Re: [diesel_mercedes] Alternate Diesel Fuels

 

There's one other consideration.. Couple of years ago, there was a piece going around the net about a fellow who had installed a 5 cyl. Deutz diesel truck engine in an old Ford pickup, was running the rig on raw crude oil, as pumped from the ground, no refining involved. The Deutz engine seems to use the same inline Bosch fuel pump that we use, and other than being air cooled, instead of liquid cooled, is otherwise similar, i.e. pre-chambers, glo plugs and high compression, and this led me to wonder if anybody had ever tried running the Mercedes on raw crude. Assuming you have access to a suitable light crude oil, not everything pumped from the ground would be suitable, but I suspect most eastern light crude would do.. Anybody? --- On Sun, 7/15/12, Nate <vwnate1@yahoo.com> wrote: From: Nate <vwnate1@yahoo.com> Subject: [diesel_mercedes] Alternate Diesel Fuels To: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com Date: Sunday, July 15, 2012, 10:21 AM   Thanx all for the clarifying comments . In a nut shell here's is the Veggie , WVO & WMO fuel thing : It's very time consuming to do right and you really cannot do the normal short hop , drive to work / market use 99% of all people use vehicles for so why bother ? . Yes , it is great for the Environment and can save you serious $ over time . But , sooner or later , the pracical realities of life will mandate that you make at least _one_ short cut and then all is lost although not immediately apparent due to the nature of Diesel combustion . If you have nothing better to do and live far away from everything so every time you start the engine you know it'll run for minimum of 30 minutes then it'll prolly be a win - win for you . Other (most) folks have busy daily lives and so fail in this effort . Give it a try but then don't hine nor blame the car when it becomes an expen$ive nightmare and ruins your marriage in the process . -Nate

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