Not approved and restricted are not the same thing. In 2003 we'd be talking about an ALH or AHU engine like my '89 Jetta. Those do just fine on bio diesel, I ran quite a bit through my '98. If it weren't for the tin-worm I'd still be driving that car, it's my favorite.
The next generation PD engines have "mixed" results apparently but up B80 seems fine. This is the generation where pressures start to get serious. Angie's '05 Golf has the PD engine. Then you get into the common rail engines, the issue here is the post injection for emissions. Typical emissions getting in the way. I will say that my '15 Jetta makes no diesel smoke or smell ever. Angie's '05 generally makes a puff of smoke when it first starts, that puff goes away quickly and there is no smoke or smell after that. -Curt On Thursday, April 28, 2022, 10:55:38 AM EDT, Dimitri Seretakis via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: I’m not Curt and I’ve never owned a VW but I remember having a conversation with someone around 2003 who told me that biodiesel was not approved for his then new Jetta diesel. Another reason to own an older diesel which has no such restrictions! Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 28, 2022, at 10:45 AM, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > I’m over here in San Diego getting my cancer treatments (19 out of 28 > complete) and diesel is $6.19 a gallon. A few gas stations offer biodiesel > for $6.09 a gallon, but in typical California fashion they label it as a > renewable energy source somehow. I haven’t been close enough to a sign to see > the percentages of biodiesel it actually is but if I try to save that $.10 a > gallon, which seems to be ridiculous when you’re spending this much money on > a take a fuel, I wonder if that would be unadvisable in my 2014 Passat TDI? > Having Driven 1707 miles since I left my home on April 3, I’m averaging 41 > miles a gallon. > > AZBob > > Sent from my iPhone > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
