On Sun, 27 Oct 2002, Jim Arnott wrote: > FWIW, there are two Diesel lists as well. <vwdiesel@vwfans.com> and > <Audi-VW-Diesels@yahoogroups.com>. I see a few of the Vanagon list's > members there on occasion. And there are a couple true experts there. Those lists are helpful, since the diesel vans have more in common with other diesel VW cars than other Vanagons, engine-wise. > I was new to them six months ago, but with the assistance of the > various lists I'm becoming a bit more educated and a lot more > confident. Diesels are slow, but they're fun and stone axe simple. Yeah...there's something really appealing about an engine that's so purely mechanical, isn't there? Once the glowplugs have done their work, the only electrical item needed to keep the engine running is the fuel solonoid. No cranky ECU, no bad oxygen sensors, no cracked solder joints. ;) _ _ __ _ _ _| | | | David M. Brodbeck (N8SRE) Ypsilanti, MI / _` | | | | | | +----------------------------------------------------- | (_| | |_| | | | @ cyberspace.org \__, |\__,_|_|_| "Only the government would call one half cup a |___/ reasonable serving of ice cream." -- Consumer Reports |
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