RE: Diesel Additive Package

["Donald E. Collett" <deecee@exit109.com>]

Steve, I have been driving a diesel VW since 1980. I currently own a 1992
Jetta ECO that is close to 292,000 miles.

Here is the advice I give any diesel owner who should worry about fuel
gelling.

First purchase fuel at a bonafide truck stop not a station with an add-on
diesel tank. Truck fuel is cut for cold weather and can work when
temperatures get down to the teens. If cold weather is forecast where the
temperatures is going down to the single digits or below zero I do the
following.

I add 2 gallons of regular gasoline and fill the rest with diesel fuel. I
will drive until the fuel is way into reserve and than check the weather
forecast. Still cold will follow the same procedure. The down side is the
car will get lower fuel mileage, rougher idle slight performance drop. The
upside you won't be sitting on the side of the road with a jelled fuel tank.

I am the Shop Foreman at a VW/Audi/Porsche dealership and I remember back in
1978 towing 13 diesel Rabbits in with jelled fuel. At that time there wasn't
many truck stops in my area.

don

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-jettaglx@igtc.com [mailto:owner-jettaglx@igtc.com]On Behalf
Of Steve J. Porter
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 12:36 PM
To: jettaglx@igtc.com
Subject: Diesel Additive Package




Just a short note to ask if you consider it a problem for my 2000 Jetta
TDI if I use the following additives all at once for each time I fillup?

3 oz. of Marvel Mystery Oil
4 oz. of Power Service's Diesel Fuel Supplement
3 oz. of SoyShield
2 oz. of Amsoil's Cetane Booster

Also, can the TDI's engine be damaged by over-lubrication and what are
the long-term advantages and disadvantages of using the above mixture?

If anything, I feel that it is better to error on the side of extra
additives, rather than not enough:   What do you think?

Thank-you in advance of your reply!