It's more like viscosity (the stuff is much thicker than diesel fuel, which is why vegetable oil systems for diesel vehicles are heated, but it's STILL thicker), and the glycerine in the vegetable oil coking on the injector nozzles.
For the record, VW only warrants up to 5% biodiesel.
However, CAN they run 10% (or even properly processed 100% assuming it's not too cold?) Yes.
BTW, Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel is much more of a danger to injection pump seals than biodiesel, due to the fact that the Low Sulfur Diesel, which has a low aniline number (the main reduction is caused by aromatics in the fuel), has swelled the seals, causing them to crush. The ULSD has a high aniline number, so it shrinks the seals... which are now crushed, causing them to leak.
A similar problem happened back between 1992 and 1994, when the changeover from High Sulfur Diesel to LSD happened, although it was a much more drastic change. Most cars before 1994 have had their fuel injection pump seals replaced with Viton seals (due to leaking), which are less vulnerable (but not invulnerable) to swelling.
(Note that some people on TDIClub have reported leaking FIPs on cars that came with Viton seals, though.)
Biodiesel has a low aniline number, despite having zero aromatic content.
Biodiesel blend (10% biodiesel) can be burned in current cars with no modification, and pure Biodiesel (100%) can be burned in current cars with slight modifications. Newer cars could be built to accept 100% biodiesel with very little additional cost (less than $30).
Where are you getting these numbers?
Most current cars allow for 5% maximum of biodiesel. While they CAN run PROPERLY PROCESSED fuel up to B100, it's certainly not recommended. And, where are you getting that it's $30 to retrofit B100-capable injection systems? While it is a $0 option in Germany... the emissions ramifications of the larger injectors mean that the car with a "B100 option" won't meet US emissions.
I'm so glad I'm on Sprint... $7.50/mo for unlimited Vision (it'd be $15 on an EVDO phone... which would suck, because I'm never in Sprint's EVDO coverage area.) (Vision = Sprint's data plan)
I've heard that they're supposed to call you to verify that you're not using the phone as a cellular modem at 30 MB, but I've heard of people who have tested it and went to 1 GB before they got a call. And, you just say no, you weren't using it as a cellular modem, and you go on your way.
The people that need this feature are the ones that will be calling us to delete their OMGZSPYWAREZOHNOES!!111oneone1eleven! off of their PC, and then we install Opera and turn this on.
Oh, and this is nothing new. They used to send every URL (except local URLs, intranet URLs, and https URLs) to Google...
(For those that don't know... Sanyo cannot make a battery for a ThinkPad that doesn't rattle horribly. However, Sanyo's batteries don't EXPLODE, at least.:P)
All we get for 2006 with TDIs is leftover Mk4 Golfs (which have now run out - the Mk5 Golf, or, I'm sorry, it's called the Rabbit, came out halfway through the 2006 model year), some Mk5 Jettas, and some New Beetles.
So do 2004s, 2005s, and 2006s (although it's a different engine).;)
For that matter, 2002s have an 80,000 mile belt.
And 2001 and older automatics have a 40,000 mile belt, not 60,000.
Any Mk4 (1998+ New Beetle, 1999.5-2005.0 Jetta, 1999.5-2006.0 Golf) that doesn't already have the 2003 100,000 mile belt can be easily retrofitted with it when you change the belt - you just get a 100k kit instead of a 40/60k or 80k kit.;)
Also a trick you might try... the good old "baby it for a few hours on the freeway, then coast down and then NAIL IT" trick. Blows craploads of soot out the back, even on a TDI./me owns a 1985 Jetta diesel (totalled, though:() and a 1986 Golf diesel (engineless, but the Jetta's engine survived). Those smoke like a train without even trying.:P
I agree that current production methods of biodiesel (and ethanol) aren't sustainable, but using biodiesel at least promotes a desire for it, helping the free market see that biodiesel is a product that there is demand for.
Also, soy biodiesel does more than break even - about 3 units of energy obtained from the biodiesel for every unit of energy used to obtain it, IIRC. It's land issues, though, that make a full-scale switch to soy biodiesel (or corn ethanol) impossible.
There are other production methods that ARE worth it, FWIW - algae shows the most promise for biodiesel, and switchgrass shows a lot of promis for ethanol.:) It's just that they're still experimental...
