hi cp,
I too am in Vancouver area, Port Moody.  we should get together sometime and
compare notes.
my car is a 1980 300D, running V75D. (Veg 75% Diesel).

send me a private email to karma at canada dot com.

cheers,
Dave.

You might not even need a kit. Get a source of used oil and filter it well
and just drive on it. I drive sometimes on new canola
which can clog up injectors but burned oil is no problem. Once oil has gone
through transesterification to get rid of the glycerine
it is referred to as biodiesel.

Check out this book which explains it all

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0970722702/wwwdataunlimi-20creative=32764
1&camp=14573&link_code=as1

cp

"Hi,
I am the Business Developer for a company that sells Biodiesel. For a
Mercedes you do not need a conversion kit. You can mix bio at any ratio

with reg diesel also. I have a 1982 300sd that runs great with b100 as
well as many others. The only thing you will have to do is change your
fuel filter after a few tanks as the bio will clean all the gunk from
the
fuel lines and clog. It is a solvent and lubricant as well. After that
your engine will be cleaned also . So you may want to carry a few
filters
in the glove box just in case. Sometimes rust deposits clog up even
after
a long period of use. In cold weather you may have a cold start as the
fuel is thicker. If you have any questions.....please ask. "

Doesn't a lot of this depend on what exactly the "biodiesel" is?  One
of the main purposes of the conversion kits is to allow switching back
to regular diesel to fill the fuel lines so that the car will still
start when it's 5 - 20F in the winter.  At those temps, with many
biodiesel products, without the switchover, you wouldn;t have a cold
start, you would have a no start.

Are there any industry standards for biodiesel viscosity/pourability?
Without that or knowing that you will always be able to buy from the
same supplier, in a place with reasonably cold winters, I would think
you would in fact need the conversion kit.