Date:         Mon, 24 Jan 2000 04:54:48 EST
Reply-To:     Oxroad@AOL.COM
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jeffrey R <Oxroad@AOL.COM>
Subject:      Re: French Fry Exhaust, Was:  biodesiel
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In a message dated 00-01-23 23:50:15 EST, you write:

>  It seems like it just can't be this easy.  If it is, why
>  aren't all of the desiel Vanagon owners on this list running on french fry
>  waste?

Car talk had a woman call in from a commune out west somewhere a few weeks
back who had trouble burning biodiesel in a Vanagon. the biodiesel worked fin
in several vehicles--a John Deer Tractor and some others, maybe even a diesel
rabbit...I can't exactly remember. But the biodeisel in the Vanagon kept
clogging some hoses or rather fuel lines as it corroded them and they
degenerated from the inside. Even when they were replaced they new lines
would corrode soon after installation.

the Tappet Bros. suggested the composition of the fuel lines in the Vanagon
most likely made them uncompatable with the properties of the biodiesel. They
suggested the commune replace the fuel lines again and burn diesel fuel--not
biodiesel.

I'm no expert. I'm just repeating what I've heard.

Jeff
83.5 Westy
NYC