Nate,
And then there are blends - they ruin injection pumps and engines, also.
Bobby
On 1/24/12, Nate Rector <tccservice111@yahoo.com> wrote:
> SVO,wvo,watf,wmo can kill a engine,I had blowby with fuels.Switched back to
> diesel 6 months ago blow by gone.
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> From: Nate <vwnate1@yahoo.com>
> To: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2012 6:21 PM
> Subject: [diesel_mercedes] SVO WARNING !
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> What Bobby said ~ many will say ' I never saw any engines damaged by WVO/SVO
> but they're F.O.C. ~ I got my beloved '84 300CD Diesel Sports Coupe because
> some stupid hippes in Sta Monica did just this and the droplets of un burned
> VO that get between the piston and cylinder wall , crystalize and ruin both
> the piston and cylinder ~ my engine block was almost ruined beyond repair ~
> I had to have the cylinders all re sleeved and replace all the pistons as
> well as the other normal periodic overhauls parts to the tune of $5K + .
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> Not what most people are willing to invest in a 28 year old car , especially
> not a beat up one like mine .
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> You have been warned ! .
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> -Nate
> Bobby Warned :
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> Trish,
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> Using SVO - the waste oil Kevin is collecting - in a MB diesel is a
> wonderful idea, whether it is your car or the future generator.
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> BUT:
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> Other than a five minute demonstration - do not use room temperature or
> colder SVO (Straight Vegetable Oil) to fuel your MB. It will destroy your
> motor. It does this in several ways. The cold oil is too viscous, so the
> injectors are not able to atomize the oil well. The oil clogs the
> injectors, so they keep doing a poorer and poorer job. Since the oil is in
> large droplets, some of it doesn't burn. It slides down the cylinder wall
> and collects behind the rings and forms carbon "chunks". These prevent the
> rings from working properly. The oil also gets past the rings drips down
> into the pan. It is incompatible with the motor oil, dilutes it and
> destroys the bearings.
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> You must add a system or systems to heat the SVO before it is pumped into
> the injection pump. Many people also add a small tank for diesel. They
> crank the engine on diesel and run on it briefly until the coolant warms
> enough to warm the SVO to 140F. Then they switch to SVO. (When they are
> ready to shut down, they switch back to diesel so the engine is ready start
> up next time.)
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> (It is also possible to use electrical heaters to warm the oil when cranking
> up, so you don't have to switch fuels.)
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> Bobby
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Toward freedom,
Bobby Yates Emory
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