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Jim B. 02-16-2007 11:31 PM

Those 5W series California plates on it were issued only 3 or 4 months ago, so the car may have some kind of an interesting history.

JimmyL 02-17-2007 01:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Austin85 (Post 1422418)

BUT IT NOW!! IMHO. that is a very cool 240D worth every penny of the 4500.




No offense, but uh, not so much........

KBCB 02-17-2007 02:11 AM

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Originally Posted by JimmyL (Post 1422521)
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No offense, but uh, not so much........

this does bring up another question in your opinion how much is this car worth?

greasybenz 02-17-2007 03:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Austin85 (Post 1422418)
I have an 85 300D single tank no mods & have been running 99% on straight used cooking oil for about 2 years. With no problems whatso ever, the D engine runs as smooth as it would if it was brand new. I would not be concerned at all about the conversion damaging the 240D.

Pull out your injectors, take some pics of the nozzle and post them. That will show what shape your engine is in with your wvo blends.

If one tankers want to prove their methods of "one tanking" or "blends" really dont damage the engine theyd have to start off with a motor thats at full compression, run the car for about 10K miles on these blends and check compression at every 1K miles. Then tear down the engine at show that none of the parts are worn.

I couldnt prove it, all i proved was that blending had lowered compression and coked up injectors that made the car run like crap.

Your proof?

Austin85 02-19-2007 12:53 AM

Car runs great....

It does have more pep on Diesel than on cooking oil, but it runs fine.

Right now it is at my mechanic having the A/C overhauled, the timing chain replaced, & the valves adjusted.

It will run approx. 1,300. for all this, but I have saved that & more in not buying fuel for the 2 years....

Maybe I'll ask him to pull an injector when I go down there to pick it up.

Thanks,

....

Cervan 02-19-2007 04:49 AM

body looks straight and no orange peel go for it and GET THAT STINKING WVO OUT OF THAT ENGINE!!! wvo will ultimately cut a perfectly good running engine life short. mostly because of the glycerin in the oil also because it thickens the oil its really just not worth it!

mplafleur 02-19-2007 07:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Matt L (Post 1421970)
If you do run diesel through a converted car, be sure to disconnect the fuel heater. You don't need or want it for diesel fuel.

The OM60x engines have OEM fuel heaters.

I have an aftermarket heater around here somewhere for diesel.


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