: Wed, 21 Jun 2006 16:28:40 -0400
From: Marshall Booth [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [MBZ] **wiring harness on the W140 Diesel **
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Curt Raymond wrote
PIddling about at low speed carbons things up pretty badly on a 601,
and a full throttle run will blow out all the loose stuff, pretty
spectacular if it's been a while. Most of it is probably loose soot in
the exhaust.
My personal tonic these days is some contaminated fuel I add a quart
or
Peter Frederick wrote:
PIddling about at low speed carbons things up pretty badly on a 601,
and a full throttle run will blow out all the loose stuff, pretty
spectacular if it's been a while. Most of it is probably loose soot in
the exhaust.
My personal tonic these days is some contaminated
Marshal:
Motor oil is rather to have the solvent effect of gasoline, and I
rather suspect the gas just makes the fuel easier to ignite (i.e.
raises the Cetane index a bit). After all, we are talking a quart or
less in a full 20 gal tank, and it's not all gasoline.
I don't want to put more
On Tue, 20 Jun 2006 12:09:15 -0700 W. Lasher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
I can milk 30 MPG, but more realistic is 29 MPG on the road and
between 22-25 in town. Plus the best and quietest ride in town :-)
I can do maybe 25 in our '82 240D/3.0. Maybe I need to start looking at
something
Curt Raymond wrote:
Is that all? I'd hoped for better since I'd been thinking of building one someday. My 240D would average around 28mpg but that was almost exclusively highway driving 80-90 miles a day.
My 190D is averaging only a little better at around 32mpg but that includes so bad
