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Subject:Re: Fuel Line Alert!
From:phil stanhope
Date:Tue, 31 Jul 2001 09:02:58 -0700

I wonder why VW didnt stick with the diesel vanagon
and just added a turbo charger. You can try to ignite
diesel fuel with a blow-torch and it STILL wont
ignite. Presently one in three cars sold in europe is
diesel powered. Diesels get good gas mileage and are
safer than Gasoline powered vehicles.

phil
84' westy "Millenium Falcon"
84'Westfalia W/Tiico I4 "sh*thawk"
01' International flatbed (Turbo diesel)

--- Scott Grillo <scottgrillo@COMPUSERVE.COM> wrote:
> Second the motion to check this.  Last winter was
> going into garage to
> get something out of the freezer, smelled strong
> odor of gas.  This
> plastic 'pipe' was leaking (only pressure fits under
> tubing).  A simple
> hose clamp fixed problem, but don't even want to
> think about the fact
> that the baby sitter had both of the kids in the car
> 1/2 hour before...

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