PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum - View Single Post - How do the distillers/makers here dilute their home-made diesel fuel

Jarod · #14 02-12-2015, 03:01 PM

My E300D is the only one in my fleet I've run on any "alternate fuels".

I have a 2 tank setup, and WVO, after it has been filtered and run through a centrifuge for at least an hour per 8 gallon batch.

The car belonged to my brother, who drove it for about 30k with this setup, zero issues related to the fuel. about half a million related to the car being badly neglected by the P.O.

I got the car after he gave up trying to fix it. I've spent about $1500 in parts so far... and I've had the car since September.

In my experience WMO and other oils are very nasty to deal with, as they are hard to filter, tiny tiny little metal fragments and contaminants in motor oil that are near impossible to filter out.

it also ruins all the seals in my centrifuge filter setup. swells them up to double the size.

Transmission fluid can work very well as long as they weren't dumping all kinds of stop leak additives and junk in with it.
ATF doesnt swell rubber, and has very strong detergents that clean injectors very well.

But I've never had a lot of ATF available. I'd like some, but haven't bothered hunting for a place nearby to get it from.

I get my WVO from where I work, So I have a decent amount of quality control, the oil is changed every week and they don't mix the nasty stuff from the grill or traps.