A clear case of better living by government regulation, I believe. By using more fuel, you pollute less, generate a smaller carbon and heat footprint, and contribute to the social order as part of your "fair share".
More forests will be cut down to produce paper for the multitude of copies of the regulations, which will deplete wildlife habitat and thus cause more employment for federal regulators. Am I following the logic points here yet? Ooops.. I left out, greater control over what you do as a person by larger and more powerful government with more agency power.. Fundamental Change.... didn't that happen during the French Revolution? Yeah.. I'm pretty sure it did.. but.. "let them eat cake, what difference does it make now"... :))) On Thu, Oct 1, 2015 at 6:11 AM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > I'm also wondering how the "fix" will affect MPG. A work colleague has a > VW diesel, and the rumor mill says the "fix" will cause fuel consumption to > increase dramatically, so he plans to avoid the fix and stay away from the > dealer all together. Car does not have the DEF/DPF injection tank or > system, and he thinks the "fix" requires that to be installed. I wouldn't > be surprised if EPA mandates that if a car which needs the fix comes to the > dealer for any service, the fix is required by law to be performed, > regardless of car owner desire. > > In reading some of the Bosch fuel injection pump training literature on > Dave M's site, there is a trade-off of injection timing between fuel > consumption and NOX emissions, so if the fix changes the injection timing > and increases the amount of exhaust fed back in via the EGR, I can see that > impacting fuel consumption and engine power, but I don't know enough about > how the DEF/DPF system works to see what that does. I was under the > impression DEF/DPF was simply injected into the exhaust stream ahead of one > of the catalysts to reduce the NOX. > > ------------- > Max > Charleston SC > > On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 5:22 PM, OK Don via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > > How does injecting DEF in the exhaust effect mileage? The effort to do > the > > injection? IIRC, I get the same mileage as you in the 2012 Passat. > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
