While not directly on point, you should be aware that VW has made a very substantial investment in the research and development of biodiesel. Perry Jones
----- Original Message ----- From: "John Hayes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 9:19 AM Subject: Re: [Biofuel] 2004 VW Jetta TDI > m gildow wrote: > > Thanks for clearing that up. The other info that I got > > was probably refering to SVO, but wasn't clear. The > > info put out was refering to the different pressure in > > the newer PD fuel injection pump, but even that > > information wasn't particularly clear. Differences in > > what the actual pressure is and if it has even changed > > in the last few years. > > Hi Mel. > > The page Keith refered you to probably needs to be updated. As Keith > said, in an 2003 TDI or earlier, biodiesel is absolutely fine. > > However, with regard to the new Pumpe Duse (PD) injection found in the > 2004 TDIs, the jury is still out on whether BD is a good idea. It may be > fine, but at this point, it simply does not have the track record of the > earlier engines. You will find a lot of heated debate on this topic from > both sides over at tdiclub.com. > _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wwia.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/biofuel Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel archives at Infoarchive.net (searchable): http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/
