[Vwdiesel] Low Sulfer Diesel Blamed for School Closings

[LBaird119 at aol.com]

In a message dated 2/5/2007 8:43:21 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
val at mongobird.com writes:

> Only in VW Owner's Manuals.  
> 
>     My favorite is kerosine, preheated in the 
>     laundry tub, filled with stinking hot water.
> 

  It's in Dad's MB 220D factory repair manual as well.  
After seeing it in all three "first diesels"  (MB, VW, Audi) 
I tend to be quite comfortable using it.  Never a problem 
and a gallon into a nearly full tank loosens the whole tank 
nearly instantly.  No heating, no waiting, no problems yet. 

  Then there was that one year when the jar of #2 on the 
shop bench was about the consistecy of that stuff surrounding 
a canned ham and the #1 had long, sliver-like crystals and 
was noticeably thickened.  (the shop was under a normal temp. 
heated house.)  When I saw that I didn't trust 80/20 blends on 
the trip we were taking and I was even a bit leary of straight 
#1!  Drove nearly 3K miles at mostly -25F +/- with no hitches 
other than when we inexplicably lost coolant.  THAT was 
scary!!!  Refilled it and it didn't drop again but I did pull the 
head gasket when we got home just to be sure/safe.
  Nothing quite like the prospect of freezing up at 30 below!
     Loren