Thanks. Now it is all starting to make sense.
I still can't quite figure out why MEW and those improvement-plans-for-sale need the plates with all the holes and material under it,
or why people bother making WVO into Bio-D to burn it.
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I've done both and I can give my opinions.
The M>E>N> one was the first to try and go with something that would work indoors, like having the whole thing in a work shop and they wanted it to be environmentally clean as well. So they built theirs to meet this range.
The NEW improved ones are to fix the problem of the tin can wearing out, plus the fact that M>E>N> used Asbestos
for soaking up the oil instead of paper.
Is supposed to be much better and isn't harmed by heat, NOW kinda hard to won though
.
The plans I've seen are much better than original, still has problems with control. Hotter but still fluid control is still hands on.
The WVO to Bio-D to burn, from what I've messed with is due to injector size.
There's a Aussie here in St. L that owns the same style and year of MB except his is 4cyl and 4speed.
We talked a long time of one versus the other.
He uses WVO that's been filtered to 10microns only. He also has reworked how his MB gets the oil to the motor.
He did quite a rework too. He has a 10micron fuel filter with built in Racor heater 12V electric fuel pump in front of normal pump then another two fuel filters after normal fuel pump that are 10micron and 5micron another heater on the 5micron filter. He also installed "11" sized injectors versus the "05" that come stock like mine.
I also have a turbo set currently at 8psi boost of winter.
His system has been this way for about 3 years, when he was transferred to St.L) and has paid nothing in fuel since then.
Me, the only thing I do is up the boost in spring to 9psi boost.
I average 27mpg he averages 16mpg, but we both know he'll get better than me if he finishes attaching the turbo I gave him
. They really do make a difference.
So, it's probably no more than what the people are comfortable with doing.Mine has 176,000+ and its finally showing signs of needing a head gasket change. The MB people know I use my own Bio-D so they're anxious to see what it looks like.
FOR oil burners: I know when we lived in MI we had an oil burner and it had it's jets got clogged, & I like to have gone nuts cleaning it and getting it back assembled while the snow was screaming at the door.
SO for those I'd say it's what they're comfortable with as well. Bio-D is pour and go. WVO it could mean new jets?
Kinda long I know, but hopefully it'll help.
Cheers