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Date:         Wed, 22 Dec 1999 14:58:28 -0500
Reply-To:     Bulley <gmbulley@BULLEY-HEWLETT.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Bulley <gmbulley@BULLEY-HEWLETT.COM>
Subject:      Sulfur out of Diesel

It's weird...I listened to the "Sky is falling" stuff about sulfur going out of diesel, and bought Stanadyne, and Hobbs additives for a couple years. Did a C/B analysis and realized I could buy a new fuel pump every three-four years for what I was putting into my tank in additives. Stopped putting them in three and a half years ago. Guess what happened...

Nothing. My Jetta TD has nearly 190k on the original pump and injectors and drinks regular ol' diesel from pumps up and down the East Coast. Runs like a top. I put FI cleaner in every once in a while, but nothing else. I get roughly 42 mpg driving like a banshee.

I think the same folks who gave us the "sky is falling without Sulfur in Diesel" are the same folks who a delivering the Y2K computer scare that will soon prove to be nothing.

G. Matthew Bulley Bulley-Hewlett Corporate Communications Counselors www.bulley-hewlett.com Cary, NC USA 888.468.4880 tollfree

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-----Original Message----- From: Horace K. Sawyer [SMTP:firestream@MINDSPRING.COM] Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 1999 2:32 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: New EPA rules for gasoline

I seem to recall that there was a lowering >of sulphur levels in Diesel fuel some years ago. It supposedly played hell on >VW, Volvo, MB, and other automotive Diesel engines because the sulphur was >acting as a fuel system lubricant (?) and the lack thereof caused injector and >injector pump failure (at least that's how I remember it).

SUPPOSEDLY nothing, it in fact trashed many a diesel fuel injection pump. Two of them belonging to your humble servant. At the time I had two BMW 524td's, an MB td, and some misc td's.

Now we add Redline, ATF, or other nice ingredients to diesel to make it real nice and slicky.

No more problems, two rebuilt pumps later . . .

Merry Christmas and happy Holidays HK


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