AHAHAHA, Biod or better yet, Veg? at -6F??? No, that stays in it's own little separate tank and only comes out after everything is nice and warm and goes away long enough before I shut down to make sure diesel is back in the lines.
If regular diesel is gelling, I can't imagine just how much petrol it would take to make veggie reliably flow... I'm pretty sure my veggie tank was a solid brick this morning. (: Levi On 1/26/07, Redghost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
If you have BioD in there or some form of VO, you need to cut it with enough petrol to dilute down so it will flow. Gump was doing the same thing on our very cold days. Got to a petrol pump and a half gallon later, and shaking the car vigorously, she was once more able to make over highway speed. YMMV Marshall will tell you this is a bad idea for a newer diesel benz On Jan 26, 2007, at 6:29 AM, Levi Smith wrote: > Well, you can add my name to the list that no longer believes that > they sell > fuel that will remain liquid at temps in the area. > > I've been testing that theory this year(my first real winter in > upstate NY > with my 83' 300D). It made it at 5F without issue other than a slight > lack > of power for a few seconds a time or two. > > Well... This morning it was -6F. I had it plugged in overnight. > Started > without much issue. However, to make a long story short: > -I only made it a few hundred feet down the road before it was no > longer > happy to "just run" > -I found I had liquid fuel coming out of the fuel line(though I didn't > realize it was quite that green. I thought I had anti-freeze coming > out) > -I changed both filters which seemed to be fine, but then no fuel came > out > after another 30 seconds > So, after an hour and a half (-6F isn't bad at all after about 20 > minutes of > monkeying around) I realized that even if fuel is liquid in the lines, > it's > not necessarily in the filters and I added about 50% kerosene and a > bottle > of that 911 stuff. I got it well enough that it would stay running, > but not > well. My trip to work was of the "ok, here's some power to get to > around > 30-40mph"(I was aiming for closer to 60mph) and "ok, well we're only > going > about 1 or 2mph(literally), but we haven't quite stalled yet" and > repeat. > Luckily there was only one other car out there so I wasn't holding up > traffic. > > Levi > The Benz is certainly more "interesting" than the Subaru that I "just > got in > and drove" no matter what the conditions and without worrying about > fuel. > (: > _______________________________________ > 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 > > -- Clay Seattle Bioburner 1972 220D - Gump 1995 E300D - Cleo 1987 300SDL - POS - DOA The FSM would drive a Diesel Benz _______________________________________ 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
