Date: Thu, 5 Sep 2013 20:53:01 -0500
Reply-To: Tom Hargrave <thargrav@HIWAAY.NET>
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From: Tom Hargrave <thargrav@HIWAAY.NET>
Subject: Re: Early Friday Post--don't open until September 6
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Or if you are a diabetic.....
There is a lot of bad information on the web!
Thanks, Tom Hargrave
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-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of
Scott Daniel
Sent: Thursday, September 5, 2013 8:51 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Early Friday Post--don't open until September 6
part A ..just reporting what I read.
part B ....just wanted to see if you were paying attention ! :)
actually , you have to boil and condense you pee some,then it'll work.
And it depends on how much beer/coffee/gin one drinkstoo, and how good yer
martini's are.
YMMV.
On 9/5/2013 6:38 PM, Tom Hargrave wrote:
> The engine won't stop running if it runs out of urea - a dash light
> just comes on.
>
> And no, you can't just pee in the tank.
>
> Thanks, Tom Hargrave
> www.kegkits.com
> www.stir-plate.com
> www.towercooler.com
> www.grow-sun.com
> www.raspberryproject.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On
> Behalf Of Scott Daniel
> Sent: Thursday, September 5, 2013 6:58 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Early Friday Post--don't open until September 6
>
> It' sbeen standard now in many US model diesel cars..
> just guessing, perhaps at least 6 years , for Mercedes Benz dieselshere.
>
> called 'urea injection' I believe.
> you can pee in the diesel fluid tank in an emergency.
>
> recently a diesel ambulance would not go due to shortage of that
> fluid, another abulance had to be called ....it resulted in a patient
> death ...prettysure I read that recently.
>
> How much time do vanagon list members spend reading per week I wonder ?
>
>
>
> On 9/5/2013 4:16 PM, Jim Felder wrote:
>> Shows how modern I am. I have heard of the chemical urea, but had no
>> idea it had any use in a diesel engine.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 6:01 PM, Scott Daniel
> <scottdaniel@turbovans.com>wrote:
>>> You are not familiar with Urea , a liquid that most modern US
>>> model diesel cars and light trucks need these days ?
>>> Did you google it ?
>>> Might learn readily by doing that.
>>>
>>> Chevagon ?
>>>
>>>
>>> On 9/5/2013 3:49 PM, Jim Felder wrote:
>>>
>>> I will be traveling from early until late tomorrow, but I just have
>>> to have input on this matter ASAP!
>>>
>>> I'm looking at a mailer that Chevrolet sent me advertising a Chevy
>>> Cruze Clean Turbo Diesel, and the brochure compares it favorably (of
>>> course) with a VW TDI.
>>>
>>> But here's the part that gets me:
>>>
>>> In the section that explains Chevy's 2-Year Schedule Maintenance
>>> Program, there's this entry under the "free" category:
>>>
>>> "Diesel Exhaust Fluid Refills"
>>>
>>> Huh? Is this to be filed with Johnson Rods and Overhead Muffler
>>> Bearing pranks? What is a "Diesel Exhaust Fluid Refill," and what
>>> exactly is Diesel Exhaust Fluid?
>>>
>>> Anxious to find out what my Diesel Westy is missing,
>>>
>>> Jim
>>>
>>> PS What a Vanagon conversion this Chevy engine would make if it is
>>> any good! I have heard nothing but good from people I know who have
> driven them.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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