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RE: 98 or 99 Eclass diesel - 8/7/2007 5:20:14 PM

Tasma

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I have run my 99 turbodiesel on homebrew for two years. I do not wash the fuel so I don't worry about water. The trick is to let it settle for at least a week. I never have had the filter in the car plug up. The car runs great, no smoke that I can see, and the smell is much less bothersome to most people. My fuel is made from cooking oil and chicken fat.

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RE: 98 or 99 Eclass diesel - 8/7/2007 8:01:52 PM

ForcedInduction

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If you are going to the expense of buying a Mercedes, pinching pennies on some waste fryer crap seems pretty stupid.

It's like buying a DVD player and adapting it to play cassette tapes.

< Message edited by ForcedInduction -- 8/7/2007 8:03:04 PM >

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RE: 98 or 99 Eclass diesel - 8/8/2007 5:33:48 AM

Tasma

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I am doing what is best for my car. There is no sulfur in the fuel and it has at least 10 times the lubrication value. I run everything through a 5 micron filter when pumping it into the car. I have saved about $4000 on fuel so far so I am pinching dollars at this point. I only invested $300 in equipment to do this.
I have 3 cars running on this fuel and have not had a problem. The engine in the 210 runs so quite that it is hard to tell it's diesel.

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