Well, now the AMD fanbois are going to say "OMG your Pentium 4 is just as bad as a Ford Excursion!"
(Note: I'm neutral. I'll run a good AMD chip just as quickly as I'll run a good Intel chip. My current system is a Celeron M.)
As for cars, I drove an 85 Jetta diesel running on 20% biodiesel until last Friday (when I wrecked it). Now I'm temporarily driving a beat up 88 Civic, and I'm going to get an 86 Golf diesel in need of an engine and transmission, which will come from my Jetta.:)
The OS has a more modern (actually, very Windows NT-like... I wonder why... (NT was ripped off of OS/2)) architecture than AmigaOS, but it's got the shrinking fanatic following that refuses to admit that the OS is dead.
I was playing with eCS (repackaged OS/2 Warp 4.5) the other day, and I felt like I had been plunged back into the Bad Old Days of DOS and Windows 3.1...
But at least there was a modern browser to play with (I couldn't get a recent version of Opera running under Odin, though - partially because the LiveCD makes installing that stuff difficult...)
BTW, anyone else having crashing problems with the new Slashdot style in Opera 9?
The runner up is only SLIGHTLY better IMO - yet I think the winner has a better "feel" for Slashdot. The runner up has sliding things and stuff - the winner has a minimalistic feel of sorts.
Slashdot Mirror
It's more like viscosity (the stuff is much thicker than diesel fuel, which is why vegetable oil systems for diesel vehicles are heated, but it's STILL thicker), and the glycerine in the vegetable oil coking on the injector nozzles.
For the record, VW only warrants up to 5% biodiesel.
However, CAN they run 10% (or even properly processed 100% assuming it's not too cold?) Yes.
BTW, Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel is much more of a danger to injection pump seals than biodiesel, due to the fact that the Low Sulfur Diesel, which has a low aniline number (the main reduction is caused by aromatics in the fuel), has swelled the seals, causing them to crush. The ULSD has a high aniline number, so it shrinks the seals... which are now crushed, causing them to leak.
A similar problem happened back between 1992 and 1994, when the changeover from High Sulfur Diesel to LSD happened, although it was a much more drastic change. Most cars before 1994 have had their fuel injection pump seals replaced with Viton seals (due to leaking), which are less vulnerable (but not invulnerable) to swelling.
(Note that some people on TDIClub have reported leaking FIPs on cars that came with Viton seals, though.)
Biodiesel has a low aniline number, despite having zero aromatic content.
Anyway, http://tdiclub.com/ is a good site to read for this stuff.
Where are you getting these numbers?
Most current cars allow for 5% maximum of biodiesel. While they CAN run PROPERLY PROCESSED fuel up to B100, it's certainly not recommended. And, where are you getting that it's $30 to retrofit B100-capable injection systems? While it is a $0 option in Germany... the emissions ramifications of the larger injectors mean that the car with a "B100 option" won't meet US emissions.
Anyway, please go to http://tdiclub.com/, and educate yourself.
I'm sorry, but you're wrong. In the US, VW only warrants up to B5, not B100.
(That said, I run B20 in my 1986 Golf diesel...)
I had one that had no battery or motor.
Simplicate, then add lightness!
Is Telus any less? :O
I'm so glad I'm on Sprint... $7.50/mo for unlimited Vision (it'd be $15 on an EVDO phone... which would suck, because I'm never in Sprint's EVDO coverage area.) (Vision = Sprint's data plan)
I've heard that they're supposed to call you to verify that you're not using the phone as a cellular modem at 30 MB, but I've heard of people who have tested it and went to 1 GB before they got a call. And, you just say no, you weren't using it as a cellular modem, and you go on your way.
Adding RAM doesn't cause too much chaos, IIRC.
:P
It's REMOVING RAM that makes it go nuts.
Hint: Whenever you need customer service from a company, don't speak to customer service. Their job is to not give you what you want.
Speak to cancellations. Their job is to do whatever they can to keep you as a customer. (Read: Give you what you want.)
Keep in mind, that price is for Canadian roaming on a US plan.
They've been saying that since the 1980's. ;)
The people that need this feature are the ones that will be calling us to delete their OMGZSPYWAREZOHNOES!!111oneone1eleven! off of their PC, and then we install Opera and turn this on.
Oh, and this is nothing new. They used to send every URL (except local URLs, intranet URLs, and https URLs) to Google...
