99 E300TD... ready for bio as-is?
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09' E320
Fuel lines are fine for Commercially prepared Bio. Orings sealing the fuel lines, SOV and delivery valves will deterioate in time. Is possible to get viton orings from fryerpower.com. Sold in a kit for the 606.962.
You'll get ~10% less mpg's on B99 than on D2.
You'll get ~10% less mpg's on B99 than on D2.
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1999 E300 TD
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SVO/WVO is not Bio which is what you asked about. SVO/WVO should have a separate heated tank IMO. Seen too many diesels die from unheated SVO/WVO abuse. Others will disagree. Most who do won't have ever ridden in a W210 diesel, or owned one.
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For biodiesel, all cars since 1995 have the proper rubber lines. If they leak they needed to be replaced anyways.
For WVO/SVO, which are NOT biodiesel, it cannot use them at all. Doing so will drastically shorten the engines lifespan.
For WVO/SVO, which are NOT biodiesel, it cannot use them at all. Doing so will drastically shorten the engines lifespan.
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1999 E300 TD
I was just outlining that all of my experience with bio and SVO was in things like old tractors and such, so I just didn't have any experience with newer cars and if they were ready for bio or not.
Thanks all for the input. I have a B50 station near my house so for now (until I get viton seals) I'll probably just stick with that.
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I'm from phoenix and I have a 97 E300D. I now have 99K miles on it. I used B100 only one time from a station down town. The Phoenix buses us it. I filled the tank and drove straight to So. Cal. This was back 18 months ago when the car had about 75k miles. The car drove like a charm. When I arrived in HB, I had about half a tank, so I topped it off with D2. The next morning my dads driveway was a mess with diesel. It seemed like every seal failed. I would say it had to be related. I have not used the stuff since. If the model did not use these lame seals and had metal seals, I would be inclined to use the stuff. These cars have issues with these seals, so maybe viton would work.
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It is a result of "different" fuel and how the chemical within each effect the swelling of the orings. Your orings were deterioated and were about to fail, bio just tipped the scale. Would have happened if you had switched over from LSD to USLD at that time too.
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cheaper than a benz...
i have a 97 e300, i have not had any problems with my seals leaking to the injectors, I run on diesel and switch over to svo/wvo. I have not had any real problems with the system. I check the lines on every service i do on the car. Had 1 slight leak at the shut off, and one on the lift pump, 3.00 in gaskets and o rings fixed the leak.
once you run on wvo on a regular basis getting the used oil is like feinding for crack!
once you run on wvo on a regular basis getting the used oil is like feinding for crack!
