Bus runs like a (touch wood) champ, even after sitting for a month, hit the starter, and the engine is running sooner than you can get your finger off the start button. If I was going to use WVO again I would set up a washing operation for the oil. My oil was well filtered and warmed. All the theories may well be right, I just cannot afford to take chances of that nature. Whereas jealous husbands are a risk one may take, blown engines are not.
Tony.
PS; As part of my veggie oil usage we installed a coolant heated water separator, warming the fuel increased my mileage by 1/2 a mile per gallon. From 8 to 8.5 so in a Mercedes that would be like going from 24mpg to 25.5.
--- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, Bobby Yates Emory <liberty1@...> wrote:
>
> Tony,
>
> It was not veggie oil that did in your expensive engine. It was blend -
> mixing wvo with diesel. People are theorizing that using a blend with dino
> Diesel causes a wax to build up in the fuel system.
>
> Using 50% wvo, unheated, may have caused inadequate vaporization which lead
> to coking affecting the injector nozzle, the rings, and/or other components.
>
> Sorry to hear about your expensive problems. Hope the bus runs well now.
>
> Bobby
>
> On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 1:32 AM, Lost, but we are making good time. <
> aldridgetony97@...> wrote:
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> > So in my 8mpg bus conversion, I was running up to 50% wvo, mixed into the
> > main tank. After one season, as we were nearing home 150miles away, Piston
> > 1 stopped, Pistons 2 through 6 kept on doing their thing.
> > The towing bill was around $2,000 (had insurance phew) the new used motor
> > was $3500, 2 months work to install by YT, and another $8,000 for mechanic
> > work to install my jake brakes and bolt up the transmission generally much
> > mucking about to get rolling again. We fluked on the new eng, it had just
> > been rebuilt when they dropped a crane on the truck it was in.
> > I do not think it was the veggie oil that caused piston one to stop (boy
> > you shoulda seen the mess, cylinder liner in pieces, con rod
> > pretselled,etc) but much as I cannot afford the $500 fill up on Dino D, I
> > cannot take a chance on a $12,000 eng rebuild.
> > Tony
> >
> > --- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, "oldsinner111" <tccservice111@>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Thants good Lawrence.I will run wmo at 50% in emergency times
> > >
> > >
> > > --- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, Lawrence Rhodes <primobassoon@>
> > wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Posted by: "Yahoo! Member Service" tccservice111@ oldsinner111
> > > > Date: Mon Jul 1, 2013 9:10 am ((PDT))
> > > > Here in Tennessee the Render got
> > > > tight with the health Dept.,and all places must have Render
> > service.They
> > > > are selling veg to hospitals to run their furnaces.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > YOUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK. I still get the mom and pop establishments
> > that only do a few gallons a month. They fall in the cracks as no render
> > service wants to come out for small quantities & here in San Francisco
> > there are drop off points for used oil....hint hint. Lawrence Rhodes
> > > >
> > >
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