What are the cost of unconverting a OM617 greasecar back to diesel? I'm not familliar with what goes into the conversion from diesel to grease so I ask if it is a 1:1 switch or are there other associated costs and tasks

It should be relatively easy to convert back to diesel.....not sure what was chopped up to convert it to wvo.....so the cost may involve just some fuel house and filters....to injectors to injection pump to fuel tank to a whole other engine.....just depends.....

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Depends. Is this a full Greasecar brand kit (two tanks, heaters, swtichover valves) you are talking about, or are you using 'greasecar' as a generic term?

There are many conversion setups, some of which will come off easily, others that will have involved hacking stuff under the hood.

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Mac
2002 e320 4matic estate│1985 300d│1980 300td
Previous: 1979 & 1982 & 1983 300sd │ 1982 240d

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No cost.
The only task is to switch the fuel source to diesel and leave it there.

Make sure that the returned fuel is routed back to the diesel tank if the return is now looped back to the fuel input. You do not want to "loop" diesel for the long term.

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Greg
2012 S350 BlueTEC 4Matic
2007 ML 320 CDI
2007 Leisure Travel Serenity
2006 Sprinter 432k
2005 E320 CDI
1998 SLK230 (teal)
1998 SLK230 (silver)
1996 E300D 99k, 30k on WVO
Previous:
1983 240D, on WVO
1982 300D, on WVO
1983 300CD, on WVO
1986 300SDL 237k, 25k on WVO (Deerslayer)
1991 350SDL 249k, 56k on WVO - Retired to a car spa in Phoenix
1983 380 SEC w/603 diesel, 8k on WVO
1996 E300D 351k, 177k on WVO

Depending on what you'd want for the kit, I may be interested.

Thanks!

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1987 300SDL #1, 1987 300SDL #2, 1980 240D, 1982 300SD, 1994 S350, 1990 350SDL, 1991 350SD, 1985 300D, 2005 E320CDI

Gone, but not forgotten: 1981 300SD, 1982 300SD, 1987 300SDL, 1983 300TD, 1980 300CD, 1981 300SD #2, 1987 300D, 1987 300TDT, 1980 300D

Some say there's a big cost to repairing the damage that may (or may not) have been done

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1981 W123 300D ~ 100,000 miles / 160,000 km - project car stripped to the bone
1965 Land Rover Series 2a Station Wagon CIS recovery therapy!
1961 Volvo PV544 Bare metal rat rod-ish thing

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Don't leave that there - I'll take it to bits!

You just have un-fu** whatever someone else did. Yes, there is a cost but not as much as if you were to convert to veg oil. Unless the engine was damaged.

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2003 S430 - 107K
1983 300SD - Tanoshii - mostly restored ~400K+.
1983 300SD - Good interior. Engine finally tamed ~250K.
Monark Nozzle Install Video - http://tinyurl.com/ptd2tge

Free if you bring it to my shop.

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What Would Rudolph Do?
1975 300D, 1975 240D, 1985 300SD, 1997 300D, 2005 E320 , 2006 Toyota Prius

I may or may not be one that says that

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This was just a car I saw for sale on CL. so I don't know much about the kit thats in it.
Thanks for the input.

This might have been said already but some People have found there Fuel Tank and Fuel Tubing restricted with Gunk that cannot easily be cleaned out.

Less often some have had the Fuel Injection Pump damaged or the Piston Rings stuck.

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84 300D, 82 Volvo 244Gl Diesel

^^^^^ I fit both those categories

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