In my neck of the woods, the only way to buy a 617 is to wait for 3 years till one comes into a yard, buy a craigslist crackvertised car to strip then crush, or have one shipped in and pay big $$$.
I guess that skews my perspective, but the viscosity difference is a real issue. The difference in HP needed to turn the pump can cause the injection advance mechanism on the intermediate shaft (behind vac pump) to not advance at it's set rate as well. It will run, you can drive, but I cringe whenever I see it done. It's up to the person doing it to evaluate what the time filtering, processing, etc is worth to them. I personally will pay the cash for the pre-made Bio or petro, since my time is worth more to me than the money going into the tank. You can always make more money. You can never make more time. Walt On Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 9:20 PM, Michael Canfield <slozuk...@gmail.com> wrote: > Interesting analogy. How much can you buy a used OM617 injection pump for? > I see running parts cars for $500-$1500. I paid $1100 for my 83 300d(you > should see it.....Mann filters, Conti belts, MBZ fluids always, clean as a > whistle under the hood.......). At the current $4.15 per gallon if I run > nothing but wvo it will take a bit over 200 gallons to pay for the car in > full. 200 gallons @ 25mpg or so = 5000 miles. That doesn't take long. > > Mike > On Jul 15, 2011 6:17 PM, "Walt Zarnoch" <zarnoch...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Fuel viscosity is different, pump takes more HP to do it's job, more >> mechanical stress... WVO is good if you get the viscosity under control, >> filter it, dry it, biocide it, etc. >> >> It works, but in the same way that using 1's for TP works... >> >> Walt >> On Jul 15, 2011 5:58 PM, "Michael Canfield" <slozuk...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Look at it this way.....screw up once filtering oil and replace filters. >>> Screw up once making BD and die or risk pump failure. >>> >>> Your choice. >>> >>> Mike >>> On Jul 15, 2011 5:50 PM, "Dimitri Seretakis" <dsereta...@yahoo.com> > wrote: >>>> Too much modification will devalue the car. BD is easier. >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>> >>>> On Jul 15, 2011, at 5:43 PM, Michael Canfield <slozuk...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>>> >>>> To heck with making biodiesel! Convert your car to run wvo, filter it >> very >>>> well and make sure it has no suspended water. Anyone that tells you it >>>> won't work right is full of it. Been doing it for years and have yet to >>>> have a veggie oil related failure. Clean, clean, clean oil is the secret >>> to >>>> success. Gravity is your friend, let the oil settle and only filter from >>>> the top. >>>> >>>> Mike >>>> On Jul 15, 2011 2:00 PM, "andrew strasfogel" <astrasfo...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>>> We own three W123 turbodiesels so this is very tempting. Cost is about >>>> $1700 + $450 more for the "dry washing" feature. We have lots of >>>> restaurants that probably would be happy to get rid of their fryer >>>> grease; the main snag might be the cost and ease of obtaining NAOH >>>> (caustic >>>> soda). I also wonder how much lye and water is consumed per batch, and >>>> what >>>> the brew would do to our fuel lines., >>>> >>>> http://biobuddy.us.com/faq.html >>>> _______________________________________ >>>> 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://mail.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://mail.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://mail.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://mail.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://mail.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://mail.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://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
