (481)

"The thing is Bob, its not that I'm lazy...its that I just don't care."

No it was peanut oil. Originally he was doing work with coal dust, but he had issues sending it into the engine.

New myth: "Sir you can't put diesel into your car!"

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-Typos courtesy of my mobile phone.

Before the coal dust it was an ammonia/steam mix and it 'blew' and didn't hold together. The coal dust worked but TOO WELL. In Zwickau there is an auto museum (not just there - Stuttgart, too.) with some photos and actual pieces of Rudy's industrial engine. They got it running and when they throttled it up, it blew sky high and took out half a city block.

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1987 300D (230,000 mi on a #14 head-watching the temp gauge and keeping the ghost in the machine)
Raleigh NC - Home of deep fried sushi!

There is nothing wrong with parts made in India....

And...

You must be rich since you drive a Mercedes...

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RRGrassi


70's Southern Pacific #5608 Fairmont A-4 MOW car

13 VW JSW 2.0 TDI 193K, Tuned with DPF and EGR Delete.

91 W124 300D Turbo replaced, Pressure W/G actuator installed. 210K

90 Dodge D250 5.9 Cummins/5 speed. 400K

"All Diesel engines knock, its normal"

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Eugene

10 E63 AMG
93 300te 4matic
07 BMW X3
14 Ford F-150 Fx2

There is no such thing as an engine "running away." All you have to do is turn it off.

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1987 300D (230,000 mi on a #14 head-watching the temp gauge and keeping the ghost in the machine)
Raleigh NC - Home of deep fried sushi!

This is not a myth- it is true. I have a friend in the cesspool business who almost stalled the engine in his Mack one day, but in reality, the engine had stopped, and was spun backward by all the torque wound up in the drivetrain. By the time he realized it (saw exhaust from the air filter), it had already spun a rod bearing. A Mack "Pedigreed" rebuilt engine solved the problem-$18,000 later.

Spinning a bearing and replacing an engine doesn't seem like running. Maybe Mack forgot to put in the "any which way you can" oil pump -

I'll elaborate - Some people think you can run the engine in EITHER direction, and using reverse on the transmission will allow you to drive forward. Where that came from? Maybe a mechanic talked about an engine that malfunctioned from backward rotation from start up or shut down compression (often start up) but the "oh $hit" got lost in the conversation. It's a lot like kick starting a Harley after a rebuild and you didn't quite get the cam timing right - it often ends in a trip to the ER for a broken leg.

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1987 300D (230,000 mi on a #14 head-watching the temp gauge and keeping the ghost in the machine)
Raleigh NC - Home of deep fried sushi!