um...oil burns hotter and this (what Marchall suggests) acts as a type of Italian tune-up?
Chris --- On Wed, 2/11/09, dbl...@comcast.net <dbl...@comcast.net> wrote: > From: dbl...@comcast.net <dbl...@comcast.net> > Subject: [MBZ] Motor Oil as a tonic Per FM Booth > To: mercedes@okiebenz.com > Date: Wednesday, February 11, 2009, 3:23 PM > My memory decieved me, it was not 10w oil it was 10w 30. > Here it is from the old man himself; > > Dave Liddell > '77 240D > Lynnwood, WA. > > > Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 13:12:50 -0400 > From: Marshall Booth <mboo...@pitt.edu> > Subject: Re: [DIESEL] acceleration test > > Well, Diesel Purge isn't very potent if you run it > through in a tank of > fuel (even two bottles in a tank). It was designed to be > run through the > engine straight (disconnecting the hoses and running on > JUST DP with the > supply and return hoses in the DP bottle). If the engine > starts > instantly sometimes and take several turns sometimes, then > fuel is slow > getting to the engine properly. That could be the injection > pump > misbehaving (not likely, but possible) or an injector or > two that are > less then optimal. It COULD be several other things too, > but a really > clean engine running on synthetic oil seldom behaves this > way except > from a fuel problem. If you use conventional oil, then > I'd recommend > that you change to synthetic and see if that makes a > difference > especially in how fast the engine cranks over and starts. > This will take > many thousands of miles for all the benefits to max out, > but it's > improved every one of my engines more then ANY other thing > I've ever > done to them (other the replacing BROKEN parts or > connecting things that > were disconnected or plugged up). > > There is ONE final CHEAP trick I use when nothing else > seems to work > (and it DOES work more the 50% of the time) and I've > run out of > inexpensive ideas. Put a qt of 10W30 conventional motor oil > in the fuel > tank and drive the car (hard at least a little of the > time). The engine > should seem quite smooth, but ever slightly lower in power > with the oil > in the fuel. When the tank is nearly empty refill with just > #2 and see > if the engine doesn't have more power and is smoother > then before and > usually starts faster? > > Marshall > - -- > Marshall Booth > "der Dieseling Doktor" mboo...@pitt.edu > '87 300TD 150Kmi,'87 190D 2.5 205Kmi, '84 190D > 2.2 224Kmi, '85 190D 2.0 > 154Kmi, '87 190D 2.5 turbo 200+kmi, '84 190D 2.2 > 234Kmi dismantled > Diesel Technical Advisor MBCA, member GWSection > http://www.dhc.net/~pmhack/mercedes/mbooth1.htm > > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
