Interesting......
I hear you with the processing issue in cold weather. I get my WVO in
16L jugs. I filter batch by batch (in the house by the wood stove -
not recommended, although I have it down to a science but most sane
people would never do this in their house!) - mainly because I haven't
had the cash or time to make a more effective system with an in-line
pump and storage...also because it gives me some quality control. If
I start filtering and I don't like the looks of the oil I put it aside
dispose of it later. I want to get a pH tester as I know that is an
issue. How does your friend filter his oil? Does he test for pH?
As for the Moly purge - I did help a friend with another '81 Lovecraft
conversion do a diesel purge and it was pretty simple. Did seem to
help the performance of the car. HOWEVER, the car did have some leaky
seal issues which seemed to increase after the purge. The fellow with
the 3 converted MBs told me NEVER do a purge as he believed it removed
all the stuff that settles in the seals and crevices which help keep
the seals tight. In other words, it purges too much from the engine
and can contribute to leaks. This was something to think about in
light of the experience my friend had.
I was also told never to use the fuel additives (ie; winter fuel
thinners/injector cleaners) as they are bad for the engine. Don't
know the specifics of that warning so if anyone has any light to shed
on that subject I would be curious. Better or worse than a dose of
regular gas or kerosene - I don't know. Why are you wary of the
advice re: adding a little gas? What have you heard about that?
So have you done your conversion yet? Did you ever look into the
Elsbett injector kits from Germany?
Thanks for the info.
On May 2, 9:36=A0pm, "Tiger" <tiger0...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> I will reply to your questions soon with details... However, I will
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> questions I know off the top of my head.
>
> My car is 1995 E300D... from factory, it already have a preheater built
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> the engine. It shares coolant in the engine head. The preheater warms up
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> 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
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> 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
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> as I have to search.
>
> As for fouled injector, I don't know... my injectors are new and I have
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> 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
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t.
>
> 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
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e.
> We are wary of that... the safer way to do this is simply Lubro Moly
Diese=
l
> 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
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> fuel lines into a glass jar (large mayonaise jar type) and pour in two
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s
> 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.
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