It might be early to pronounce success, but I thought I would share some initial findings… On Wed nights, I usually drive the car home from choir/orchestra practice. It’s about 35 miles of mostly highway driving, and I usually average around 45-46 mpg with the car (2006 Jetta TDI). Last night was [...]
Posted on July 3rd, 2008 by tony
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As of Sept 2006, all on-highway diesel sold in the US is now ULSD. And all diesel vehicles manufactured for model year 2007 and beyond are made to use it exclusively. Lately I’ve been reading about some problems it can cause with older engines lately.
While sulfur isn’t actually a lubricant itself, it combines with [...]
Posted on June 25th, 2008 by tony
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I took the bus into town Saturday to the gas station where I filled up the gas cans that I use for the lawn mower. It’s nice to have the cargo bay for smelly gas cans rather than the car trunk. It was fun to drive it a little - I felt [...]
Posted on June 23rd, 2008 by tony
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Today I removed the remaining side wall panels, including the worst of all - the left rear one. It was a small piece (about 3 sq ft) but had no fewer than 53 rivets holding it in place - many in corners and difficult to get at. I also took off the folding [...]
Posted on February 23rd, 2008 by tony
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The entire ceiling is now out along with the inner skin over the windshield and rear window. It looks really bare over the driver’s seat now. I’m going to miss the huge bus driver mirror. It was fun to scowl at the kids in while driving…
I also removed one small [...]
Posted on February 14th, 2008 by tony
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I am still looking for a dipstick for the engine. I gave the engine serial number to the local Cummins rep and they ordered one, but it turned out to be less than half the length of the broken one. Also the online engine manual shows the dipstick in a different, lower [...]
Posted on December 6th, 2007 by tony
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