A 41mpg 240D would be a scientific marvel and should be studied. The old man's problem is one of inaccurate measurements. It'd be danged tough to accurate calculate how much fuel was going in if he was really using that much waste oil...
That said, I really enjoy reading Chris' adventures and am considering securing a source of reasonably good used motor oil that I know of. I'm a bit squeemish about using a large percentage of motor oil, I'm thinking to not go over 10% so I'd only need maybe 10 gallons a month. A friend owns a motorcycle shop... Motorcycle guys that go there tend to be super anal about oil changes. I'm thinking running their waste would be pretty safe. Now 10 gallons a month (and I'd only do it when its warm out so say late May to late September) might not sound like much but thats $25 a month for 5 months pretty much just for the asking. -Curt Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2005 21:58:54 -0400 From: "Fred De Vries" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Oil/Diesel Mixtures To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed I'd feel like I had stepped into the Twilite Zone regarding cars that ran on peanut oil, Vegetable oil, McD's waste etc. If an older fella hadn't stopped by my house last week driving the same brown 240D that was sitting in my yard. He told me he had 330,000 miles on it. I think it was early "80's? He said he owned a construction company and they used the car for a parts runner. Anytime they changed the oil in anything from a bulldozer to a lawn mower they poured the oil in the tank of his MB. Said he gets 41 MPG with his manual and just changes the filters a lot, hasn't had any mechanical problems to speak of, but the Michigan Rust Monster is eating the car away from the outside in. Speaking of 240D's...(Nice Segue,eh?) Mine has the key actually stuck in the ignition, won't turn, won't come out. HELP? FRED DE VRIES __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
