[Vwdiesel] Vwdiesel Digest, Vol 23, Issue 42

[HWY9FERGS@cs.com]

In a message dated 9/20/2005 7:58:52 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
vwdiesel-request at vwfans.com writes: 
> After my initial skepticism, I figure it can't hurt to find out a bit 
> more! About how many hours of labor to do this? Assuming that my 
> mechanic has never done anything like this (and I don't think he has), 
> should I add on a fudge factor? Going rate for a wrecking-yard diesel 
> engine? I imagine I could drive the car as a gasser for a while, look 
> around for a donor engine, and spread out the cost over time. I 
> contacted my state's DMV about the legalities of this, and apparently 
> it's OK, if you cross all the T's and include all the stuff that would 
> have been on a diesel car from the factory.
> 
> I'd expect this to be at least a little more complicated than replacing 
> a gas engine with another gas engine--surely there are things that are 
> present on a gasser and absent on a diesel and vice versa?
> 
> By any chance does NA stand for normally aspirated?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> 
Knowing this is sacrilege, I'm going to just put this out there on the diesel 
list.  If you are paying a mechanic or shop to do it, it may make more sense 
to just pay for the gasoline.  On the other hand, if you will be producing 
your own bio diesel, that's entirely a different story.  Ferg