I'm not opposed to WVO conversions per-say, I'm opposed to poor WVO
conversions. Unfortunately it seems like the bulk of them are poor conversions.
A boat gas tank in the trunk is a poor conversion, its the hallmark of a poor
conversion as a matter of fact.
A good conversion pre-heats the oil with engine coolant and then final heats
electrically at the injection lines so the oil is hot hot when it goes into the
injectors which ensures proper atomization, anything else is junk. Poor
atomization is the real problem, IP killing is a secondary issue.
Honestly Andrew, you don't drive enough to even consider it. I use ~ 15 gallons
a week in a car that gets half again better mileage (190D 2.2l) so we can
safely assume I drive more than twice as much as you. (around 30k a year) With
WVO you won't be able to run on WVO all that much because you won't be getting
the oil hot with your pre-heat plus you need a purge cycle before shutdown...
I've been down this same road spec-ing out the idea, if I had a really easy
source of lots of oil I'd consider WVO but I'd plan on $1000 at LEAST for my
conversion. Then theres still that sticky paying road tax thing...
-Curt
Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2011 22:50:27 -0400
From: andrew strasfogel <astrasfo...@gmail.com>
To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Stop me before I buy a Biobuddy
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I have seen a 1983 300D converted to a dual system run without any problems
on WVO and regular diesel. If I did a conversion it would be to my other
car, the 1983 300TD with 325K miles. But don't hold your breath...
On Sat, Jul 16, 2011 at 10:32 PM, Walt Zarnoch <zarnoch...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
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