While certainly not an expert myself, my understanding is that biodiesel will provide a little higher cetane level yet simultaneously will not provide quite as good mileage. One should also note a less noisy engine and less smoking upon start up with bio than with petro diesel products.
With continued use some research says that continued use of biodiesel will in fact improve performance due to its cleaning abilities. Dave H... -------------------------------------------------- From: "OK Don" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2007 9:37 PM To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> Subject: Re: [MBZ] Knock on wood... 300D > I thought that bioDiesel has a little less energy per gallon than > dino. Is the performance improvement due to cleaning? > > On Dec 15, 2007 8:01 PM, Dave H... <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> It is not uncommon to identify a marked improvement when running on a >> biodiesel or biodiesel mix. > > -- > OK Don, KD5NRO > Norman, OK > "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damn lies, and statistics." > -Benjamin Disraeli and/or Mark Twain > '90 300D, '87 300SDL, '81 240D, '78 450SLC, '97 Ply Grand Voyager > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
