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[Just Carbs]

Not on the older mechanically injected diesels. I have spoken with more than one person that was dumping the vegetable oil directly in the fuel tank.

On electronic fuel injection pump vehicles, you must do what you describe.
I looked into this as at the time. I had a 1995 GMC turbo diesel C2500 Suburban with electronic fuel injection.

I seen the neighbor pour it directly into the tank and drive away.

Now, he had quite the filtration system in his garage that removed all particles less than X (I can’t remember the number). I also remember seeing him pouring the vegetable oil into buckets through cheesecloth in a funnel.

So, you are correct about the newer electronically fuel injected vehicles.

My plan is to just buy the diesel for this old 300D. I don't think it will be driven enough to get any monetary benefit from anything else.

 

[Jakter]

Avoiding Engine Trouble When Running Vegetable Oil in your Diesel | Engine Problem | MercedesSource.com

There is no such thing as just dumping vegetable oil in the tank and running it.
Used oil needs to go through extensive filtering and if their using virgin vegetable oil the're probably spending as much or more than diesel fuel.

The idea that restaurants will give you the used oil for free is not true as they use and probably get paid for it from the used oil recyclers.

When diesel fuel prices went up several years ago the Diesel Mercedes forums had many threads about running vegetable oil as well as many threads wondering why their cars were running poorly on vegetable oil.

On those forums nobody had put 200k/300k miles on vegetable oil and eventually either sold the car or went back to straight diesel after replacing their injectors and cleaning their fuel tank and everything up to the injectors.

If someone thinks they're going to get the used oil when the restaurant is closed, that is stealing.

 

[Jakter]

I believe the hood opens to 90 degrees for easier access, if you're not already aware of it.

 

[Joesportfury]

Cut trunk floor out of 65 Fury last weekend.Heading over to donor to drill out about a 100 spot welds today