[Vwdiesel] Crappy fuel? (was Touareg)

[TexasTDI]

As of the 2003MY big rigs must have EGR's.  And eventually they'll have
catalytic converters too.

Chris Thornton
1991 VW Jetta GL 2 Door 1.6D - 234k miles
2000 VW Golf GLS 1.9TDI 130hp/229ftlbs - 77k miles
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Nate Wall" <nwall at opei.org>
To: "TexasTDI" <TexasVWdriver at hotmail.com>
Cc: "Mary Beth and Chris Geiser" <geiser at execpc.com>; <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 9:03 AM
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Crappy fuel? (was Touareg)


> Its interesting, but the big, over-the-highway tractor trailer rigs run
draft
> tubes, as do city buses, at least they did the last time I checked, to
vent
> crancase vapors to the atmosphere, so it must be bad to reroute them. EPA
may
> have changed this by now, though.
>
> Cars and small engine (like lawnmower motors) crancases were vented to
> atmosphere in the US up until 1961, or 1962 model year. California caused
the
> EPA to adopt the rerouting of crancase vapors after substantial research
was
> done in the late 1950s bacause of smog in the LA basin. I actually read
some of
> the SAE papers from that era. The test PCV valves looked just like the
valves
> used today! It was determined that burning the blow-by vapors would reduce
> hydrocarbon emissions from cars by 25% and at a cost of a couple bucks per
car.
> I'm not sure if they ran engine durability tests, though.
>
> --Nate