Yes I did ;
Not pure Gasoline of course but a very heavy mix .
I've been changing filters and running Startron but I keep seeing tiny bits of black crud here and there in the clear intake screen and inside the injector connections , so on .
So I figured to shock the system and guess what ? .
It's WORKING ! I've been lead footing it from every dead start and I just ran out for an errand , I now have 470 miles on it , lots of sunlight so I popped the hood and Lo ! black chunks in the clear intake screen and better pickup , more power and LESS SMOKE ~ I can still smell the oil burning but if it at least cleans the final bit of crud out of the fuel system I'll be ahead when I install my used injection pump .
Whew .
The rattling is louder @ idle but it starts easily and run fine , this morning on the way t work I topped 100 MPH a few times , I wanted the rack to go full open to flush out Lord alone knows what's in there .
Fingers crossed , I hope it doesn't run dry on fuel on one of the blind curves on the Pasadena freeway .
We'll see .
I plan to stop off and buy two new fuel filters on the way home to - night .
-Nate
Bill wrote :
You ran gasoline in a diesel? Bill in oregon
From: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com [mailto: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com ]
Sent: Monday, February 22, 2016 5:07 AM
To: Tam Hall; yahoogroups; yahoogroups
Subject: [diesel_mercedes] Cleaning Fuel System
Yesterday I reached 430 miles and the low fuel lamp came on , I continued to my Brother's house Where he had 2 gallons of Gasoline needing discarding so I poured it into my nearly empty fuel tank hoping to shock kill any thing left in there , my clear plastic primary fuel screen has remained clean for several months but then I had the IP's elements out for timing I noticed too much really fine black bits in there so I figured what the heck .
Leaving his house I didn't notice any difference in engine running / power / smoothness but I did notice a lack of smoke as I pulled away from dead stops ~ I was hot footing it to try and run the IP's rack wide open to facilitate cleaning , I'd get a blast of gray (fuel) smoke that stopped as the turbo spooled up and the car really began to move out .
This morning the was a fog upon L.A. so I was very cautious driving until I passed mid - city , then it cleared up crystal clear so I stamped the accelerator to the floor and the car leapt forward , flew past all the other traffic and reached 103 MPH before beginning to run out of steam .
At that point I was closing in on other traffic to I backed off , worked my way through the knot of cars and floored it again , no visible smoke in their headlights as I rapidly pulled away and reached 100 MPH again .
By the time I reached Work the low fuel lamp came on again , I think I'll run it dry , add the spare fuel I hope I have in the trunk then motor directly to a filling station and tank up .
At that point I'll check the intake fuel screen for debris and silt , see what I have .
-Nate
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