I would still not tell the US dealer that you were running Canola BD if I had any trouble. Let the dealers mechanics figure it out. They won't if you run DD for a tank or two before you bring it in...By the way this advise comes from experience!
Jack --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Hall, Edward C." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Canola, (Canadian Oil), is made from rapeseed and is very common in the US. > Most, if not all, of the resturants I get my waste oil from use Canola. > They (Canola) have a good website http://www.canola-council.org/ > > Thanks, > Ed Hall > SSC SD > 619-553-3528 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Keith Addison [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2002 2:17 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [biofuel] VW guarantees for biodiesel in the US > > > From a letter from the US: > > >I'm in the midst of acquiring > >a VW Beetle turbodiesel, but was disappointed to learn that VW won't honor > >the warranty if biodiesel is used, altho' Germany does. The issue is that > >Germany uses rapeseed-based fuel, and most of the supplied biodiesel here > is > >made with soybean oil. > > Clash of standards - the issue wouldn't be, would it, that Europe's > biodiesel standards have some specs that include rapeseed oil but > exclude soybean oil, for no apparent reason, other than that perhaps > Europe has a huge surplus of rapeseed oil, just as the US has a huge > surplus of soybean oil? > > Surely the only valid issue is to promote maximum use of renewable, > carbon-neutral biofuels. Or am I being naive? > > Best > > Keith Addison > Journey to Forever > Handmade Projects > Tokyo > http://journeytoforever.org/ > > > > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. > To unsubscribe, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Get your FREE credit report with a FREE CreditCheck Monitoring Service trial http://us.click.yahoo.com/ACHqaB/bQ8CAA/ySSFAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Please do NOT send "unsubscribe" messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/