I spent years repairing aircraft and industrial ground equipment for Delta
A/L.  This practice was common there however I could not pin down where it
originated.  I spoke with several lubricant manufacturers representatives
and they had no knowledge of / data on this practice and were therefore
reluctant to comment either pro or con the practice.  I believe filter
priming with ATF is common in many large diesel engine repair shops for the
same reasons outlined below.

At Delta we metered used / filtered engine oil into our diesel fuel for two
reasons: It helped up get rid of the old lubricating oils and it added
lubricity to the Jet-A fuel (kerosene) that we ran our diesel equipment on
thereby prolonging the life of the fuel injection equipment.

Justin Jensen
SLC Utah

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
Of Brian Jones
Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2000 8:22 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: atf in diesel fuel filters???

hi all, was just reading an article about diesel fuel filters- this guy says
when he changes them, he fills them with automatic trans fluid!? has anybody
on the list tried this?? he says this is really good for cleaning injectors-
upon initial start the straight trans fluid power cleans the injectors. any
thoughts or comments?   http://www.bright.net/~vwdiesel/atf.htm
          Brian