Actually, he kept the factory tank and added a fuel cell of sorts into the rear tire well. There is a switch on the dash that will alternate between the two, so he only needs to run it a few minutes on regular diesel before he heads to the dealer. Explaining how the techs all seem to crave McDonalds after working on his car is another story.... ~Rich -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Tim Demarest Sent: Tuesday, March 16, 2004 9:56 AM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: [VANAGON] " you fixed it with what?!"
At 12:19 PM 3/16/2004 -0500, JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote: >In a message dated 3/16/04 3:30:41 AM Eastern Standard Time, >gezuvor@HOTMAIL.COM writes: > > > > I have a buddy that runs cooking oil in his 03 New Beetle TDI > >man im sure that voids the factory warranty for sure... .. you just have to fill it up with pump-diesel before you bring it in for service. As long as they don't find a french fry in the fuel filter, you're A-OK. |
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