what solvent did he put through his IP "that was never suppose to be there" was it the diesel purge?

What about filtered waste veggy oil
trans fluid
SVO that is out dated and can't be used for food
B100
diesel kleen as an additive (thats what I use)

I looked at my OEM paper work yesterday and it said the approved fuels were #2 diesel or #1 diesel

the fuel additive was biobor
chevron diesel additive
heet (for diesels)
LM winter diesel flow

I bet nobody uses these so we are all putting solvents through are cars that "shouldn't be there"
Hell the Mobil 1 full synthetic and the Z-max I put in are not on the list either

diesels put up with a lot of sh=- poor compression
oil burning
timing off
differant fuels but thats why we love them right

ok, somebody explain the low sulfer myth.

And do it like fox news "we report, you decide" HA!

Is there a school of thought that low sulfer is a problem for older diesels?

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77' 300D, "Cartman" SOLD @ 150K (didn't know what I had)
83' 300SD, "The Superdon" 325k+ @ 28mpg
95 E320 wagon, "Millennium Falcon" 231k+ @ 24 Mpg
95 E300D, "Sherley" 308k @ 33.69 Mpg, currently anticipating a head
99 Suzuki Intruder "Trudy" @ 45 mpg

Yes Noah, the diesel purge.

The "low sulfur myth" simplified, you'll need to research for the real chemistry of it all:

ULSD is the current fuel, Ultra-Low Sulfur Diesel.

When the car was built, LSD (Low Sulfur Diesel) was the fuel.

The sulfur is there as a lubricant, AFAIK no other benefit. It causes pollution in the form of Sulfur Dioxide, so less is better for the environment.

Reducing the sulfur alone would reduce the lubricity of the diesel fuel, which components such as the injectioin pump rely on (only partially in your car) for internal lubrication.

By fuel standards, the fuel still needs to meet certain lubricity standards and should be equivalent to the LSD. This is reliant on lubrication additives, many believe that it is not enough, especially for some IPs that aren't engine-oil lubricated as mentioned above. Yours is engine-oil lubricated, in the lower end, the plungers/elements are fuel lubricated.

Soo, as many threads here have discussed, some of us add lubricants to our fuel (ATF, 2-stroke oil, biodiesel, fairy dust, et al), some run it clean.

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Something better, cheaper, and quicker than DP? Italian Tune-up. Seriously. Especially if you want to actually see something (in the rear-view).

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By my linking to previous post ,rather than re-posting ULSD info.

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