Coachgeo, I'm sorry about your girlfriend. I hope your life is better now. Is Gym Nevada the same as Nevada Fitness Center? I'm guessing that's the gym you're talking about, but it's under a different name now. I've only been there once and it looked nice, but I didn't switch from my current gym because I didn't like the way they were pressuring me to join with their first-time visit fee waivers.

Anyway, I'll check out that bio station as soon as I get my card and I'll let you know what they really have, though I don't think the secretary was lying to me and most likely B05 is all they have.

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2004 VW Jetta TDI (manual)

Past MB's: '96 E300D, '83 240D, '82 300D, '87 300D, '87 420SEL

Egad.... I hope not. Gymnastics Nevada is a youth gymnastics school. On Lillard. It lies literaly directly behind the slides of Wild Islands. The card lock for the bio station was caddy corner across from Gym Nv. According to the maps I linked to you that cardlock is no longer there or is now a dino-diesel cardlock or something.

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"If anyone knows other lessons I need to learn, please tell me. I'm tired of learning them the hard way".
by JerryBro

The Glow Plug Wait: This waiting period is a moment of silence to pay honor to Rudolph Diesel. The longer you own your diesel the more honor you will give him". by SD Blue

My normal daily life; either SNAFUed- Situation Normal... All Fouled Up, or FUBARed- Fouled Up Beyond All Repair

62 UNIMOG Camper w/617 Turbo, 85 300SD daily driver- both powered by blended UCO fuels

hey all,
I am new to the forum. It looks like a few of you have an ongoing biodiesel conversation. I'll just chime in and add my two cents. I have been making biodiesel for three years. I just bought a '80 300CD because I needed a diesel car, and had heard nothing but good things about MB five cylinders. New to MB's , but an old pro at biodiesel. If anyone has questions, then shoot them at me.
Brad

Biscuit,
I have to ask...if you've been making BD for 3 years, yet just now acquired your diesel vehicle, what have you been doing with your BD up until now? Furnace?

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Mark in MA
05 MB E320CDI 402k Granite Grey Metallic
05 MB E320CDI 267k Black
05 MB E320CDI 232k White
05 MB E320CDI 209k Tectite Grey
99 Dodge 2500 Cummins 5sp 148k
62 Jeep CJ-6 120k

I use B20 in the summer and regular diesel in the winter.

The guy who appraised my car recommended going that route to ease starting in the winter.

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Name:
Daisy, or Bertha ... depends on the day.

Details:
US 1985 W123 Mercedes 300D Turbo.
227,000 Miles, and still strong.
Runs on Diesel in the winter, and B20 in the summer.

History:
She was run on French Fry Oil by a previous owner, which really borked the fuel system. Now fixed.

Previous owner held the car together with Duct tape, spit and whatever he could find at the local pepboys for under $5. I am now paying for his lack of caring for the car.

Ottawa Ontario Canada

If you use ASTM or EU spec biodiesel, even at 100% it is better for your engine than dino diesel and will remove deposits.

If, on the other hand, it is some backyard crude biodiesel or WVO with lots of residual methanol, glycerin, mono and di-glicerides, magnesol dust, soap, water, or french fry parts, you can do damage. Small quantities of mono and di-glycerides are what what provide oxidative stability and increased lubricity compared to diesel.

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1991 350SD (updated rods)
Biodiesel B100 when I can find it.
Dino when really cold outside

I'm burning B5 in my 1982 240D but really wanna burn B100 but I'm afraid to.
It's running great no real difference for me. I've heard running anything higher will clog up filters VERY quickly. Also I've been told that if ANY of your fuel lines are REAL rubber the biodiesel acts as a solvent and will desolve the lines. Does anyone know what MB switched over to synthetic hoses?

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1973 280 - Sold
1980 300SD - Sold
1982 240D - Stolen
1988 300E - Sold
1989 260E - Sold
1989 560SEL
1994 E420 - Sold
1997 E420
2005 CL500

Have you secured your waste oil sources yet?
That is really the first step. I can't even count the number of people
who have put together a proccessor and got all ready only to find that
they cannot get WVO to MAKE into bioD.

First step, secure your sources. Collect while putting the proccessor together. Always have more than you need. It's easy to run out.

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Ginny in Denver-ish
78 300SD, 265K (mine)

We've been burning B80 (winter blend) and B100 in our '87 300TD since the day we took possession of it some 5 years ago, with no fuel related problems what so ever. You will need to change out the 1/8 ID - 1/4 OD inter-injector lines with Viton tubing... $15, 15 minute job.

The fuel filter clog thing is more of an urban legend than fact. It does occur but not at any near the frequency as is heard on the street.

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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

I used to burn B20 but I got tired of the reduced fuel economy.

I'm thinking WVO will be the way to go. I'm afraid if I make biodiesel (which is a fair amount of work), eventually the price of lye and methanol will go up (or the shipping to get it to you), and instead of 70 cents/gallon, it'll be more like $1.50/gallon, while the WVO is still a simpler process, and will still just be about 20 cents/gallon.

I like the biodiesel, but do I really want to mess with chemicals, etc.? Seems like wvo is much easier, safer, and cheaper.

Jeff

Could I just start pumping bio in my tank? Their is a station that sells it right by my house. Any conversion necessary?

Yes you can just start putting it in. No conversion needed.

After 30+ years of dino diesel, I've started running my 240D on biodiesel. I am keeping an eye on my fuel filters and looking out for fuel leaks. None so far. However, I did change my injector return lines not long ago.

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Whoever said there's nothing more expensive than a cheap Mercedes never had a cheap Jaguar.

83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 400,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 22,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.

BIO Diesel yes. No conversion necessary. You may have to change out some fuel lines. You may have to change filters a bit more often at first. BioDiesel acts as a good solvent vs dino diesel.

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92 300D 2.5L OM602 OBK #59

We have been running B100 in the MB as well as in our tow vehicle which is a 1997 Ford F250 truck.

The Benz had been running B100 before we bought it. The PO had changed the filters and the fuel lines (to Viton). As I understand it, autos made after 1993 do not need to change out their fuel lines, so we haven't bothered with the truck. When we ran B100 in the truck for the first time, the algae kill clogged the fuel filter, which we changed, and it's run just fine ever since.

www.biodiesel.org has good information:

emissions
http://www.biodiesel.org/pdf_files/fuelfactsheets/emissions.pdf

FAQ
http://www.biodiesel.org/resources/faqs/default.shtm

Lots of info
http://www.biodiesel.org/resources/fuelfactsheets/default.shtm

And someone was talking about purchasing bulk. I have a friend who works here:
http://www.deltabiofuels.com/

Y'all might want to contact them for bulk purchases.

sea ya
tami

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1987 300TD Turbo Wagon "Ti Blanc Stella!"
Carpe cervisium.
"If I owned Texas and Hell, I'd rent out Texas and live in Hell." -- William Tecumseh Sherman