[Vwdiesel] Candle for a Rabbit----? ( Bell Book and Candle )

[James Hansen]

Well Randy, I have had one car, 89 Jetta TD with 580K kms on it, original
everything, no rebuilds other than consumables.
IP is original. Still functions fine for the current owner (my diesel
understudy, if you will) with the only thing other than fuel in the fuel
system being stanadyne world blend every third tank or so, and occasionally
a shot of kerosene plus some Isoropal alcohol due to running out of power in
winter.  Oh and some 2 cycle oil on occasion.
The wax will certainly assist in lubrication of the pump, but in
Saskatchewan, I have to say I have seen no evidence of fuel lacking
lubrication.
Adding paraffin wax to fuel in cold winter would be pretty much a
push-me-over-the-cliff type stoopid act.  May as well add water if it's much
below zero, You'd get the same result, and stay closer to home before the
car quit.
-James
  -----Original Message-----
  From: Randy Tyler [mailto:persistantwriter at yahoo.ca]
  Sent: Monday, January 02, 2006 3:21 PM
  To: jhsg at sasktel.net; vwdiesel at vwfans.com
  Subject: RE: [Vwdiesel] Candle for a Rabbit----? ( Bell Book and Candle )


  What am I missing??

  I buy expensive winter grade fuel with a low cloud point which has the
paraffin wax removed.  Then I buy the removed food grade paraffin wax at an
inflated price and put it back in.  I practise recycling of some products
but I intend to give this a pass for the next while.  My engine with its
injectors, lube oil, pumps and cooling system was designed around a certain
standard of diesel fuel.

  Paraffin candles have a wider range of quality control and standard than
North American diesel fuel because of imports.

  There are paraffin fuelled diesel engines just as there are bunker fuelled
diesel engines but they have been designed that way.

  More data is needed otherwise this subject belongs in the urban legend
category.

  Randy

  James Hansen <jhsg at sasktel.net> wrote:
    So what is the effect of stearic acid on an injection pump and
injectors?
    Paraffin candles have stearic acid added to raise the melting point, so
the
    flame burns better, the wax melts slower and the melted wax pool doesn't
    over flow. That's what makes drippless candles "dripless".
    I can see adding straight pure paraffin wax in SUMMER ONLY. Fatty acids
    however, may F up the injector tips prematurely, it would be like
burning
    soap.
    -James
    (collector of a brain full of seemingly useless facts)




    No David and ALL I did not shove the candle into the fuel tank --BUT on
a
    hot summers
    day ? ---yes I would do just that.---pull the wick out first. (no need
to
    light it).

    I use ParoWax by conros ---it used to say ESSO on the boxes--.Candles
    ? I insist
    on PARAFFIN candles. ---NOT those other ones. I do dissolve first ---
    and make a
    concentrate. Then add according to outside temperature.--To make sure it
    does not clog
    screen in tank --- that works. for me.

    Svend.

    PS : At a lot of stores ParoWax goes on sale after canning season is
    done
    with. --So I stock up then. ----Candles go on sale in January ? use a
    scale to get
    maximum Wax per dollar or Pound UK.
    How many candles (butts) is put in the garbage in Seattle after
Christmas
    ? ---I could
    drive all the way to the east coast on nothing but them candles---on a
HOT
    summers
    day. ---Fuel is where you find it.
    Paraffin wax lubricates your cylinders too --not to forget.

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