[Vwdiesel] Re: Virtues of driving a diesel

[David Cook]

LOL, last thursday, I had a half tank of about a 50%
mix of diesel and oil in the tank.

I needed to go to my parent's house, so I decided to
add 2 gallons of oil, and then top the tank off before
leaving town.

Turned out I was running late, and thought, "Heck, the
engine is warm, it'll run okay."

So, I get going, and couldn't believe how little power
I had on the hills!

Eventually, the fuel return got the tank warmed up and
the power picked up, but I certainly learned that the
engine didn't like that thick of fuel!

Needless to say, after dinner with my parents, I
promptly topped the tank off with diesel.

David


--- rOLf peCHUkas <rbp at 4u2bu.org> wrote:

> > This afternoon I was driving downtown when I
> noticed that I was on 
> > empty. I
> > drove around for a while looking for a Gas statoin
> but couldn't find 
> > one. So
> > I did what any good VW diesel owner should do. I
> found a grocery store 
> > went
> > in and bought 6 litres of virgin Canola oil.
> Poured it into my 86 Golf 
> > in
> > the parking lot. (Go a few strange stares) And
> then drove home. 75km.
> > smiling ear to ear. :-)
> 
> 
> might want to top up the ol' tank w/ (bio)diesel
> or your injectors might not be so thrilled w/ you in
> coming days
> (they need a thin fuel to be happy, but it does not
> have to be 
> petroleum-based)
> (I always liked the smell of virgin Canola best - it
> actually makes me 
> want to breathe more exhaust - WVO never had that
> effect on me)
> Rolf
> 
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David Cook
Red '86 Cabriolet Diesel Powered
Red '90 g60 Corrado 
Brown and White '78 Westy Campmobile "Bear"
and others in various states of disrepair
Pictures here: community.webshots.com/user/superdave5599

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