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Subject:Re: Replace WBX with more efficient engine? Well....
From:Allan Streib
Date:Fri, 6 Jun 2008 09:19:33 -0400

"Stuart MacMillan" <macgroup@COMCAST.NET> said:

> Can you burn fryer oil in that?  Or is that just the old Mercedes
> diesels?

To some extent depends on the injection pump -- Is the injection pump on
a VW diesel lubricated by the fuel?  On most MBs it's lubricated by the
engine oil.  If the pump is fuel-lubricated you've got to be a bit more
careful about what crap you put through it.

Any diesel motor will RUN on almost any clean oil, bio-diesel, etc,
though it may not be so good for other components.

Allan
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1991 Vanagon GL

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