[Vwdiesel] Waste engine oil

Roger Brown r.c.brown at ieee.org
Sun Sep 25 12:13:28 EDT 2005


Libbybapa at wmconnect.com wrote:
> Can a vw diesel be run on waste engine oil (obviously after serious 
> filtration)?  What issues are involved?  What percentages?

Supposedly can cause problems with coking on the injectors, but I ran my old 1.6D engine on 1/2 qt. of old oil per tankfull for 
several years w/o any adverse affects that I could tell.  At that rate it would burn an oil change worth of used oil every 3000 
miles or so.

-- 
    Roger



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