If you can find a truck stop that has diesel pumps for trucks, and a diesel pump where the gassers (cars) fill up, you can fill up with the gassers. The nozzles are smaller than the trucker nozzles, and sometimes you can just pay at the pump with your credit card. I've been told the diesel near the gasser pumps comes from the same tank that the truckers use at their pumps at some places, but to be safe, we sometimes go to the truck diesel section, or use our additive to be sure the cetane is high enough. Does anyone else know about the diesel all coming from one tank?
-Joe

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Engatwork. No. To my knowledge the problem here is confined exclusively to gas. In fact one of the local news shows commented on how one of their employees has no trouble filling up his truck with Diesel.

- Peter.

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I had a 210 diesel that I fueled up almost exclusively at truck stops for almost 80,000 miles without mishap. The large nozzle fit the neck fine and the added flow volume never caused problems.

I would not recommend, however, leaving the nozzle unattended while washing the windshield. There is no need to since you can probably fill up the tank in less than one minute. That was an advantage to using the truck nozzle as far as I was concerned. I had no time to spare in those days.

Have a great day,

FYI, that lip on the end of truck fueling nozzles is supposed to keep the nozzle from falling out of the very large truck tank filler necks. Those newer style nozzles might or might not fit a MB. I fixed the "might not" by brazing an extension on a large metal funnel: the new nozzle just fits into the throat of the funnel and the extension fits down into daBenz's filler neck. Fill slowly and watch the fuel pump gallons. Slowly means a very light touch on a truck fuel nozzle as they are connected to high speed pumps. The funnel gets wiped off and put into a plastic bag in the trunk when done.

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You are right, dabenz. I just started seeing these lips about a year ago--I think they are on the Tokheim pumps. I thought about doing as you did with a funnel, but my filler neck is suspended by rubber hangers (or feels like it is), and I didn't want to 'hang' all of that pressure on it for fear of causing a leak.

Hehe...

No fuel at Chevron or Shell? It's no problem to owners of OM616 and OM617 powered vehicles. Costco, Sams and every other corner grocery store stock plenty of different kinds of fuel for IDI diesels. And, it's a higher cetane than the slop that Citgo sells.

But, remember to get a funnel because a bottle of peanut oil is even harder to get in the filler neck a truck-sized nozzle at Flying J.

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Yeah, but don't you need a second fuel tank, along with a fuel heater and a 2 micron filter to filter the stuff before it goes into the tank?

I need to look more seriously into the WVO conversions...for all 3 diesels that I work with

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Heck no.

Marlene runs fine on the new stuff from Costco. Just dump in straight into the tank and drive...you sure as hell do not need any sort of heater in Phoenix; at least not at this time of the year.

By all means, WFO should be filtered to 5 microns and, in cooler climates (<40°F), may need to be heated to be pumped to the IP. My test samples of filtered WFO remain liquid enough to pump fairly well all the way down to 45°F.

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I am secretly hoping that my area (FL) has a similar fuel shortage but that it also affects diesel too! That way I'll have the roads to myself.

Remember, any of the older mercedes turbo diesels will run JUST FINE on well filtered canola oil, used or new. My beloved 300TD has MANY thousands of miles on oil from the local chineese joint. Just don't try it in Fairbanks in the winter ;-)

wagonpilot

I must add this:

If you do fuel on the truck side of the truckstop. PLEASE PULL FORWARD when you are done. This is expected and considered a courtesy to other drivers on that side so that the next driver can begin their fueling process. Even with the high flow pumps, it eats up an easy 30 to 45 minutes to completely fuel the truck, check all tires, clean windshield, use facilities, grab snack, and receipt. That 5 minutes that you only intend to be in the store is that much of their overly tight schedule you will have directly taken from them.

Unfortunately this is not true. The large nozzles will definitely not fit an 87 300D unless someone has modified the opening. Does anyone out there know of an adapter (reducer) that could be carried in the trunk to fit the large nozzles?