Hans Neureiter wrote:
You stil lthere?
List sucks
Hard to tell it's mbz sometimes.
I let out an F-bomb the other day because I thought I was reading the OTHER
list.
Mitch.
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Easiest next steps are to remove and clean the coarse fuel strainer, replace
the old fuel with fresh fuel, and change the pre fuel filter and main
filter. Should fire right up. :))
On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 12:11 AM, Craig diese...@pisquared.net wrote:
My brother in Seattle is trying to get his
Is he getting glow at all (i.e., did he CHECK THE FUSE)? He can see if
the plugs get hot by feeling them after a glow cycle (careful!), and do
a resistance check on them to see if they are good. Old fuel might be
an issue --water in it or degraded? Does it have the block heater?
That might
Interesting reader comment:
Read the owner's forums. These things are self destructing. VW doesn't have a
clue as to why this is happening and now they are blaming the owners. This has
happened on vehicles with less than 30 miles on them right after dealer delivery
- did the dealer put
My brother in Seattle is trying to get his '81 300CD started after it
has
sat for a couple of years. He says the engine is tired so it doesn't
have
a whole lot of compression.
It is probably gunked up. Did he remove all the blackberry
canes yet?
So what should he try next?
He should make
My 1985 300TD had the HL surrounds and grill blacked out
I spray-painted the surrounds on the Albatross with
silver-gray paint. They were cracked and full of moss.
I Bondo'd up the holes, sanded it, and painted. Looked
a whole lot better, and was much cheaper than replacements.
(Which are
Are you aware that you can buy new headlight doors for under $100/set?
Jaime
On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 11:01 AM, Jim Cathey j...@windwireless.net wrote:
My 1985 300TD had the HL surrounds and grill blacked out
I spray-painted the surrounds on the Albatross with
silver-gray paint. They were
Or the Ritter list
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On Feb 12, 2011, at 14:52, Kaleb C. Striplin ka...@striplin.net wrote:
exactly. For the person who wants no off topic and no personality, they are
best served by one of those forum places.
I prefer to pick low hanging fruit first.
On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 9:07 AM, Rich Thomas
richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote:
Is he getting glow at all (i.e., did he CHECK THE FUSE)? He can see if the
plugs get hot by feeling them after a glow cycle (careful!), and do a
resistance
No. Where? Last I checked Rusty's price was $65 ea.
On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 12:29 PM, Jaime Kopchinski jaime...@gmail.comwrote:
Are you aware that you can buy new headlight doors for under $100/set?
Jaime
On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 11:01 AM, Jim Cathey j...@windwireless.net
wrote:
My
Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net writes:
This has happened on vehicles with less than 30 miles on them
right after dealer delivery - did the dealer put gasoline in the
diesel tank? Doubt it very much.
Actually that's not an unreasonable question. When the TDI was new this
happened more than
Jim Cathey j...@windwireless.net writes:
It is probably gunked up. Did he remove all the blackberry canes yet?
Might also want to check the air cleaner for mouse nest blocking the
intake. I've seen that happen.
Allan
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What is the problem? That gasoline is getting in the tanks of TDIs?
Bob R
On Feb 13, 2011 8:04 AM, Mitch Haley m...@voyager.net wrote:
Interesting reader comment:
Read the owner's forums. These things are self destructing. VW doesn't
have a
clue as to why this is happening and now they are
h, strange
--R
On 2/13/2011 1:26 PM, andrew strasfogel wrote:
I prefer to pick low hanging fruit first.
On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 9:07 AM, Rich Thomas
richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote:
Is he getting glow at all (i.e., did he CHECK THE FUSE)? He can see if the
plugs get hot
Are you aware that you can buy new headlight doors for under $100/set?
Yes. But I was out of work and was actually trying to
make a bit of profit on the car! I already _had_ Bondo
and spray paint, I figured it was a good experiment.
-- Jim
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Bob Rentfro azbob...@gmail.com writes:
What is the problem? That gasoline is getting in the tanks of TDIs?
That is VWs claim: owners are accidentally putting gasoline in the tank,
which then kills the delicate high pressure injection pump.
Technologically I would think it would be feasible to
Seriously, I don't see how someone can put gasoline in a diesel. None of my
girls have ever made the mistake and they are straight up girls. One thing I
have always done is whenever someone says they're getting gas in the Jetta
or one of my MB diesels, I always make a big thing outta ityou're
I would guess that either the gasoline was put in somewhere before
delivery, or at the stealership. Most likely the stealership. Who
would a stealership have put fuel in a car for prep? The HS kid that
they have as a car jockey most likely. So, he has the radio
blaring, jerking his head
Accidents happen. My father once put diesel in a gasoline car and he was a very
intelligent man.
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On Feb 13, 2011, at 2:47 PM, Allan Streib str...@cs.indiana.edu wrote:
Bob Rentfro azbob...@gmail.com writes:
What is the problem? That gasoline is getting in the tanks of
Dieselhead 126die...@gmail.com writes:
Much less likely to happen if/when everybody used green for Diesel
nozzles. Back then that was not the case, and it is not the case now.
Here, some stations have black handles on all the nozzles. Some have
green on the diesel, some have green on the
You think it can't be a fuel problem?? The car has been sitting for years.
On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 1:42 PM, Rich Thomas
richthomas79td...@constructivity.net wrote:
h, strange
--R
On 2/13/2011 1:26 PM, andrew strasfogel wrote:
I prefer to pick low hanging fruit first.
On Sun,
Bob Rentfro wrote:
Seriously, I don't see how someone can put gasoline in a
diesel. None of my girls have ever made the mistake and they
are straight up girls. One thing I have always done is
whenever someone says they're getting gas in the Jetta or
one of my MB diesels, I always make a big
if so, shoot me an email
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91 350SDL, 91 300D, 89 560SEL, 87 300SDL x2, 85 380SE 5.0 Euro,
85 190D, 84 190D, 84 300D euro manny, 76 240D, 76 300D,
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No virus found in this
Seriously, I don't see how someone can put gasoline in a diesel.
My wife did. She's fairly smart, but kinda resents that
cars aren't go-forever appliances...
-- Jim
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some stations have (in their brilliant marketing efforts to try to
appear 'green') changed *all* of their hoses and nozzles to green,...
pay attention indeed!
cheers!
e
On 13/Feb/11 15:55, Fmiser wrote:
For a LOT of years, the green nozzle has been diesel.
But there are a number of
So does that mean you are now called petrolhead?
Hendrik
who is being off the topic
Dieselhead wrote:
I would guess that either the gasoline was put in somewhere before
delivery, or at the stealership. Most likely the stealership. Who
would a stealership have put fuel in a car for prep?
Diesel is still preferred (a la Fred), but I have quite a lot of
miles under petrol power also.
So does that mean you are now called petrolhead?
Hendrik
who is being off the topic
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...Seriously, I don't see how someone can put gasoline in a diesel...
My friend CB rented a tiddler somewhere in France last year and stopped to
top it up. Didn't get far when it quit because, yes, it was a diesel but so
quiet (Renault, I think) he didn't catch on.
The tow to a dealer where
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