Flooring it on the freeway? - Page 4 - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

BillGrissom · #46 10-07-2015, 02:43 PM

If you aren't flooring it occasionally, your vehicle is grossly over-powered, which is wasteful, but typical in the U.S. Long ago I was in Indonesia when they were advertising the new Super Kijang minivan with the new powerful 1.0 L engine. You should see the loads they carry there. People say my 2.4L minvan is under-powered, but if I floor it so it downshifts and let the 4 valves/cyl breath at high rpm I can pass easily. Don't be afraid to spin your engine. That is where the HP lies.

vince77 · #47 10-07-2015, 05:10 PM

Also, if you never floor it going up a hill, you never get to see the billowing cloud lit up by the HID headlights of the guy tailing you at night.

Between that and my shadow in front of me, I'm all smiles heading to work early in the morning.

vwnate1 · #48 10-07-2015, 05:33 PM

You guys need to try maintaining and repairing your cars as they're not supposed to bellow smoke , not even under full load .

Am I the only one here who remembers these when new ? . I doubt that .

leathermang · #49 10-07-2015, 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by vwnate1

....Am I the only one here who remembers these when new ? ....

Yes , you are 40 years older than any other member here.... we are surprised you can still type.... or see ... we don't know if you can hear...
hang in there...

vwnate1 · #50 10-07-2015, 05:49 PM

Ouch Greg

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The hearing loss is the worst thing , I hate it.....

cooljjay · #51 10-07-2015, 06:16 PM

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Originally Posted by vwnate1

You guys need to try maintaining and repairing your cars as they're not supposed to bellow smoke , not even under full load....

Actually if you own a euro model, removed the ADA, EGR and/or ALDA. You will see a black cloud behind the car if you have the peddle smashed to the floor and climbing a hill.....Its normal, not enough oxygen in the air.....Typically a person will back off the throttle to not allow so much fuel into the cylinders....

vince77 · #52 10-07-2015, 06:25 PM

Only see the smoke when the sun's down, I'm crawling up a hill, and my tail is lit up by somebody's xenon's... Otherwise, not really a puff so far as I can tell. Pretty sure I need valve seals... but I'm only 38 so can't be bothered to care enough and change them.

ollo · #53 10-07-2015, 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by vwnate1

Am I the only one here who remembers these when new ? . I doubt that .

Ha! Semaphore signals & flower vases. Not only do I remember them, I remember my Uncle Harry's shiny, new 1953 VW, I also remember dad's reaction (during a trip from California to Nebraska) when people would crowd around to get a look at it. They barely noticed his new 1954 Plymouth Belvedere. Don

leathermang · #54 10-07-2015, 07:25 PM

And the power to the window washing fluid spraying being the connection to the spare tire air valve.....

cooljjay · #55 10-07-2015, 08:53 PM

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Originally Posted by vince77

Only see the smoke when the sun's down, I'm crawling up a hill, and my tail is lit up by somebody's xenon's...

Oh GOD! I hate those headlights!!!! Specially since our cars sit at a normal height and now a days all the new vehicles you need step ladders to get in....

Mark DiSilvestro · #56 10-07-2015, 09:15 PM

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Originally Posted by ollo

Ha! Semaphore signals & flower vases. Not only do I remember them, I remember my Uncle Harry's shiny, new 1953 VW, I also remember dad's reaction (during a trip from California to Nebraska) when people would crowd around to get a look at it. They barely noticed his new 1954 Plymouth Belvedere. Don

Back in the late '70s, I remember the semaphores were often missing on old cars (early Beetles & Morris Minors) that would come into the shop where I worked. The owners claimed Virginia safety inspectors would insist those be removed as they wouldn't pass some Virginia inspection regulation.
One of these idiot inspectors failed my Dads Euro '66 250SE for the fog-lights, citing a Virginia regulation prohibiting more than 4 headlights on a vehicle. (This car had US sealed-beams installed by a PO, as the Mercedes Euro lights were also prohibited back then)
We removed the fogs, passed inspection, reinstalled the fogs, and Dad took the car to other inspectors after that without any hassles.

At that time, my Mom also had a '70 VW Squareback with the washers powered off the spare tire.

I've only seen pictures of the flower vases.

Happy Motoring, Mark

leathermang · #57 10-07-2015, 09:49 PM

Those semaphores, for those who have not seen them... were little sticks right behind the front door about head height... the interesting thing is that in Germany at the time...
if you were in a parking space and put out that little arm YOU HAD THE RIGHT OF WAY...
yikes... I was there in 1953 ... four years old... we had a 1950 Buick brought from the States.. some of the streets were so narrow it would not go down them.. but a VW would...

mannys9130 · #58 10-07-2015, 09:58 PM

There shouldn't be any visible smoke during the day (black, blue, or white). At night with headlights shining through, you will be able to notice a little smoke as you accelerate. It shouldn't smoke constantly either.

Billowing clouds are bad.

cooljjay · #59 10-08-2015, 12:00 AM

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Originally Posted by mannys9130

There shouldn't be any visible smoke during the day (black, blue, or white).

You really really and again really need to do more studying before you go out and state that there Shouldn't...."If" big "if" all the smog crap is working correctly there will be no cloud....When there is no smog stuff on the engine or it isn't working correctly there will be a cloud....

Ever seen a simi climbing a hill and see the black cloud? Ever see tractors producing a black cloud? If the right combination of oxygen and fuel isn't present you will get a cloud...This can be because of environment or mechanics..

Red necks increase fuel out put to purposely create a black cloud...

I am not saying anymore because you are always right no matter what and I see this in other threads....

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Diesel engines only make significant amounts of soot [1] [2] when running without enough oxygen. This is usually mitigated in a turbocharged diesel engine.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel_exhaust

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Black Smoke - this is the most common one and is really just an imbalance in the air to fuel ratio - too much fuel to not enough air. This means either too much fuel is being added to the mix or there's not enough oxygen being supplied to burn the fuel. The black smoke is full of particulates that are basically large diesel particles that normally would be burned as fuel. Any way you look at it, a diesel truck emitting black smoke is not going to be getting the optimal fuel mileage it should be getting.

Diesel engine problems: black smoke explained

vince77 · #60 10-08-2015, 12:08 AM

Yea... had to google semaphore signal... just saying.

I did drive a rusty Mini in England that had the signals, but they had long since seized up. Sort of like the rear axle when the brake servo flaked out. Fortunately, I wasn't in the car when that happened.

I don't recall if it smoked much... probably did.