EJ, Conservative penchant understood. You may wish to contact HempCar.org as to what results they are having with biodiesel in their Merc. They are running hemp biodiesel though.
Your mili-truck will run on Campbells soup if there is enough oil in it - almost. Biodiesel will work fine. It might even thank you for it. Biodiesel really is not a risk for either vehicles. Ask the list and see who's got some bio-d mileage on a Merc. Gargantuan fuel pump in the mili's fuel tank is probably for the thicker fuels you mentioned, as well as to compensate for thickened fuels in cold environs. Pat yourself on the back for stepping "out to the edge." You're gonna' have some fun. I just wonder what you're going to do with such a workhorse when you're finished. Luck Todd Appal Energy > I also wanted to tell you that I'd rather not use my Mercedes 300D as the > "guinea pig" for the biodiesel experiments-I have purchased an > ex-military truck, with a giant 6 cyl "multi-fuel" diesel. I don't think > that they had "biodiesel" in mind, when they built this. MilSpecs say it > will run on any grade of diesel, or heating oil, any grade of gasoline > (although I wonder what lubricates the injection pump, a function usually > done by the fuel running through it), turbine, or jet fuel, and a few > other things that must be heated to make them flow. And, I wondered what > the huge electric pump in the tank was for.....If I ruin the engine in > this, I can replace it for less money than an injection pump on the Benz. > > Wish me luck-E.J. Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
