sprinter van

geo · Feb 18, 2013

2 years old today just put 119,200 miles
in 3 day's put 1,300 miles on
running local is not easy 2
line haul is hard work

T270_Dreamin · Feb 21, 2013

geo said:
2 years old today just put 119,200 miles,
in 3 day's put 1,300 miles on
running local is not easy 2
line haul is hard work

119k is a baby. I'm at 190k and looking to go hundreds more.

Make sure you follow maintenance intervals.

Oil, air, cabin, fuel filters,
frequent transmission, oil, and rear differential fluid changes and it will run forever!
Also keep some good diesel fuel injector cleaner in your tank, standodyne, liqui moly, redline, motul, power service, etc.

Synthetic Oil Changes 0w40 or 5w40 is best every 12-15k.

ebsprintin · Feb 21, 2013

T270_Dreamin said:
119k is a baby. I'm at 190k and looking to go hundreds more.

Make sure you follow maintenance intervals.

Oil, air, cabin, fuel filters,
frequent transmission, oil, and rear differential fluid changes and it will run forever!
Also keep some good diesel fuel injector cleaner in your tank, standodyne, liqui moly, redline, motul, power service, etc.

Synthetic Oil Changes 0w40 or 5w40 is best every 12-15k.

Don't worry about geo. He has a pretty good handle on Sprinters.

eb

Swamp30 · Feb 21, 2013

ebsprintin said:
Don't worry about geo. He has a pretty good handle on Sprinters.

eb

Pretty sure geo been doing this alot longer than a lot here have had a cdl..

geo · Feb 21, 2013

due maintance and you won't end up on side of road
alway take care of things when there small
cause they only cost more when you have to fix them

OntarioVanMan · Feb 22, 2013

geo said:
due maintance and you won't end up on side of road
alway take care of things when there small
cause they only cost more when you have to fix them

geo.....have you yourself had ongoing DPF problems? Like most others have had....just curious...

golfournut · Feb 22, 2013

Knock on wood, but I haven't had any DPF problems. But I also don't idle.

OntarioVanMan · Feb 22, 2013

golfournut said:
Knock on wood, but I haven't had any DPF problems. But I also don't idle.

Geo lives out by you....
what is the bio diesel like out there? Do you have a lot of the 5-20% filling stations?
In your opinion....would your bio consumption be low....like the more then 5% range?

Hightech_Hobo · Feb 22, 2013

Bio WILL clog dpf filter!!...just two tanks did mine in....in a newer sprinter. I advise not using even a 5% mixture....

xiggi · Feb 22, 2013

Hightech_Hobo said:
Bio WILL clog dpf filter!!...just two tanks did mine in....in a newer sprinter. I advise not using even a 5% mixture....

How do you know for sure it was two tanks of Bio that clogged it? That is a lot of soot from only two tanks of fuel.

Sent from my Fisher Price - ABC 123

geo · Feb 22, 2013

i have problems but with def system but at 80, to 90,000
but using ace's II kept these problem down
problem with bio diesel stanard's are not same each time they make it
they still don't have it right
mb say's don't use bio diesel yet
they have to get it better before i would even think of using it

OntarioVanMan · Feb 22, 2013

geo said:
i have problems but with def system but at 80, to 90,000
but using ace's II kept these problem down
problem with bio diesel stanard's are not same each time they make it
they still don't have it right
mb say's don't use bio diesel yet
they have to get it better before i would even think of using it

Bio is hard to avoid... It's those this pump may contain 5-20% pumps I hate!