Non car people and their crazy fuel saving ideas.

We see a lot of bio diesels at our shop. Beat up, POS wrecks they think are so cool because they live on vegetable oil and smell like Burger King. One guy had his wreck of a 84 Mercedes 300 SD with fuel ... sorry, oil lines hanging so low they dragged on the ground on bumps. Oil was leaking HEAVILY from every orifice. It leaked oil so badly that it was actually dripping off the rear bumper. He was just proud as hell of this car because it was bio diesel. His complaint? No blower motor operation. We spent an two hours disassembling dash and diagnosing his issue. He needed a blower resistor / controller and a dash control panel. Let me tell you, these parts aren't easy to come by. His bill, had he chosen to fix it was just over $1000 for diagnosis and repair. To fix his blower motor. Thank God he is saving so much running vegetable oil.