Re: [Biofuel] Neophyte seeks advice on runing 1983 Mercedes 300SD on BD
Hello Thomas. Congratulations to a good car choice. You may have filter clogging problems in the beginning of BD use. Therefore I recommend you to move the feed pump strainer (it is a strainer, not a filter) upwards so it can be easily reached from above for swift and simple exchange. this is done by longer rubber tubes. This will simplify the filter/strainer replacements. Good luck to you ! Jan Warnqvist AGERATEC AB [EMAIL PROTECTED] + 46 554 201 89 +46 70 499 38 45 - Original Message - From: Thomas Giguiere [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 10:13 PM Subject: [Biofuel] Neophyte seeks advice on runing 1983 Mercedes 300SD on BD Hello. I am an aspiring biodieseler with an elementary background in chemistry. I would like to run my 1983 Mercedes 300SD on biodiesel. Can anyone recomend a good formulation to use? Should I make any modifications to the vehicle before I attempt to change over to BD? Any advice would be appreciated. Regards, Thomas Gigiuiere Folsom, CA ___ 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/
[Biofuel] Neophyte seeks advice on runing 1983 Mercedes 300SD on BD
chemistry. I would like to run my 1983 Mercedes 300SD on biodiesel. Can anyone recomend a good formulation to use? Should I make any modifications to the vehicle before I attempt to change over to BD? Any advice would be appreciated. Regards, Thomas Gigiuiere Folsom, CA ___ 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] Neophyte seeks advice on runing 1983 Mercedes 300SD on BD
Hello. I am an aspiring biodieseler with an elementary background in chemistry. :-) Some/many of us don't have any chemistry at all. I would like to run my 1983 Mercedes 300SD on biodiesel. Can anyone recomend a good formulation to use? If you're buying it, B100. If you're planning to make it, start here: Where do I start? http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_make.html#start ... and follow the learning curve. Should I make any modifications to the vehicle before I attempt to change over to BD? Any advice would be appreciated. The common advice to change the rubber parts in the fuel system to Viton or whatever's resistant is overstressed, IMO. The disaster seldom happens, and even if it does it won't be sudden, you'll have time to take action. Some folks have had trouble with old Mercs and other cars having lots of gunk in the tank, which biodiesel loosens up, or rust, if it's been standing for awhile, and biodiesel loosens that too. There's a particulate filter *inside* the tank which gets blocked, and you can't easily get at it. The solution has been to take the filter out and refit it or another one outside the tank where you can get at it to clean it or change elements until the gunk's all gone. Again, wait till it happens, but be forewarned. It's a good idea to fit a secondary cheapo filter upstream of the main filter anyway. Apart from that, no mods necessary. Lots of folks here have old Mercs, I once had a much older Merc (1959), but I'm sure they can give you any more specific advice. They all seem to love their Mercs, and the Mercs seem to love their biodiesel. Best wishes Keith Regards, Thomas Gigiuiere Folsom, CA ___ 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/
