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Originally Posted by cRiPpLe_rOoStEr
I'm assuming that truck had an IDI engine instead of the PowerStroke, so it would be a nice platform for experiences with veggie oils as an alternative fuel.
Diesel tax? That sounds so commie. If there were more light-duty Diesels in America, the dependence on foreign oil would be lower by a far margin, and it would be also possible to develop the usage of algae and fish liver oils as a feedstock for biodiesel. BTW the Euro-spec version of the Note is available with a 1.5L turbodiesel...
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I had a friend with a 83 Mercedes that ran pure WVO in a for a while. It worked really good for him and when he moved away I bought the car and never used the veggie tank because I wasn't driving far enough to warm the engine up, swap tanks, and purge the lines. He didn't stay gone long, and we still laugh about it (he just brought it up again 2 days ago actually) because he thought at the time the only reason I got the diesel was to convert it to veggie. So he went out and found the Mercedes and converted it within 6 weeks of me getting the truck because he wanted to beat me to it.
Yes, the truck was a 7.3 IDI, which was the only diesel I would consider at the time because of their reputation for endurance, east to work on, and cheapness of parts. As for the diesel tax joke, I only say that because my whole like diesel had been lower than gas, then 6 months after I got the F250 prices started to rise, then surpass gas prices and have been that way ever since.