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Subject:Re: Hey folks; horror; New Beetle?
From:David Brodbeck
Date:Sun, 11 May 2003 14:54:36 -0400

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From: "Dennis Haynes" <dhaynes@OPTONLINE.NET>

> Needed fuel so you mixed gasoline and engine oil. I'll bet the fuel
> injection and the engine loved that combo.

The main danger, I think, would be scuffing the various precision surfaces
in the injector pump.  Unleaded gas is a poor lubricant, and the only thing
that lubes the pump is the diesel flowing through it.  Hopefully he added
enough engine oil to make up for that.