Yes I have had bad fuel problems,at the,start of winter. I use,Diesel Treat. My diesel-300CD is under cover for now.
Dwight Giles Jr. Wickford RI On Dec 29, 2017 8:41 PM, "Curt Raymond via Mercedes" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I've apparently had some summer fuel foisted on me. I've been using a new > place that only recently started carrying diesel. We picked up my car > yesterday after getting a new front wheel bearing and it couldn't get out > of it's own way. That was at about 0F, it started okay but had zero power. > Fortunately we only had to limp a few miles home. I put some Power Service > to it and let it run awhile. I didn't get a chance to try it today, I was > out chasing Bambi's dad but Angie's car did the same thing Wednesday and > was better after treatment so I'm expecting good results.One car I could > have passed off as water, two with exactly the same problem is bad fuel... > Curt > > Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android > > On Thu, Dec 28, 2017 at 8:04 PM, Curley McLain via Mercedes< > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: I never had any trouble down to 0 to > -10. BUT I was always careful to > get winter fuel. One time a truck stop foisted summer fuel on me > without notice. That caused problems because it was way cold. Once I > got enough kerosene mixed with it all was well, but since I had filled, > I had to put in as much K as I could 3 times before it straightened out. > > Below, -10, everything has to be right. Fuel, Glow, oil, IP, Nozzles, > advance, timing, valve timing, valves... > It is a good idea to plug in the block heater below 0. > > On an Iron head engine, if you set stuck in the way cold while > traveling, you can use a propane torch to heat the head and/or the oil > pan (Carefully) > Way cold = below 0ºF. > > > Dwight Giles via Mercedes <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com> > > December 28, 2017 at 4:50 PM > > My 79 240D would start at 4F with no heater using the triple glow. I had > > M1 in the engine and always used anti-gel from December-March. > > Dwight Giles > > Wickford R! > > > > Dwight Giles Jr. > > Wickford RI > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
