Rob,
Thanks for the imput. Air filter is new, oil is new amsoil synthetic. Car only smokes slightly with idle and runs pretty smooth. Acceleration is goood for 125hp. It is super quiet when running either WVO or biogreasel. Straight biodiesel is also very quiet. We want to run a few different tanks through her this summer and test the mileage. 100% biodiesel vs 100% wvo vs 50/50 biogreasel. We may run through a tank of dinodiesel for grins. My son drives highway at about 65 to 70, same trip every day to school. We will post results later this year when it warms up.
thanks, Nick
PS. We seem to have a slight harmonic vibration at highway speeds. Anybody with any thoughts on that.
--- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, Aleph93 <aleph93@...> wrote:
>
> 25-26mpg is about the best you'll get on this model diesel, with
> everything right. WVO seems to give less mpg in my experience, usually, 22mpg or so. You might see what it does on straight diesel, just to compare.
> What speed are you driving? These cars aren't too aerodynamic.
> Does your car have decent acceleration, for a diesel? :)
> How smooth does it idle? Maybe the injectors need a purge (Diesel Purge).
> How smokey is the exhaust? Check the air filter.
>
> Rob
> '85 300D
> Garden Grove, CA
> http://home.roadrunner.com/~ocveggiecar/
> ==
>
> On 1/29/11 1:16 AM, diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com wrote:
> > 5a. 84 300T mileage
> > Posted by: "Carmine"drnickv@... drnickv@...
> > Date: Fri Jan 28, 2011 9:25 am ((PST))
> >
> > We just purchased a 1984 300D with turbo. We are running straight WVO with a lovecraft conversion. We are only getting about 20 MPG with 90% of the miles on the freeway. This seems low to me. Any suggestions as to what to look for to increase mileage.
> >
> > Also, on the doors sills, there are restricting hinges that keep the door from opening too far. Are they the same on front and rear? We need to order a front and rear and do not want to get the wrong part.
> >
> > thanks, Nick
>
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