I'll take my rattly Sanyo battery, though...
:P)
(For those that don't know... Sanyo cannot make a battery for a ThinkPad that doesn't rattle horribly. However, Sanyo's batteries don't EXPLODE, at least.
Yep, it's 160k km for your car... ;)
:D
And TDIClub is awesome.
Actually, the Burkland Streamliner holds the piston-engine land speed record of 417.020 MPH, set in 2004. ;)
I hate you.
All we get for 2006 with TDIs is leftover Mk4 Golfs (which have now run out - the Mk5 Golf, or, I'm sorry, it's called the Rabbit, came out halfway through the 2006 model year), some Mk5 Jettas, and some New Beetles.
That's it.
And only the 1.9L 100hp PD-TDI.
An automatic TDI can suck that badly if you do everything wrong.
FWIW, for the record, TDI stands for Turbocharged Direct Injection.
TDIClub represent!
Canada? C'mon, the grass is MUCH greener for diesels there than it is here. :(
Except for the little fact that the US EPA is making it so you don't get diesels, due to your market size for VW...
jafac: Three years old?
;)
;)
2003s come with a 100,000 mile timing belt.
So do 2004s, 2005s, and 2006s (although it's a different engine).
For that matter, 2002s have an 80,000 mile belt.
And 2001 and older automatics have a 40,000 mile belt, not 60,000.
Any Mk4 (1998+ New Beetle, 1999.5-2005.0 Jetta, 1999.5-2006.0 Golf) that doesn't already have the 2003 100,000 mile belt can be easily retrofitted with it when you change the belt - you just get a 100k kit instead of a 40/60k or 80k kit.
Also a trick you might try... the good old "baby it for a few hours on the freeway, then coast down and then NAIL IT" trick. Blows craploads of soot out the back, even on a TDI. /me owns a 1985 Jetta diesel (totalled, though :() and a 1986 Golf diesel (engineless, but the Jetta's engine survived). Those smoke like a train without even trying. :P
Actually, soy oil, but yes...
:) It's just that they're still experimental...
I agree that current production methods of biodiesel (and ethanol) aren't sustainable, but using biodiesel at least promotes a desire for it, helping the free market see that biodiesel is a product that there is demand for.
Also, soy biodiesel does more than break even - about 3 units of energy obtained from the biodiesel for every unit of energy used to obtain it, IIRC. It's land issues, though, that make a full-scale switch to soy biodiesel (or corn ethanol) impossible.
There are other production methods that ARE worth it, FWIW - algae shows the most promise for biodiesel, and switchgrass shows a lot of promis for ethanol.
Well, now the AMD fanbois are going to say "OMG your Pentium 4 is just as bad as a Ford Excursion!"
:)
(Note: I'm neutral. I'll run a good AMD chip just as quickly as I'll run a good Intel chip. My current system is a Celeron M.)
As for cars, I drove an 85 Jetta diesel running on 20% biodiesel until last Friday (when I wrecked it). Now I'm temporarily driving a beat up 88 Civic, and I'm going to get an 86 Golf diesel in need of an engine and transmission, which will come from my Jetta.
Virtual PC is actually better than VMWare for hardware support of obscure OSes, FWIW.
:)
It uses what was basically the industry standard PC in 1996 or so (whenever VPC 1.0 for Mac OS came out).
OS/2 = Modern Amiga.
= 137224 is a thread on it...
The OS has a more modern (actually, very Windows NT-like... I wonder why... (NT was ripped off of OS/2)) architecture than AmigaOS, but it's got the shrinking fanatic following that refuses to admit that the OS is dead.
I was playing with eCS (repackaged OS/2 Warp 4.5) the other day, and I felt like I had been plunged back into the Bad Old Days of DOS and Windows 3.1...
But at least there was a modern browser to play with (I couldn't get a recent version of Opera running under Odin, though - partially because the LiveCD makes installing that stuff difficult...)
BTW, anyone else having crashing problems with the new Slashdot style in Opera 9?
http://my.opera.com/community/forums/topic.dml?id
Agreed.
The runner up is only SLIGHTLY better IMO - yet I think the winner has a better "feel" for Slashdot. The runner up has sliding things and stuff - the winner has a minimalistic feel of sorts.
A petrified w/hot grits Natalie Portman only wishes she had this tech. ;)