Somebody else said it first but when I read about the gear lube I was wondering
why you wanted to put water in the fuel... If it looks like chocolate milk, or
worse, coffee milk its got water in it.
Do you know what makes bacon into bacon? Smoke and SALT. I bet if you check it
that grease is quite salty (thats what makes it tasty) and as such is
definately corrosive.
-Curt
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 12:12:51 -0700 (PDT)
From: Christopher McCann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [MBZ] fuel experiments...bacon grease and OLD gear lube
To: Mercedes mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Yes, I was serious. Yes, it's a $500 rust bucket (that
runs well, for the time being anyway).
So:
1. what is so different about gear lube than other
oils - motor, ATF, etc? that makes it so bad. You
mention sulfur additive...is that going to cause a
mechanical problem, or simply violate Ultra-low sulfur
fuel guidelines? BTW, is the sulfur why it smells so
bad (both new and used)?
2. bacon grease - filtered, simply, but hardly
refined. It blends perfectly fine with diesel, so why
should it cause a problem in the injection
pump?...it's not like it's corrosive to metal or seals
or gets cold in the pump and "hardens the
arteries"..proportion of bacon grease to diesel is
probably 1-2%. I can see obvious jelling issues in the
winter if the proportion were too high.
Not saying I'm right (I'm probably not), just would
like some more elaboration...trying to learn, probably
the hard way.
Thanks,
Christopher
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