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#1898 of 2207 re: muffler [username12345 #1895] by spockcat Jun 23, 2004 (4:28 pm)
Replying to: username12345 (Jun 11, 2004 9:33 pm) Apparently you didn't read my post #1886 about this. This can be cleaned with a product called Barkeeper's Friend. I cleaned mine at 12,000 miles and the discolorization didn't come back. The discolorization was from the manufacturing process and isn't an ongoing problem. The mufflers and pipes are stainless steel they will not rust away like plain steel mufflers on American iron.
#1899 of 2207 V10 TDI by quicks Jun 24, 2004 (12:52 pm)
The 2004 Models equipped with this engine are not available for purchase in California, New York, Vermont, Maine and Massachusetts.   Does anyone know if the 2005 V10 TDI will qualify to be sold in any of these states? Replies to this message: spockcat (Jun 24, 2004 1:08 pm)
#1900 of 2207 Re: V10 TDI [quicks #1899] by spockcat Jun 24, 2004 (1:08 pm)
Replying to: quicks (Jun 24, 2004 12:52 pm) Rumor has it that VW will be offering 50 state Touareg TDI models in 2005.
#1901 of 2207 wow by golfgti201 Jun 24, 2004 (2:32 pm)
i live in California, which has one of the strongest emission laws out there. AS soon as i heard that the TDI Touareg wasn't coming to CAli, i wasn't;t very pleased. Maybe for the 2005 model year VW will try harder on their emissions to make it California driveable.......i hope. Replies to this message: big_guy (Jun 25, 2004 2:44 pm) dwpc (Jul 01, 2004 1:13 pm)
#1902 of 2207 Re: wow [golfgti201 #1901] by big_guy Jun 25, 2004 (2:44 pm)
Replying to: golfgti201 (Jun 24, 2004 2:32 pm) The problem not getting to California emissions standards has nothing to do with VW engineering ... rather it has to do with the crappy diesel fuel we have her in the states. I understand there legislation out that will start cleaning up the US spec diesel fuel starting in 2006 but the Oil lobby will probably pop out of the multiple legistlator pockets they have parked in and manage to push the time schedule for cleaning up the fuel further down the road. Replies to this message: dwpc (Jul 01, 2004 1:13 pm)
#1903 of 2207 ooh by golfgti201 Jun 25, 2004 (9:23 pm)
oh, if its true, then i didn't know that. But i also hear that California is going to change the emission policy for 2007 so it will be even stricter, which means there would be no possibility for the v-10 here, which sucks. lol
#1904 of 2207 RE: Post 1902 by hiflyer Jun 26, 2004 (3:47 am)
"...but the Oil lobby will probably pop out of the multiple legistlator pockets they have parked in and manage to push the time schedule for cleaning up the fuel further down the road."   They already have. Cleaner diesel fuel was originally required to be available by 2003. When the Bush Administration took office, that deadline was pushed back to 2006.   You want to guess how likely the deadline is going to be pushed back again after November given the convenient excuse of limited refinery capacity. Replies to this message: big_guy (Jun 28, 2004 3:37 pm)
#1905 of 2207 RE: Post 1902 [hiflyer #1904] by big_guy Jun 28, 2004 (3:37 pm)
Replying to: hiflyer (Jun 26, 2004 3:47 am) Doesn't surprise me with Bush's background in the oil industry. It is a shame that the big oil companies won't invest in the technology to clean up the deisel fuel ... there are a lot of European TDI and common rail deisel engines that could be brought stateside if the fuel was cleaner.
#1906 of 2207 by tidester HOST Jun 28, 2004 (3:56 pm)
I don't think we want to stray too far into political debate!   tidester, host
#1907 of 2207 2004 VOLKSWAGEN TOUAREG V10 TDI by quicks Jul 01, 2004 (7:20 am)
http://demo.autoweek.com/article.cms?articleId=100328 From article: "..Volkswagen's front man for diesels, Richard Dorenkamp, believes the technical challenges will be met to allow diesels to be used well into the future.   "Diesels are powerful, economical, ecological and future-oriented," Dorenkamp said. "For the 2007 model year, there is a 95 percent reduction in tailpipe emissions, and we can't do it right now. But we're work- ing on it, and we believe we will meet the future emission standards."   Two emission problems haunt diesels: soot and nitrogen oxide. VW is working to develop particulate traps to handle the soot issue while "absorbers" are being developed to handle NOX, a component of acid rain.   A key to reducing emissions is being able to deliver fuel to the cylinders in small amounts at very precise timing under extremely high pressure, up to nearly 30,000 PSI. To deliver fuel to the cylinders, VW uses unit injectors rather than the common-rail system employed in the Mercedes-Benz 320CDI (AW, May 3). Unit injectors, located at each cylinder, have a mechanically driven pump that delivers the fuel to the electronically controlled injectors. The common-rail system uses an electronic pump to pressurize the "rail" that delivers fuel to each cylinder. Bosch makes both systems."

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