[Vwdiesel] Occasional hard starting, ideas?

[James Hansen]

That's the pink stuff, isn't it? The Burntly Manual I have is pretty old, so
the more recent ones may have newer specs.
If that's what yours calls for, then yes, it's available only at the parts
counter of your friendly neighborhood VW of Atlantis dealer.
I've mixed DOT-5 and DOT-3 liquid smoke with no harmful results, but I had
replaced the semiconductor coolant as well, so there was plenty of fresh
eddy current buffer in the system.
-James

-----Original Message-----
From: vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com [mailto:vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com]On
Behalf Of Chris Geiser
Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 5:00 PM
To: 'diesel list'
Subject: RE: [Vwdiesel] Occasional hard starting, ideas?


I'm sure that I read where the VW manual requires phosphate-free, organic
DOT 5.2 carbon enhanced liquid smoke; only available by finding the lost
city of Atlantis and begging the queen mother to take US dollars...



-----Original Message-----
From: vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com [mailto:vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com] On
Behalf Of David Cook
Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 2:06 PM
To: diesel list
Subject: RE: [Vwdiesel] Occasional hard starting, ideas?

James-

Are you sure that DOT-5 Liquid Smoke and DOT-3,4 are
compatable?  I thought you could cause serious damage
by combining the two!  I'd have to replace the entire
smoke system to be able to switch to DOT-5!


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