[diesel_mercedes] Fuel Economy Check ~ '84 300CD Auto

 

395,XXX miles .

no AC used , Startron in the last tank full .

22.7 MPG , it's dropping so I'd best get busy and look at those injectors and rebuild the turbo too .

I ordered a gallon of Startron just now , West marine also has it in 5 gallons , cheaper yet .

I've never met anyone who has the dirty fuel troubles I seem to no matter what .

-Nate


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[diesel_mercedes] Off Road Fuels

 



Thanx Bill ;

High sulfur content eh ? .

So it won't hurt your pre 1985 Diesel but will prolly give the catalytic converter on the 1985 + models fits...

-Nate
          Bill  wrote :

Fuel dye in North America

In the United States of America, the Environmental Protection Agency mandates use of a red dye to identify high-sulfur fuels for off-road use. Solvent Red 26 is used in the United States as a standard, though it is often replaced with Solvent Red 164, which is similar to Solvent R ed 26 but with longer alkyl chains. The Internal Revenue Service regulation 26 C.F.R. 48.4082-1 mandates use of the same red dyes, in fivefold concentration, for tax-exempt diesel fuels such as heating oil; their argument for the higher dye content is to allow detection even when diluted with "legal" fuel. Detection of red-dyed fuel in the fuel system of an on-road vehicle will incur substantial penalties.

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_dyes

Bill in Oregon

 
 

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For construction eguipments of course Max....

We ave lots of it here , tractors too , on the farms .

If you use lots of Diesel Fuel , no tax adds up to big $avings fast .

Some of the construction and paving outfits use BIG Diesel gensets too .

-Nate
          Max   wrote :

Nope, not purple up here in the north, its red. But interestingly enough, way back in the early 70's I lived up in BC., Canada.  , and they had farm gas, purple gas, dyed gas, non taxed gas, off road gas. Anyone live in THE GREAT WHITE NORTH?, Is there still purple gas? Anyway I'm shocked there is off road diesel down there. What is it used for? I would never run red diesel in my car. But I use lots of it for my tractors and my generators. It says right on the pumps, "this stuff may damage your car", geez whiz, I would never want to damage my car. Thinking of starting one of my 240's soon, its snowed in but I thought it would be good to run it for a while. Heading to Cali. as soon as spring thaw sets in. My mom is 96, better go visit. max

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Actually max ;

It's here in So. Cal. and mostly in un attended , automated card lock stations .

IIRC it's dyed purple , non ? .

-Nate
      Max  wrote :

Probably in LA no one has heard of off road diesel. In the country I think everyone uses it(but not me). Diesel has stayed very high priced, gasoline, even up here in the north country has dropped to $1.99. Enjoy it folks, we all know it wont last. In the winter of 2001 I got off road diesel delivered for $.76.9, I stored up on about 1000 gallons. Even now I'm going tru the last of my less than $2.00 diesel in my generator, its about 8 years old and seems to work fine. Last winter I was having starting problems so I dumped in two jugs of cetane booster and that seems to work very good. I will soon be out of all my old fuel. Max

 



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[diesel_mercedes] Re: Soggy

 



Brian here ;

Shows wisdom far exceeding his years.....

I wonder if Victor uses the BOSCH branded voltage regulators..

-Nate
        Brian  wrote :

I'm getting some of those "niggley, might as well" things taken care of by Victor as we write (on Martha, my 300K MB). My wife "heard a noise" so I popped the hood and saw that the alternator was loose and the belt was dancing, so I decided I would take it over and (a) get the front end bushings and control arms replaced, (b) get the drivers seat tightened down, (c) get a leaking heater hose replaced, (d) get the alternator tightened down and voltage regulator replaced as well as belts replaced, (e) oil & filter changed, (f) and anything else I am too lazy or too old to take care of. My wife thinks Victor does good work and I am happy to have her happy.

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RE: [diesel_mercedes] Off Road Fuels

 

Fuel dye in North America

In the United States of America, the Environmental Protection Agency mandates use of a red dye to identify high-sulfur fuels for off-road use. Solvent Red 26 is used in the United States as a standard, though it is often replaced with Solvent Red 164, which is similar to Solvent Red 26 but with longer alkyl chains. The Internal Revenue Service regulation 26 C.F.R. 48.4082-1 mandates use of the same red dyes, in fivefold concentration, for tax-exempt diesel fuels such as heating oil; their argument for the higher dye content is to allow detection even when diluted with "legal" fuel. Detection of red-dyed fuel in the fuel system of an on-road vehicle will incur substantial penalties.

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_dyes

Bill in Oregon

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 Nope, not purple up here in the north, its red. But interestingly enough, way back in the early 70's I lived up in BC., Canada.  , and they had farm gas, purple gas, dyed gas, non taxed gas, off road gas. Anyone live in THE GREAT WHITE NORTH?, Is there still purple gas? Anyway I'm shocked there is off road diesel down there. What is it used for? I would never run red diesel in my car. But I use lots of it for my tractors and my generators. It says right on the pumps, "this stuff may damage your car", geez whiz, I would never want to damage my car. Thinking of starting one of my 240's soon, its snowed in but I thought it would be good to run it for a while. Heading to Cali. as soon as spring thaw sets in. My mom is 96, better go visit. max

 

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Actually max ;

It's here in So. Cal. and mostly in un attended , automated card lock stations .

