Date: Thu, 3 May 2012 14:49:09 -0700
Reply-To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject: Re: was Still lousy gas mileage now TDI conversions
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one thing I would like to suggest..
the world of VW diesel *cars* and the world of VW diesel Vanagons are
two entirely different worlds.
it's very common to hear ...'I got 300K+ miles out of my whatever
...jetta tdi blah blah blah' ...
and yes...in a small CAR ...
push a vanagon with VW's car engine , which all of the diesels are, with
one exception ..
and it's just rougher on the engine,
pushing that big box, than it is pushing a little car around.
VW has done that forever, starting with putting their 36 hp Bug engine
in Split Window Buses. ..
and ...heck..
if diesel vanagons were not so just Excellent in the 'vanagon' part ..
hardly any would be alive as they came here from VW with a 48 hp car
engine .
There are riding lawn mowers with more power than that !
and ...sorry ...just can't help noticing ...
one AHU I know of ...don't know the miles on the engine when it came
out of a jetta ..
and obviously that engine was not cared for ..........it was just
thrashed in every way, needed full rebuilding.
They are less idiot proof than lots of engines, I think is far to say.
On 5/3/2012 5:32 AM, ralph meyermann wrote:
> I do like the simple one wire fuel shut off solenoid for my diesel instead
> of the afm,tps,o2... sensors. It makes it easier to diagnose runability
> issues. I just need more power/torque and would like to keep the simplicity
> of it even though of the higher repair costs!
>
> Velma 82diesel 1.6 na westy
>
> On May 3, 2012 5:52 AM, "Chris S."<szpejankowski@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Every time I read a diesel post by mr. Turbovans here it's the same thing.
> Turbos fail, injection pumps fail, timing belts fail, diesel is expensive,
> etc.
>
> Well, new gasoline engines are smaller, often turbocharged, have direct
> injection and may require super unleaded which costs about as much as
> diesel. Realistically, the price of diesel and super unleaded often carries
> a 10% penalty over regular. This penalty for diesel may grow slightly
> higher in the winter.
>
> But diesel engines are at least 30% more efficient than gas and frequently
> return MPG a bit higher than EPA can manage. As an example my Beetle TDI
> was about 50% more efficient than a comparable gas model. The truth is the
> more expensive gas, the more you save.
>
> But I don't expect you to take my word fir it. For some realistic
> information head over to TDICLUB.COM.
>
> Chris.
>
> Wysłane z iPhone'a
>
> Dnia May 3, 2012 o godz. 0:59 Scott Daniel - Turbovans<
> scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM> napisał(a):
>
>
>> nice informative post.
>> good to read.
>>
>> nice that your diesel is cheaper than gas, like it us...
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