Dear Luc, The posting of your experience is invaluable to me, thank you very much. I'm the proud new owner of a 1984 Merc 300D (5cyl turbo), and she's got about 200,000 miles on her (motor rebuilt 20,000 ago!). Therefore, I have every reason to believe that I'll have the exact same experience that you've had. What's more, the logistics are even scarier due to my latitude (Edmonton, Alberta, where we saw snow on September 7th). I have plans to run her on both B100 and SVO, therefore, my second tank is slated for install over the next couple of weeks. In that the old fuel filters and lines present such a potential crap chute, would it be advisable to run all veggie fuels (B100 or SVO) through the second, heated tank with new fuel lines until the summer?
Thanks everyone, Joey Hundert Edmonton, AB -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Patrick Campbell Sent: Monday, October 11, 2004 4:53 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Running on B100 Would going to B100 "slowly" help to avoid this problem? I.e. first running B5, then B10, then B25, etc.? I am granted a good tax deduction here in AZ if I run B70 however I need to do an emissions test and that has to be done before registration so my time is limited. I can't afford to screw up my vehicle by going straight to B70 and having it clog up my fuel lines(160K miles on the clock here) and leaving my stranded on my way to work. --- Legal Eagle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for the input Steve. Would the return line be > the one right after the > in-line filter or the second one coming out of the > fuel filter (to the left) > away from you as you look at it from the right side > of the car ? > > Luc > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, October 11, 2004 4:50 PM > Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Running on B100 > > > > The merc doesn't have a electric pump, but does > have a external lift pump > > near the fuel filter feeding the injector pump. > Make sure the return line > > isn't plugged. > > > > = = = Original message = = = > > > > Well, it wasn't the fuel filters :( Apparently the > BD is such an effective > > cleaner that it loosened up all the residuals in > the tank and lines and > > they became clogged up. > > The Benz is now at the MB dealer where tomorow it > will be fitted with new > > fuel lines and the tank emptied and flushed or > replaced (only if > > necessary). > > The symptoms: the car started to resist it's > momentum, like it was holding > > back and then releasing it's acceleration and then > it slowly lost power > > until it came to a slow death on the side of the > road. > > I changed the filters and started it back up and > it ran OK for about 60 Km > > or so and then it didn't bother with the resisting > part and went straight > > to the slow death thing. I could start it but it > wouldn't get it's RPM up > > and died within moments indicating that there was > resistance in the fuel > > delivery and the engine didn't like it and died. > All air had been bled out > > of the system at both the primary and secondary > filter inlets, so the > > problem, by default, is at the other end. > > Anybody know for sure if a 1983 240D has a filter > in the fuel tank or if > > it has an electric motor pumping the fuel? > > > > Thanks, any input, as usual, is appreciated. > > > > Luc > > _______________________________________________ > > Biofuel mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel > > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > > > Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): > > http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ > > > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > > Sent by ePrompter, the premier email notification > software. > > Free download at http://www.ePrompter.com. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Biofuel mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel > > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > > > Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): > > http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Biofuel mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): > http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ > ===== Patrick Campbell [EMAIL PROTECTED] Home(VoIP): 201.345.4133 Mobile: 201.693.5950 _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
