Re: [MBZ] Absolutely pathetic fuel "economy"

[Bob Rentfro]

Herr Doktor Booth schooled us as follows: 

" Your engine is NOT running "rich." With diesels there really is NO such 
thing (except at wide open "throttle" under full load - and then there 
IS smoke). More fuel simply translates into the engine running faster - 
UNTIL you use up all the air and then the engine smokes. If you are 
using more fuel to go the same distance (and NOT smoking all the way) 
you are either NOT measuring something correctly, OR doing more work, OR 
the energy isn't being effectively transformed into motion OR the fuel 
is leaking/being dumped somewhere - somehow. There really aren't any 
more options."

This was my nugget for the day...
Bob Rentfro
'77 300D 142K
Litchfield Park, AZ