[Vwdiesel] Waste engine oil

[David Cook]

Whoops, forgot to send to the group.

-DC

--- David Cook <vwdieselbunny at yahoo.com> wrote:

> I don't see that it could hurt the engine to do such
> small percentages.
> 
> However, (and I'm no enviro-nazi) I've heard that
> doing this can release bad things as emissions. 
> Heavy
> metals and such.  That seems irresponsible to me. 
> (On
> the other hand, it can't be much worse than the oil
> I
> spilled last weekend when changing it... [sheepish
> grin])  Maybe the filtering could/would remove this
> threat?
> 
> David
> 
> 
> --- Roger Brown <r.c.brown at ieee.org> wrote:
> 
> > 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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> 
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David Cook
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Red '90 g60 Corrado 
Brown and White '78 Westy Campmobile "Bear"
and others in various states of disrepair
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