Hi, crossposting something from our local biodiesel listserve. We'd been discussing a rumour that VW TDIs will no longer be sold in california. Arggh! mark
>Hi All, >I was told that last week by the service manager at our local dealer, with >the implication that it was due to "people like me" using biodiesel in them. >He said that three TDI's were towed in with clumps of gelled biodiesel in >the lines, and that even commercial biodiesel voids the warranty on the fuel >system. What a shock! >I bought it out of town because our local dealer seems to have a bias >against them. I guess more people will have to buy "out of town" now. Mine >is from Massachusetts, which apparently has similar emissions requirements, >as the certificate of origin (which I wish I had copied before I gave it to >DMV) said "meets emissions requirements in Massachusetts and California". >I more recently heard that a local commercial supplier had a problem with an >antigel additive not working, and that at least one of those towed in cars >had been in a very cold area. So I feel safe continuing to use it. Plus, >this guy said a 10 micron filter wasn't enough, that it had to be at least >100 microns. If he doesn't know which is bigger, how can he know as much >about biodiesel as he says he does? >Laurie > > > > > I was told by a VW rep today that in 2004 VW will no longer be selling new > > TDI's in CA. I was told it had to do with the fleet emissions.. Does >this > > make any sense to anyone and is it even true? > > > > Best, > > Jack Young > > www.jacksauctions.com > > 530.219.7900 (voice) > > 530.795.5536 (fax) > >_______________________________________________ >Burnveggies mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://goblin.punk.net/mailman/listinfo/burnveggies Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
