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Date:         Sun, 27 Dec 2009 10:49:09 -0500
Reply-To:     Woody Halsey <WHalsey@SYA.ORG>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Woody Halsey <WHalsey@SYA.ORG>
Subject:      Re: Air-cooled, gas, diesel
Comments: To: Michael Snow <slowmachine82@GMAIL.COM>
In-Reply-To:  A<97bf82910912270610q74b71b9x12e2ed825dcaf12a@mail.gmail.com>
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Ever more frustrated -- after 23 patient years -- with the second 1.9 gas engine I have had in my 83.5 V'gon, I am thinking seriously of installing (that is, asking someone else to install for me) a diesel. Does anyone know a source in the Massachusetts area?


Woody
Haverhill, MA 
 






-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Michael Snow
Sent: Sunday, December 27, 2009 9:11 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Air-cooled, gas, diesel


On Sun, Dec 27, 2009 at 8:13 AM, Stephen Cebula <sfcebula@yahoo.com> wrote:
> While we're on the subject of engine types, what about diesel vs gas powered?  Besides the obvious lack of power.  Are there any advantages to the stock diesels other than fuel economy, like reliability for example?  From what I've heard and experienced, I'm partial to the 1.9 gas, but I'm wondering if I should expand my horizons.
>


The diesel has in its favor, mechanical simplicity and independence
from the myriad of electrical problems that plague the fuel-injected
gas models.


-- 
Michael Snow
1987 Syncro TiiCo
1982 Westfalia 1.9TD
http://slowmachine82.blogspot.com/
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