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Car Forum / Volvo Cars / February 2008City driving & Euro diesels?
I am looking into buying a Jetta TDI, about 2002 model. (sorry there is no volkswagon NG.....but you motorheads here will know). I MIGHT move out of town in another 1,2 or 3 years, and have to commute a long distance each day---- or it might not happen. If I just keep driving shortdistances, mostly within the city, as we do now, does anything bad tend to happen with these 4-cyl diesel engines? I have been told that it can cause problems....these engines like to be driven on long trips. But there are conflicting opionions on this it seems. geronimo schrieb: > I am looking into buying a Jetta TDI, about 2002 model. (sorry there > is no volkswagon NG.....but you motorheads here will know). I MIGHT [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > that it can cause problems....these engines like to be driven on long > trips. But there are conflicting opionions on this it seems. Only Diesel-engines with a particle-filter need from time to time a longer distance to regenerate the filter. That means 15-20 minutes driving after the engine reached normal operating temperature. As far as I know, such old cars do not have a filter yet, at least not in Europe. Joerg  Signaturehttp://www.albasani.net/index.html.de Ein freier und kostenloser Server für Usenet/NetNews (NNTP) > I am looking into buying a Jetta TDI, about 2002 model. (sorry there > is no volkswagon NG.....but you motorheads here will know). I MIGHT [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > that it can cause problems....these engines like to be driven on long > trips. But there are conflicting opionions on this it seems. Short stops and starts are harder on any engine...makes no difference whether it burns gas or diesel fuel. If you spell it Volkswagen, you will find some newsgroups > I am looking into buying a Jetta TDI, about 2002 model. (sorry there > is no volkswagon NG.....but you motorheads here will know). I MIGHT [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > that it can cause problems....these engines like to be driven on long > trips. But there are conflicting opionions on this it seems. |
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