Diesel RVs: 02/22/17

Re: [diesel_mercedes] Fuel Economy Check '84 300TD Automatic

Max,

Everyone drives something else every once and awhile, just don't come back afterward telling us how much better it is than our old MBs, besides maybe the AC. :)

My 300D is on the stay close to home regimen (within 100 miles) until I sort out the tranny, and maybe now an axle, as I'm getting that clunk starting off.

Rob

Garden Grove, CA

On 2/22/17 1:54 PM, Max temple jasperezra@gmail.com [diesel_mercedes] wrote:

Not taking the Mercedes south this year, tired of screwing with the AC, I'm gonna trade with my kid and drive his new Toyota. Damn, do I get kicked out now? max

On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 6:05 AM, mobius wolf mobius@mainestream.us [diesel_mercedes] <diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

No doubt. Turbos really wind them up but the low gears would help
through the sag at the bottom.

Must hall ass, but doesn't seem economy minded. ;o)

I remember the early American production turbos. Floor it and count
..1...2...3...verrrrrrrrROOOM. We weren't impressed. I guess Mercedes
had it figured out a little better.

Fred

On 2/21/2017 1:01 PM, Nate vwnate1@yahoo.com [diesel_mercedes] wrote:
> I should prolly check what the final drive ratio is as this big heavy
> wagon goes like a rocket and never gets good fuel economy .
>
> -Nate

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Re: [diesel_mercedes] Fuel Economy Check '84 300TD Automatic

Not taking the Mercedes south this year, tired of screwing with the AC, I'm gonna trade with my kid and drive his new Toyota. Damn, do I get kicked out now? max

On Wed, Feb 22, 2017 at 6:05 AM, mobius wolf mobius@mainestream.us [diesel_mercedes] <diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

No doubt. Turbos really wind them up but the low gears would help
through the sag at the bottom.

Must hall ass, but doesn't seem economy minded. ;o)

I remember the early American production turbos. Floor it and count
..1...2...3...verrrrrrrrROOOM. We weren't impressed. I guess Mercedes
had it figured out a little better.

Fred

On 2/21/2017 1:01 PM, Nate vwnate1@yahoo.com [diesel_mercedes] wrote:
> I should prolly check what the final drive ratio is as this big heavy
> wagon goes like a rocket and never gets good fuel economy .
>
> -Nate

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Re: [diesel_mercedes] Fuel Economy Check '84 300CD Slushbox

Yeah, I have no idea how long it takes. I had just done the full flush (tank out) when we found K100. It was already running pretty good and never got bad again.

My problem is I have no idea what a good running diesel sounds like. It stays running. No heavy smoke and sounds like a really obnoxious baby toy.

Plenty of power, for what it is, once I learned how to use the gears.

Irritating because I have a good ear for gas engines, so I hear everything but it means little.

Fred

On 2/22/2017 8:20 AM, Nate vwnate1@yahoo.com [diesel_mercedes] wrote:

418 miles, 24.4 MPG .

K100 fungus killer used, running pretty well but still lopes @ hot idle and smokes on take off .

-Nate

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Re: [diesel_mercedes] Fuel Economy Check '84 300TD Automatic

No doubt. Turbos really wind them up but the low gears would help
through the sag at the bottom.

Must hall ass, but doesn't seem economy minded. ;o)

I remember the early American production turbos. Floor it and count
..1...2...3...verrrrrrrrROOOM. We weren't impressed. I guess Mercedes
had it figured out a little better.

Fred

On 2/21/2017 1:01 PM, Nate vwnate1@yahoo.com [diesel_mercedes] wrote:
> I should prolly check what the final drive ratio is as this big heavy
> wagon goes like a rocket and never gets good fuel economy .
>
> -Nate

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[diesel_mercedes] Fungus, K100 & Filters [3 Attachments]

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2.22.17

So ;

The K100 fungus treatment seems to be working well, the clear plastic intake filter has very little debris in it (Pic. #1) so the last time I flushed it out I added a micronic paper element filter for a 1972 Datsun (Pic. #2) and it quickly turned black from very fine fungus particles that were able to pass through the intake screen .

I filed up last night with ProPel Bio Diesel and changed the paper element, flushed a miniscule amount of crud out of the clear plastic intake screen , added some K100 and filled up .

I hope the end is in sight, hope springs eternal .

-Nate

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