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Date:         Thu, 14 Dec 2006 12:22:42 -0500
Reply-To:     Ron Komoroski <motresyklman@LYNCHBURG.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Ron Komoroski <motresyklman@LYNCHBURG.NET>
Subject:      Re: Diesel (AAZ) engine conversion questions
Comments: To: David Etter <detter@MAIL.AURACOM.COM>
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My wife just bought a new late '06 Jetta TDI. I'm sure the old type diesel will be around as long as she owns the car (8-10 years planned) Think about it, how many hundreds of thousands of diesel vehicles are on the road today, (not to mention all the buildings & homes being heated w/number 2 fuel oil). Can the economy really afford to make them all unusable in the next few years? Ron Komoroski ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Etter" <detter@MAIL.AURACOM.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2006 11:38 AM Subject: Re: Diesel (AAZ) engine conversion questions

> My worry centres on just what precautions owners of older TD's will > have to take when running on this new ULSD. Should we be adding a > supplement... sort of a dieselviagra additive or something to harden > the valves. > > David (dsl82westy) > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > >>What I understand is to the contrary....the older fuel systems would >>NOT run well on the new ULSD, and VW opted to wait until 2008 to >>bring out an completely new fuel system that would work better with >>ULSD. Diesel bubbas, what do you say? BTW, we now have the ULSD >>here in Florida. >>Anthony >>'89 Syncro GL (Hidalgo) >> >>d spence <dkspence@TELUS.NET> wrote: When I spoke with the local >>dealer this summer he mentioned no diesels >>for 07 because US fuel was too dirty for their new clean burn diesel >>engines. The cruddy diesel in the US would foul the injectors and they >>would suffer from a warranty and image perspective. >> >> Petro Canada is currently building a clean diesel refinery here in >>Edmonton to supply the western Canadian market so we will have clean >>diesel. However, IF VW would sell me a new tech TDI and IF I drove in >>the USA the likelihood of fuel related problems is very high. That was >>his story and there are no new tech TDIs in north america and won't be >>until US oil cleans up it's act. >>


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