IIRC it's dyed purple , non ? .

-Nate
      Max  wrote :

Probably in LA no one has heard of off road diesel. In the country I think everyone uses it(but not me). Diesel has stayed very high priced, gasoline, even up here in the north country has dropped to $1.99. Enjoy it folks, we all know it wont last. In the winter of 2001 I got off road diesel delivered for $.76.9, I stored up on about 1000 gallons. Even now I'm going tru the last of my less than $2.00 diesel in my generator, its about 8 years old and seems to work fine. Last winter I was having starting problems so I dumped in two jugs of cetane booster and that seems to work very good. I will soon be out of all my old fuel. Max

 

 

 

 

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Nope, not purple up here in the north, its red. But interestingly enough, way back in the early 70's I lived up in BC., Canada.  , and they had farm gas, purple gas, dyed gas, non taxed gas, off road gas. Anyone live in THE GREAT WHITE NORTH?, Is there still purple gas? Anyway I'm shocked there is off road diesel down there. What is it used for? I would never run red diesel in my car. But I use lots of it for my tractors and my generators. It says right on the pumps, "this stuff may damage your car", geez whiz, I would never want to damage my car. Thinking of starting one of my 240's soon, its snowed in but I thought it would be good to run it for a while. Heading to Cali. as soon as spring thaw sets in. My mom is 96, better go visit. max

On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 8:44 AM, vwnate1@yahoo.com [diesel_mercedes] <diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com> wrote:




Actually max ;

It's here in So. Cal. and mostly in un attended , automated card lock stations .

IIRC it's dyed purple , non ? .

-Nate
      Max  wrote :

Probably in LA no one has heard of off road diesel. In the country I think everyone uses it(but not me). Diesel has stayed very high priced, gasoline, even up here in the north country has dropped to $1.99. Enjoy it folks, we all know it wont last. In the winter of 2001 I got off road diesel delivered for $.76.9, I stored up on about 1000 gallons. Even now I'm going tru the last of my less than $2.00 diesel in my generator, its about 8 years old and seems to work fine. Last winter I was having starting problems so I dumped in two jugs of cetane booster and that seems to work very good. I will soon be out of all my old fuel. Max

 



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[diesel_mercedes] Re: Soggy

 

I'm getting some of those "niggley, might as well" things taken care of by Victor as we write (on Martha, my 300K MB). My wife "heard a noise" so I popped the hood and saw that the alternator was loose and the belt was dancing, so I decided I would take it over and (a) get the front end bushings and control arms replaced, (b) get the drivers seat tightened down, (c) get a leaking heater hose replaced, (d) get the alternator tightened down and voltage regulator replaced as well as belts replaced, (e) oil & filter changed, (f) and anything else I am too lazy or too old to take care of. My wife thinks Victor does good work and I am happy to have her happy.

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[diesel_mercedes] Soggy

 

I really need to address the faulty HVAC box drain rubber in my Coupe ~ it's been bad a while now but the recent soaking rains we've had , once again soaked my passenger side foot well and carpet .

I looked it up on a different site and got the aftermarket rubber hose thing (two size,stepped, Tom found it for me) but it appears I have to remove the seats , center console , central dash panel and so on just to reach it .

All that plus my carpets are filthy now anyways and the center vent flapper vacuum element is bad so I know it'll be apart a while whilst I scrub it all and chase all those niggly little ' Might As Wells ' at the same time .

Prolly this Summer about the time it reaches 95° F .

-Nate


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Yer right there mark ! .

If I had nothing else to do maybe I'd give it a whirl but only if I did it end to end .

To much time wasted IMO .

Of course , I still have black fuel in my clear intake screen so what the heck do I know ?! .

-Nate
       Mark  wrote :

Yeah, but they probably know about veg-oil.

Not that Nate would ever put veg-oil in one of his cars....

Mark
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Probably in LA no one has heard of off road diesel. 

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Actually max ;

It's here in So. Cal. and mostly in un attended , automated card lock stations .

IIRC it's dyed purple , non ? .

-Nate
      Max  wrote :

Probably in LA no one has heard of off road diesel. In the country I think everyone uses it(but not me). Diesel has stayed very high priced, gasoline, even up here in the north country has dropped to $1.99. Enjoy it folks, we all know it wont last. In the winter of 2001 I got off road diesel delivered for $.76.9, I stored up on about 1000 gallons. Even now I'm going tru the last of my less than $2.00 diesel in my generator, its about 8 years old and seems to work fine. Last winter I was having starting problems so I dumped in two jugs of cetane booster and that seems to work very good. I will soon be out of all my old fuel. Max

 

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[diesel_mercedes] Dyed Fuel

 



OH ! thank you .

I never use Off Road Fuels as I use the roads and so willingly carry my Tax Debt....

I never think about that and have never had my tank ' dipped ' .

-Nate
        Mark   wrote :

You know:  Did he check to see if you had taxable diesel fuel in the tank?

Mark
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?? what ?? .

-Nate
        Max Asked  :

Did he dip your tank? Max

 

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