[Vwdiesel] CR particulate filter

[Matt Alkire]

I paid $20K for my Golf in 2001 with taxes/etc.  It was worth every cent.  It is better than my Rabbit diesel in every aspect.  It has twice the torque, doesn't smoke, starts every time, is fast, quiet, and gets nearly the same fuel economy.  Commuting 80 miles a day I get 45-47mpg in it.  That's at 70-75mph.

And the funny thing is, I can't wait until I can spend another $20K for another Golf TDI to replace this one. 

-Matt

On Feb 17, 2011, at 12:17 AM, Brian and Ruth Decker wrote:

> How big a fine are you looking for CG ? ? ? ?
> 
> Just be like me and Drive a 1981 Dasher 1.6 N/A diesel.
> I figure my car is worth 2000 instead of the 20,000 plus for a new VW diesel
> that can't come near the 50mpg that mine gets. If I decide I have to run
> with the big boys at 70 to 75 it will cut my mileage to around 47mpg but in
> general driving it is 50+mpg. 18,000 dollars is a lot to pay a 20+ percent
> drop in mileage.
> Brian Decker
> Toledo WA
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com [mailto:vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com] On
> Behalf Of Chris Geiser
> Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 8:56 PM
> To: James Hansen
> Cc: Travis Gottschalk; vwdiesel at vwfans.com
> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] CR particulate filter
> 
> I wonder if non-particulate filter exhaust manifolds (from early TDIs) would
> fit the new TDI's to by-pass / remove that whole system?
> 
> CG
> 
> **Sent with mobile device.
> On Feb 16, 2011 10:50 PM, "James Hansen" <jhsg at sasktel.net> wrote:
>> My Dad's 08 duramax has a particulate filter. Particle traps really aren't
>> the best thing going. Mileage with: 12 Mileage without: 18. I'm told that
>> every 900 km, the particle traps uses 11 litres of fuel to cycle it and
> burn
>> off the pesky carbon. Seems.... wrong. He promises to never drive it in
>> California.
>> If you would stop the fuel from going to the particle trap, it would
>> eventually plug and be expensive to replace. EGR motors have the
> combustion
>> temps cooled so much to not make nox, that the trap would never get hot
>> enough to clear on it's own. Much better and vastly more efficient to run
>> the combustion temps really hot, then deal with the nox with a urea cat.
>> -james
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com [mailto:vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com] On
>> Behalf Of Travis Gottschalk
>> Sent: February-16-11 2:27 PM
>> To: vwdiesel at vwfans.com
>> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] CR particulate filter
>> 
>> 
>> I don't think you want to stop the fuel from dumping into the particulate
>> filter unless you want it to plug sooner robing you of cash (very
> expensive)
>> and MPG. Only other option is to remove it and install a custom downpipe
>> (already being made) and then you HAVE to have a tune as well. But you
> would
>> want to be out of warranty. They have HUGE HP gains when that is done to
>> them. Said thing is that most diesels have this style of particulate
> filter
>> on them. Our lube trucks on the mine are over the road trucks and we have
> to
>> drive them on the public road once in a while to activate the regen
> process
>> as you need to be above a certain speed. I think it is the same on the CR
> VW
>> diesel as well.
>> Travis G
>> 
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