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#15
by
wdkingery
on 11 Feb, 2012 16:30
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Al Gore called, he wants global warming back.
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#16
by
ORCoaster
on 11 Feb, 2012 18:28
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??
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#17
by
Baron VonZeppelin
on 11 Feb, 2012 19:26
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Al Gore called, he wants global warming back.
You need to buy some carbon offsets
btw .... i have some for lease
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#18
by
GTiTDi
on 12 Feb, 2012 09:39
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Al Gore called, he wants global warming back.
How old are you ? 16?
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#19
by
R.O.R-2.0
on 12 Feb, 2012 10:10
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Al Gore called, he wants global warming back.
How old are you ? 16?
18 tops.. lol...
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#20
by
ORCoaster
on 12 Feb, 2012 11:19
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He has to be older than that guys. What 16 or 18 yr old even knows who Al G. is/was or what the comment means. Have any of you seen the recent crackdown on soot? Court case against the EPA to revise the standards. Guess what type of engine is targeted? Yeah you buddy, pouring coals, or in some case fryer fat or WMO, out the tail pipe.
As for Warming? Not as bad last year as the news makes it out to be. Actually a little cooler over all. Just that the news emphasizes the extremes. Like Texas last year and Europe this winter. Man I am so glad I am not trying to keep a Rabbit running in those temps. Even 8V would find it difficult. -39 degrees? Just how cold is that? Do your eyes just like freeze closed with the first blink?
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#21
by
wdkingery
on 12 Feb, 2012 19:14
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Al Gore called, he wants global warming back.
You need to buy some carbon offsets
btw .... i have some for lease
This is the best, most educated comment.
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#22
by
8v-of-fury
on 12 Feb, 2012 19:42
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You can't honestly believe that anything we do today as people is anywhere near as bad as what was being done at the turn of the 20th century..
WDK, congratulations to you for setting that shiiz up. Looks like an a-ok setup, whats wrong with it? It is the same as how anyone would store used oil.. probably better than most.
ORCoaster, in your
immature ways you should have seen that turning over oily soil is bad for the environment
However, what of putting it back in to the earth? Are we not helping out technically? lol
Not all young people are ignorant, just most.
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#23
by
trav1856
on 13 Feb, 2012 11:02
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I read somewhere that people were taking WMO and building their own cracking tower and coming up with some diesel from that. Anyone try that?
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#24
by
ORCoaster
on 13 Feb, 2012 11:16
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Anyone capable of building a cracking tower has more money than sense. Why not just go buy diesel instead. Unless they got a deal on it from BP or Shell Oil I can't see where it would pay off at all.
Is the EPA aware of this? Seems to be on their radar lately.
I would think cold filtration would have bigger benefits and less energy consumption.
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#25
by
mtrans
on 17 Feb, 2012 11:50
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ORCoaster- it`s not much $,a little more danger of corse,but they (if can) get something close to D and color
is LIKE disel (they lose ~15% + wmo for heating).
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#26
by
wdkingery
on 19 Feb, 2012 13:47
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1100 miles in, I've done some calculations:
3.79 a gallon divided by 47 mpg = .084 cents per mile times 15k miles = $1260. So, @ the current rate of 50/50 wmo/diesel I'll save $630 in 15k.
I bought 4 injectors used for $20, paid $450 for a remanned IP, and have approximately $50 in filters, containers and fuel.
So in about 14k miles I will have broke even assuming I wipe out the pump and all 4 injectors.
In 30k miles I will have paid for the pump, injectors, and the $800 I paid for the car, assuming nothing goes wrong (which is my bet.)
I drive on average 1500 miles a month.
During the summer I hope to run near full wmo, saving $120 per month.
And, given Iran just started cutting fuel supply, the current obummer president, etc. I think it's a valid assumption that fuel prices will go up, meaning I stand to save $150+ a month.
8 months of $150-month savings will pay for the car and an IP, or 16 months @ the current rate of 50/50.
Or, assuming nothing goes wrong, 6 months of 50/50 and 6 months if 100% wmo will save me $1400 a year.
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#27
by
Baron VonZeppelin
on 19 Feb, 2012 14:43
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I wouldn't go 100% wmo even in July August.
Really wouldn't go past 50/50 - not saying it won't run/work - thinking of other factors including viscosity and accelerated residual build.
50/50 should go well for years and years and years.
Just keep a healthy filtration process and don't get slack on that part of it.
Maybe swap in freshened/new nozzles every year.
They might wear/foul faster than average.
Tell us more about the filter bags:
Cost per bag - gallons per bag
Are you diluting 50/50 before filtering ?
I've been saving my oil changes for past 3-4 years.
But sooty diesel oil "might not" be best product ??
Also - factor in the savings of Gallons Used / Dollars Spent, versus driving a 20mpg gasser like most other folks. Or even 25 mpg gasser. For 15k miles/year.
There's some carbon offsets right there.
It turns into an equation where every fool should be driving these cars, instead of just us fools.
Mk1 Mk2 VW Dzls will be the last cars standing !
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#28
by
wdkingery
on 16 Mar, 2012 07:58
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#29
by
ORCoaster
on 16 Mar, 2012 11:36
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WDK Is this the car that had the fuel filter plug as well? And didn't you fix that with a second better filter? How about throwing in a sedimenter/water catch? Should be a heated one, either electric or coolant heat will do the job.
Perhaps you have the root of the problem solved with the re-ring of the engine and have a handle on getting to a cleaner fuel.
Do you think there is a connection between the UMO fuel and the engine fail? I can't remember if UMO is more of a lubricant than standard diesel or not. I would have to go dig in that publication I posted here someplace that looked at that issue.
Keep us posted. DAS