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Posted by heiko on April 08, 2005 at 00:37:44 from (172.176.138.73):
In Reply to: Biodiesel posted by Mark - IN. on April 07, 2005 at 20:08:09:
used biodiesel in my volkswagen TDI for about 100000km here in germany. then all of a sudden, my diesel-pump pi##ed off from one moment to the other. most of the seals worn. they have told me before, that biodiesel has been developed to be a detergent,so i was warned but couldn't believe it. nevertheless the car was allowed by volkswagen to drive with biodiesel,they didn't spend a penny on the replacement of the pump. cost: about 2000$ when using biodiesel in the car, i had to replace the fuel-filter at least twice as much as with diesel. if there was a bargain in biodiesel, this would have been eaten by the filters alone. not to mention the pump. no biodiesel anymore. maybe veg-oil one day. but methyl-esther? no way anymore !!!!!
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