[Vwdiesel] 150000 milestone

Mon Oct 9 11:31:20 EDT 2006

I got the filter on ebay for about $30.  So yes it is worth it.  I do intend 
to pick up some of the 1 -5 micron sock filters however.  I actually do all 
the mixing outside of the tank.  Hayden

"Those who would sacrifice Liberty for Security, deserve neither Liberty nor 
Security." B. Franklin
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "mikitka" <mikitka at earthlink.net>
To: <dieseltdi at verizon.net>
Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 9:40 AM
Subject: RE: [Vwdiesel] 150000 milestone

> Wow, you have an expensive filter there.  I looked up the Oberg and it is
> $244.  That thing better filter well and last a long time for that price.
> Amazing. I'll have to use sock filters I guess. Didn't think to mix some
> diesel with the oil to help it flow and filter better since it is just 
> going
> to mix in the tank anyway. Makes sense.
>
> Thanks
> Nick
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dieseltdi at verizon.net [mailto:dieseltdi at verizon.net]
> Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 8:13 AM
> To: mikitka
> Cc: VW diesel mail list
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] 150000 milestone
>
> I let it settle for a few days first, you would be amazed at what
> will settle out of oil that looks "clear".  Then it goes through a
> fiber restaurant filter cone, then an Oberg 600  28 micron screen
> filter and finally, after mixing with the diesel, through a 10 micron
> fuel filter and then into the tank where it is filtered one last time
> by the on board filter.  Hayden
>
> On Oct 9, 2006, at 5:10 AM, mikitka wrote:
>
>> How have you been filtering your WVO?  I have 36 gallons of it
>> sitting in
>> the garage right now and still don't have my processor done. I just
>> need to
>> finish that up and get my meth. But I have run some WVO that I got
>> from
>> individuals that bought the 5 gallon peanut oil fried a turkey and
>> then
>> wanted to get rid of the oil. So it was easy to filter since it
>> looked brand
>> new. So I just poured it in my tank running about that 5 gallons to
>> a 3/4
>> full tank of diesel.  I was just curious as to how you filtered the
>> nasty
>> restaurant stuff.
>> Thanks,
>> Nick
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com [mailto:vwdiesel-
>> bounces at vwfans.com] On
>> Behalf Of dieseltdi at verizon.net
>> Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2006 8:31 PM
>> To: VW TDI Mail List; VW diesel mail list; Audi-VW-diesels Mail list
>> Subject: [Vwdiesel] 150000 milestone
>>
>> Well my 98 reached the 150000 mile mark last Sunday, 90000 of it my
>> own.  Since this is such a momentous occasion, I figured I would sit
>> down and figure out what I have purchased to keep the car on the road
>> (not including oil and diesel).  So my list looks like this:
>>
>> 2 sets of tires (second set I went to 15" wheels and tires the old
>> 14" wheels and tires are on my Caddy)
>> 2 sets of brake pads/shoes
>> 1 set of drums and 1 set of discs
>> 2 sets of struts and shocks (first set was a used set from a GLI so I
>> could get stiffer springs, just replaced them last week)
>> 1 N75 valve
>> 1 turbo (see my web page for what a turbo looks like when they come
>> apart at speed)
>> 4 turbo oil supply lines and 4 oil supply line brackets (guess what
>> happens  to the supply line when the bracket breaks?)
>> 4 fuel filters
>> 9 oil filters
>> 2 timing belts, serpentine belts, tensioners and V belts
>> 2 intake cleanings (60000 and 120000 at the same time as timing belt)
>> 1 K&N air filter
>> 1 glow plug harness
>> 1 glow plug relay
>> 4 glow plugs
>> 4 injectors (didn't really need to replace them but I got a good deal
>> on new ones)
>> 1 diesel geek oversized oil cooler
>> 1 set of Wetteraur speed chips
>> about 10 feet of vacuum hose
>>   1 drivers side head light assembly
>> full set of gauges - boost, EGR and oil temp
>> removed EGR cooler due to fractured exhaust flex pipe fittings now
>> runs like a 1Z
>> and probably a few other things if I thought about it!
>>
>> Car still runs great, averages 34-36 mpg in my short run back and
>> forth to work and mid 40's on the highway.  I normally run biodiesel
>> but have lost my methanol supplier so lately I have been running a
>> 50/50 mix of filtered WVO and diesel.  Actually gets better mpg than
>> on biodiesel.   Car has been through 2 Texas hailstorms so it is a
>> bit ugly but it still serves it purpose.  I am hoping to keep it up
>> and running so that I can take delivery of a 2008 CDI Jetta in the
>> Fall of 07 or spring of 08.  Hayden
>>
>> " Those who are willing to sacrifice Liberty for Security, deserve
>> neither Liberty nor Security."  Ben Franklin
>> "Dictatorships all have common factors:  a government controlled by
>> one party, a leader who claims to have special powers outside the law
>> to keep the country "safe", secret prisons where people are locked up
>> without charges or trial and government opponents are branded as
>> unpatriotic and charged with aiding the enemy."
>>
>> Visit my website at:  http://mysite.verizon.net/resosxp8/
>> mydieselpages/
>> Proud owner of:
>> 2004 Passat TDI GLS, 2.0l, 8 valve, 134 HP, 247 lb/ft of torque
>> (making 150 hp with Diesel Power Tuning Box), Blue Graphite,
>> Anthracite leather interior, ABS, ESP.
>> 1998 Jetta TDI (Wetterauer Chipset, 2 1/2" exhaust, K&N Filter,  140K
>> + miles, and running biodiesel)
>> 1981 Rabbit Pickup -Awaiting a TDI engine swap with a 96 Passat 1Z
>> engine.
>> And many, many, many VWs; from a 1946 Beetle (11 Beetles total), to
>> Vans (5 - 3 splitties, 2 bay window), Rabbits (3), Karmen Ghia (1),
>> Jettas (5), Passat (1), Dasher (1), New Beetle (1), and Rabbit
>> Pickups (3) most now gone but not forgotten.
>>
>>
>>
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>
> " Those who are willing to sacrifice Liberty for Security, deserve
> neither Liberty nor Security."  Ben Franklin
> "Dictatorships all have common factors:  a government controlled by
> one party, a leader who claims to have special powers outside the law
> to keep the country "safe", secret prisons where people are locked up
> without charges or trial and government opponents are branded as
> unpatriotic and charged with aiding the enemy."
>
> Visit my website at:  http://mysite.verizon.net/resosxp8/mydieselpages/
> Proud owner of:
> 2004 Passat TDI GLS, 2.0l, 8 valve, 134 HP, 247 lb/ft of torque
> (making 150 hp with Diesel Power Tuning Box), Blue Graphite,
> Anthracite leather interior, ABS, ESP.
> 1998 Jetta TDI (Wetterauer Chipset, 2 1/2" exhaust, K&N Filter,  140K
> + miles, and running biodiesel)
> 1981 Rabbit Pickup -Awaiting a TDI engine swap with a 96 Passat 1Z
> engine.
> And many, many, many VWs; from a 1946 Beetle (11 Beetles total), to
> Vans (5 - 3 splitties, 2 bay window), Rabbits (3), Karmen Ghia (1),
> Jettas (5), Passat (1), Dasher (1), New Beetle (1), and Rabbit
> Pickups (3) most now gone but not forgotten.
>
>
>
>
> 