wileysegovia

I'm collecting used cooking oil from a "Manny and Olga's" restaurant nearby, hoping to eventually convert it into B100 for my 1984 300D.

I know I'll have to change all the fuel lines to avoid the biodiesel from eating through the old rubber lines.

Also, I was wondering what the best way would be to reach out to other local (Arlington, VA) diesel owners to see if there was any interest in a co-op? Are there companies that keep track of these types of lists? (I.e., all people that own diesel cars?)

harkgar

You are in luck. Your 1984 300D is able to burn almost anything. Bio-diesels do not have the energy as 500 ppm sulphur enriched diesel. You can burnt other types of lubricants though like cheap automatic transmission fluids (ATF) and engine oils though I avoided blackened ones. The ATF is particularly good for silencing old engines. One quart per tank is enough every few thousand miles. If I were you I would keep that car forever. With the new multiple filters and urea (rich in urine) injection nonsense coming in with the 2008 MY diesel heads are going to be legislated to death. Isn't it wonderful to belch a lot of black smoke while new diesel owners have to pay the extra money for nothing?