still better than 3 bucks a gallon though, no? plus the advantage of everyone being able to smell you coming from 2 miles away
On 8/17/06, dave walton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
FYI - I've run over 40,000 miles on vegoil in my S350. It works fine. YMMV (pun intended) Costs are not insignificant. Pumps, motors, filters, storage containers, hydraulic couplings, tubing, all add up. Not to mention what you have to do to your car. -Dave Walton 87SDL, 94S350, 99E300 On 8/17/06, Gary Hurst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i've actually run the same experiment on my 81 TD > > ran nicely for about 5 miles, albeit it smelled funny. > > turns out veggie acts as kind of a solvent and does a nice job of bringing > all the algae and such into the fuel system. > > about 15 inline filters later, all was well > > i have some doubts about using veggie long term, but largely because i > consider it unproven. my neighbor is a veggie nut and he has run maybe 9k > miles on it. > > cheap/free fuel is very appealing though, too appealing right now to think > that veggie is going to go away. our friend oren will deliver ready to go > veggie fuel at $1.25 a gallon for those who dont want to mess with it. or > you can just gather and make your own for cost of your time and effort. > > > On 8/17/06, Levi Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Well, they had it lik in a 2 liter bottle hanging above the hood as I > > recall, but yeah, pretty anticlimactic, it just worked. > > The only thing that made me a bit worried was they ended it with: "Yeah, > > you > > can just run your diesel on straight vegetable oil without a problem" > > > > Umm... sure, depending on where you live and how long you want it to > > work... > > > > Kinda lik some of their other auto tests, like throwing sugar and bleach > > and > > what-not in your tank. Nope, didn't cause a problem, it doesn't hurt > > anything. > > Sure... right now.... > > > > It's probably my favorite show, but they really don't seem to do much > > background on actually learning about these myths, or at least the > > vehicular > > stuff and they don't seem to know all that much about cars and engines... > > > > Levi (: > > > > On 8/17/06, Robert & Tara Ludwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > I missed that one. > > > Must have been pretty anti climactic. What did they do, pour it in and > > > watch it run? > > > > > > -------Robert > > > > > > Roger Conlon wrote: > > > > Probably the same benz they used to run on straight veggie. > > > > > > > > Roger > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > > Don't just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! > > > > http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > > > > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > > > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > > > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
