[Vwdiesel] Something interesting to share

Sun Dec 22 12:46:25 PST 2013

Hi all

Happy holidays! I usually don't post much, me and my 81 rabbit, get along fairly reliably. But I did have an interesting experience last week. Here in portland Oregon the winters are usually pretty mild but last week the temperature got down to 14f and I forgot to fill up the car the night before. So when I went to starter her up in the morning I realized I probably had about a gallon in the tank. It's about 3 miles to the nearest station that sells diesel, so I had some concern about that little diesel in the tank and it being so cold. It started up just fine and made it to the end of the block, but as soon as I started to accelerate I could tell the motor wasn't firing right. About a mile from the house it started to die, I'm thinking the fuel in the injector pump was ok but the tank was jelled up, I got the car off the road (cussing at myself for not filling it up the night before) and waited a few minutes before calling AAA. I figured I had nothing to lose so I tried to start it and fired up. It got me right across the street from the gas station and died again, pulled off to the side of the road and waited a bit and it started right up.
Filled the tank and had no problems since then.
I won't make that mistake again, having a few gallons in the tank makes a difference in cold weather!

Steve

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>   1. Re: Quiet around here (pmdolan1 at sasktel.net)
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> Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2013 13:19:53 -0600
> From: pmdolan1 at sasktel.net
> To: Brian Decker <decker at toledotel.com>, "Frank G. Pival"
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> Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Quiet around here
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> \What I like to do is use a vacuum syringe (for sucking up gearbox oil 
> and the like) to pull the fuel as close to the pump as you can get. 
> ?You need to make an adapter fitting to wherever you can connect, and 
> use clear vinyl tubing on the suck cylinder (I find the ones from NAPA 
> work better than those 2x or 3x the price) until you are getting fuel. 
> ?THEN connect to the pump and tow the car. ?Trying to prime with the 
> starter can not only use up batteries, but starters as well. 
> 
> Pat
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>> On Sun, 22 Dec 2013 10:08:35 -0800, "Frank G. Pival" <hold at drizzle.com> wrote:
>> Hi Brian,
>> I think  it is quiet  because everyone might be taking the time to 
>> get their diesel rigs in order at least that is my excuse...two very 
>> great friends helped in putting in a clutch and solving many little 
>> problems on the 81 Caddy 1.6 n/a this past week  and then turned  
>> right around and did a timing belt/IP replacement on the 96 TDI B-4 
>> Passat. Having issues on priming that pump and getting it to start 
>> though...any suggestions always appreciated as I research. 
>> I can only say Merry Christmas to all on this post and I am thankful 
>> to the generous friends much more knowledgeable than I am for their 
>> time and help. 
>> 
>> Frank
>> 
>>> On 12/21/2013 6:31 PM, Brian Decker wrote:
>>> Hi Folks;
>>> 
>>> Must be all those little diesels are running strong!!!  No tales of woe on
>>> the list lately. One thing I learned over the years is when the
>> engine shows
>>> hot shut it off now and all you usually have is a broken belt, busted water
>>> hose or at the worst a blown head gasket. All of which are minor bothers if
>>> one shuts the engine of instantly and calls AAA. Drive on and it will
>>> probably cost you a 1000 bucks or more  a mile. 
>>> 
>>> My 1990 VW Fox 2 dr wagon in which I installed a 1.6 turbo diesel and a 5
>>> speed tranny was down for a while to get new struts front and rear. On my
>>> last trip east I did 7700 miles and by the end of the trip the rig
>> was doing
>>> the Fox trot over the bumps. The new struts make a huge difference. 
>>> 
>>> I have a Snow Performance  water/methanol injection system which besides
>>> adding power  and lowering EGT's it keeps the soot out of the
>> chambers which
>>> was a problem running alternative fuel out of my two tank system. 
>>> 
>>> Silver Fox
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