Re: Diesel mechanic near Downtown L.A.

I will reply to your questions soon with details... However, I will answer 
questions I know off the top of my head.

My car is 1995 E300D... from factory, it already have a preheater built
into 
the engine. It shares coolant in the engine head. The preheater warms up
the 
diesel fuel before it goes to the fuel filter and injection pump

I do have factory block heater, but have yet to use it. I have zero
problem 
starting my car in 10 degree weather... with diesel of course.

As you know in our situation... it is not that we can't burn WVO in 
winter... but how much processing we can do in the winter is the key. I 
probably will have garage room this coming winter to do some filtering...
as 
of now, zero chance of doing so. I do all my work outside

Sourse of heater for injection line I am considering... I will answer soon

as I have to search.

As for fouled injector, I don't know... my injectors are new and I have
not 
converted to WVO yet. My friend's 87 300SDL has no problem as of yet. Our 
WVO quest was hampered by my WVO filteration job... which is now worked
out.

As for cleaning the injector, an old time MB service rep... he said one 
gallon of gas in full tank of diesel will clean out the injector in no
time. 
We are wary of that... the safer way to do this is simply Lubro Moly
Diesel 
Purge... which is you disconnect both fuel lines in the engine 
compartment... plug up the lines from tank so it doesn't leak out... Put
the 
fuel lines into a glass jar (large mayonaise jar type) and pour in two
cans 
of diesel purge... start up car and run it until low... don't let it suck 
air... and then hook everything back up and you are done.