On  2 Jul 96 at 15:36, Harvey Chao wrote:

> Joe Walker contributed:
> 
> does anyone remember the story about how you can make "emergency diesel
> fuel" from gasoline mixed with motor oil??
> 
> i recall one of the vw magazines took a diesel into mexico and couldn't
> find any diesel fuel, so they mixed 30w motor oil with gasoline to the
> ratio of 1 liter of oil to 5 liters of gasoline (?? not sure of that)
> and came on home. changed the oil, and the bus kept running ever after
> without trouble.
> 
> anyway that's how i remember it, but i am NOT sure of that ratio. anybody
> know better??
> =====================
> 
> Before I got that desperate, how about any of the following alternate fuels:
> Kerosene
> Aviation Jet fuel
> Heating oil
Around here, heating oil *is* diesel fuel (without the extra taxes, 
of course) The local Shell distributor pumps heating oil & diesel out 
the *same* tank.
A few neighbors I know have been known to retain their oil tanks 
after switching to natural gas furnaces at home. Funny thing is I 
never see them with their diesel pickups at the gas station.... 
hmmm.... :)

 Shawn
'88 Westy 331k (Kyra)
'85 Jetta TD 349k (Jenni)