98 or 99 Eclass diesel
 

Can they run on B100 and homebrew?

RE: 98 or 99 Eclass diesel
 

Sure, both cars have fluroelastomer fuel hoses to the best of my knowledge, so biodiesel in any mix from B20 to B100 should be no cause for trouble.

RE: 98 or 99 Eclass diesel
 

well lets see it is better for the environment, and I don't want to do a waste oil, so it would be in the tank. that's why.

RE: 98 or 99 Eclass diesel
 

You should make yourself aware of the cost of a replacement fuel pump...just in case ;)

RE: 98 or 99 Eclass diesel
 

Please educate me on what you mean. If I buy B20 from the local station or buy B100 from a biofuel processor will I have an issue? Were you meaning if I make homebrew and I might need a fuel pump? What is the cost?

RE: 98 or 99 Eclass diesel
 

Great thanks for the infomation.

RE: 98 or 99 Eclass diesel
 

During May through October of 2005 I ran my 1999 E300 over 7,000 miles continuoulsy on commercial B100. It was an expensive venture, however there were no issues, whatsoever.

RE: 98 or 99 Eclass diesel
 

Hello, I just love the idea of B100. I have a E300D 97 with 65K miles. I can get the stuff in Phoenix for the same price, because its subsidised by the gov. 3.00 a gallon. Well I went down there on the way to LA. I filled the tank with the stuff. I drove to LA and everything was just perfect. About half way down on my journey I put some regular diesel into the tank. I got to LA being very proud of my non modified MB running on the B100. The honeymoon was over 48 hours later. I went out to my car and I had a pretty good leak. I took it to HB Benz and they removed my intake manifold and removed all of these bullSxxt plastic cliped gas lines. They also replace shutoff valve and some other bits. Cost me 400 bucks. The nighmare was not over. 1 week later I removed the top intake myself and replaced all the rubber return lines to all 6 cyl. Each one of these reseviors was full of diesel. I believe the plastic gas lines were suspect and all the other parts were shotgun replaced, as they missed these returns. I am now very gun shy (wallet shy) of running on this stuff. I think the stuff will eat rubber, Why else would all 6 rubber return lines fail at the same time?

RE: 98 or 99 Eclass diesel
 

I have run my 99 turbodiesel on homebrew for two years. I do not wash the fuel so I don't worry about water. The trick is to let it settle for at least a week. I never have had the filter in the car plug up. The car runs great, no smoke that I can see, and the smell is much less bothersome to most people. My fuel is made from cooking oil and chicken fat.