Has anyone seen this before? http://www.greenbenz.com/ It's a site that is converting old mercs to run on a one tank SVO system with something to make electrolysis happen and then put the hydrogen and oxygen back in through the engine to give the car more MPG. Any comments?

interesting. Must be they who just sold a conversion like this on Ebay. Didn't realize they were a company pushing this idea.

Hate seeing stuff like this. Gives all us legit veg fuel guys a bad reputation

I found the company via ebay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Mercedes-Benz-300-Series...dZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW

Only $3150, too bad there are no pictures of the conversion / engine.

You can get a reputable two tank kit for that amount.

I bought one of Green-benz cars & drove it a few weeks; fine in warm weather, had to mix 20% diesel below 50°F. For other reasons (not completing repairs per sales contract) I ended up taking him to small claims. After 6 months from appeal, I finally won a settlement and returned the car. What a relief; a lesson in WVO & ebay.

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Originally posted by Surf Sled:
I bought one of Green-benz cars & drove it a few weeks; fine in warm weather, had to mix 20% diesel below 50°F. For other reasons (not completing repairs per sales contract) I ended up taking him to small claims. After 6 months from appeal, I finally won a settlement and returned the car. What a relief; a lesson in WVO & ebay.

There are a lot of easier ways to learn about WVO. I am sorry you "got the short end of the stick" with Green-Benz. I have not heard anything good about this guy. I hope your experience has not turned you off to the idea of owning a WVO fueled vehicle. There was a time when I would have been excomunicated from the family if I brought home a Diesel, but now I have 5! I always thought of them as smelly and polluting, but that has changed for me!

Well, I revisited their website and it's completely different. They no longer offer a car with hydrogen option on it.

Thanks for the info, I'm sure it will help someone out!

Dave

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