Re: VW Diesel mechanic
"Markus" <[email protected]>
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Clogged intake? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Brandt" <[email protected]> To: "GoBiodiesel Cooperative" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2006 8:18 PM Subject: Re: [pdx-biodiesel] VW Diesel mechanic > That is rather poor mileage for a TDI that young, you should be > getting closer to 50 on the freeway and around 40 in the city. For an > average of around 44-48 mpg. You might want to see if you are getting > adequate fuel flow you could have a clogged filter and the computer > is getting starved, of course I would think a warning light would come > on. Where are you getting your B99 from? > > -- > Jeff Brandt > Sun Break Biofuels, LLC > mailto:[email protected] > 503-317-4564 > > On 9/6/06, Sergio Dias <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I just bought a 2002 Jetta TDI with 85k miles and it's >> only getting about 25mpg on B99. I was hoping to tap >> into the collective wisdom for two questions: >> >> 1. What gives? Shouldn't I be getting over 30mpg >> easy? The car did smell quite a bit when we were >> burning the last of the diesel but I've never owned a >> diesel and figured that's the way they ran. Otherwise >> it runs great. >> >> 2. Anyone know a good mechanic? Someone that knows >> diesels and VW's? Has anyone worked with Always Vdub? >> I'd like to take it to someone that won't rip me off. >> >> Thanks! >> >> Sergio >> >> __________________________________________________ >> Do You Yahoo!? >> Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around >> http://mail.yahoo.com >> _______________________________________________ >> pdx-biodiesel mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.gobiodiesel.org/mailman/listinfo/pdx-biodiesel >> > _______________________________________________ > pdx-biodiesel mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gobiodiesel.org/mailman/listinfo/pdx-biodiesel >