Joining the Diesel Group
 

Unless this sale goes badly, I will be, for the first time in my life, owning a diesel car.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4505825927

Woohoo!! Another potential biodiesel user comes of age!

Let us know how the deal goes down, but I think that's WAY too nice of a car for anyone "I" know to own!

Congrats!!!

Congratulations,

I hope all goes well. I know if you buy the car for that price and it is a straight shooter as it looks in the photos, it is an absolute steal.

Welcome to the diesel discussion board. Pull yourself a chair and come sit with the group.

We hope that we can help you in your ownership of these fine Mercedes diesel cars. The car you bought had barely 3K models imported into the US, if that.

Good luck in the future, and if you ever have problems, you know where to turn.

This car takes Biodiesel too? I know some GMs and Fords have provisons for some of their cars to be Flex Fuel Vehicles and can take E-85 (85% ethanol, I think) fuel.

Willie Nelson runs his 2005 e320 on 100% biodiesel (but he lives in a clime that he can get away with it.) But..., your car will purr like a kitten on B20!

I only know of the diesel at the pump for now. What is it? B20? Where do you get these other diesels besides the gas station? What are the advantages of going Biodiesel or whatever?

Congradulationson your new diesel benz :vbac47679

Do a search on Biodiesl in this forum it's informative.

Only complains I have about this car is that the driver side headrest motor seems sticky and has to be pushed upwards to make it work. Also the starting seems hard. You can start it right after it has run for a bit and then you shut it down and try start it up even after the glow plug light goes off and it stumbles and once in a while dies out but mostly will catch after about 5 seconds of stumbling and having the check engine light. I will post this as a help question. Any ideas?

biodiesel in illinois
 

hope thats where you live cuz thats where i am sending you.

Business Name/Location (Sort by City, Sort by Blend)
Contact
Phone Blend Restrictions

Road Ready Fueling Station
1185 N. Ellis Street
Bensenville, IL 60106 Tom Murphy 847-551-1144 B20

feece oil
hubbard ave
batavia
i-88 to farnsworth north-about 5 miles-stop light after fermi lab turn right
go to end of block on the right. go into store and ask for biod. it is pumped from a seperate tank in back. they have straight biod called b100. this is 100% biodiesel

all other b2, b5, b10, b20 are a percentage of biodiesel mixed with regular diesel. still a very good product but lets be fanatical here and use b100. its 3.41 a gal after taxes.


Ag-Land FS-Fuel 24
7814 N. Kickapoo-Edwards Rd.
Kickapoo, IL 61528 309-346-4145 B2

AgriPride FS, Inc.
246 West St. Louis (Main Office)
Nashville, IL 62263 Rod Brockmann / Mktg. Mgr. 618-327-3046 B2

AgriPride FS, Inc.
9951 State Rt. 127
Nashville, IL 62263 Mike Pries 618-327-4141 B2

Assumption Cooperative Grain Company
US Rt. 51 North
Moweaqua, IL 62550 800-252-6542 card key holders only/call for info

Assumption Cooperative Grain Company
US Rt. 51 South
Assumption, IL 62510 Tom Bressner, Larry Warnick 800-252-6542

Carroll Service Company
505 West IL. Rt. 64
Lanark, IL 61046 Charlie Frank 815-493-2181 B2

Christian County FS
1210 N. Cheney
Taylorville, IL 62568 Tim Sutton 217-824-2205 B2-B20

Corn Belt FS, Inc
1150 W. Pershing Rd. Suite C
Decataur, IL 62526 Dana Hite 217-877-4301 All

Perfection Oil Co.
405 Franklin
Scales Mound, IL 61075 Kenneth Frank 815-845-2235 B2

Piasa Pantry
#1 Piasa Lane
Harford, IL 62048 618-254-6810 B2

Scales Mound Sinclair
310 Franklin
Scales Mound, IL 61075 Dave/Kim Fosler 815-845-2217 B2

Yoder BP Amoco
1900 South Main St.
Eureka, IL 61530 309-467-2218 B2

Yoder Oil Company
1900 S. Main St.
Eureka, IL 61530 Josh Yoder 800-272-4397 B2

the info here is from the national biodiesel board located at www.biodieselnow.org

welcome to the club

welcome you have arrived at your new home. now go and drive it like you stole it! :D

get the engine oil and filters changed out for your baseline and then you can rock 'n roll!
61k miles on the clock - omg i wish ... :eek: :cool:

If I wasn't raining, I would have done it. Besides, I had the wife drive the Suburban behind me. We got in to Chicago and bought the car and I had to granny it home because the wife didn't want to drive 90 in the rain. :sad: Ocasionaly, I would bring it up to 80 in spurts but I had to keep it at 75.

So, what is the big deal about biodiesel anyways? What will it do for my motor? Is it as good as diesel but cheaper? Will it hurt anything in the motor? What will I notice?

biodiesel will
 

quiet your motor somewhat.
it will provide better lubricity than diesel due to its base ingredient which is veggie oil mixed with lye and menthanol. the meth will clean out any crud in your tank. the bio d will remove carbon and coke from the ignition chamber walls helping your engine run better and longer.
it has about 66% less evil emissions than dino diesel and that alone is good.

is b100 at over a buck twenty more than diesel worth it? only you can decide.

the bio blends should be only pennies more than regular diesel.

go to www.veggieavenger.com this woman is all about biodiesel.

I am in Madison, WI so those place are not good for me. By the way, linky no worky. TIA

I think I found it. It is not a .org but a .com site. Thanx

There are people in WI
 

who are heavy into veggie power.