be sure to use synthetic blinker fluid

SoTxBill

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I had been putting off changing the blinker fluid in my TDI because R** L*** synthetic is so expensive. As an unexpected benefit, I am now able to reroute more power to the ECU core and now I can keep up with my friend's S4 Turbo.
You may want to try KaleCo's new blinker bleeder kit. I am testing one of the prototype ones as we speak. You simply start at the farthest bulb from the switch. Remove the bulb, install the bleeder and pump until you get fluid with no air bubbles. Repeat this process for all bulbs working your way to the closest light. After performing this procedure, you will not experience any more hard or spongy blinker switch. I recomend this highly to anyone already using KaleCo's synthetic blinker fluid.
 

Al Kane

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I’ve heard some troubling reports about KaleCo synthetic blinker fluid. When you use KaleCo, the blinkers will occasionally fail to self-cancel after you make a turn. That never happens with the monoester blinker fluids, but it’s a known problem with the synthetics, including the polyesters. Also it’s said that the blink rate rises to unacceptably high levels resulting in shortened life on the bulbs. Any truth to these reports in your experience?

I was taught that you’re supposed to start bleeding at the bulb closest to the switch, work your way to the farthest, and then back to the closest. If you start with the farthest, you never get a full purge because of all the air in the system closer to the switch.

By the way, one of our Florida members says that blinker fluid never needs to be changed as a preventive maintenance item because you can always use hand signals temporarily if your blinker quits – then again, he doesn’t have to worry about frostbite in Florida. He says you’re just asking for trouble if you change the fluid before you really have to. What do you say?


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mickey

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You don't need to worry about it. The dealer changes the blinker fluid for free the first time.

-mickey
 

Lug_Nut

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My 96 Passat does not have ABS. I use the squeeze method of braking but will release the pedal pressure if a wheel or two locks in order to get them rolling again. With the snow and ice here in New England that means that I'm almost "pumping" the brakes, and the brake lights are also blinking.
Should I consider changing to this synthetic blinker fluid for my brake lights as well as using it in the directionals? What is the proceedure for bleeding the high mounted lamps? Will I have to do each individually or just the end ones?
 

Karl Roenick

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There is a revised procedure for flushing the blinker system: check the tsb's. Also someone on vwvortex reports dealer voided warranty because of problems introduced by the e-code light modification.
 

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Jonathan,, beware of the new laws they passed in Texas,,, It now illegal to drive with no hubcaps...You will get pulled over a given a ticket... because everyone knows you can't run around town with you nuts showing..
Please take that into account and modify you anti lock braking procedures acordingly..
And don't forget in florida and the warmer climates to be sure get some cigarette lighter grease.. if your up north, you might want to use synthetic and only apply it once, but in florida, you will need multiple applications due to pregnant chad problem.
Next week will be testing a new NOx reducer from Kaleco. It appears to work best on NB but will work on the jettas and golfs as well.



[This message has been edited by TexasBill (edited January 20, 2001).]
 

RabbitGTI

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You guys who drive that German Junk have to worry about blinker fluid? Ahhhahaha, on my Hondas the blinker fluid is a special lifetime fluid which never goes bad. And there is a special Mugen Racing Blinker Fluid available for $750 a pint. The racing fluid has zero resistance and results in a 50hp increase in engine power.
 

RabbitGTI

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German Blinker Fluid is much better than Brazilian Blinker Fluid. Both are better than Mexican Blinker Fluid.
 

SoTxBill

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...I am trying the lastest in Nitrous Oxide Boost technology!!!!

For just $19.95 you can purchase 2 "Nitrous equipped" Stickers to put on your car; BUT These are no Ordinary Stickers!!!

Oh, no! for chemically blended into the adhesive on these patches in the REAL Nitrous Oxide Compound,:

NO2+H20+HN03+other cool stuff=N.O.4.HP!!!!and a by product of OH.NO!!

The secret is when they are applied to any automotive finish, the Nitrous Oxide Passes into the car through Osmosis, travelling through the metal parts of the car, right to the fuel injectors!!!, providing a grand total of 100 HP!(as measured at the wipers)

Dyno tests are at this time unavailable, for we are looking for test cars (yellow NB with the sunflower hubcaps is prefered, for it alone adds another 20 HP.
Caution! Not for human use!!(viagra works better for humans)
KaleCo is working on a new series of patches to stop smoking,, YES for $20.95 each you will be able to get a patch to stop you car from smoking...But they recommend one patch per cylinder. These are especially good for those who are running tractor fuel. But these MUST be applied on the exhaust side.. If applied on the intake side,, can cause hard starting and very very very low performance issues.

notice,, manufactor makes no offer to mary you daughter and driving on public roads during between the hours of 12:00:01 am and 11:59:59pm will void any warantee claims to KaleCo, however if product is returned in better than new condition and at least two days before purchase, KaleCo will accept 100% cash refund from you. Remember to drive safe and never play with plutonium.
and if it aint' fixed, dont break it.
 

GotDiesel?

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I don't know if Valois is behind this but I found some "Absolut" blinker fluid at a specialty shop the other day.

Unlike regular blinker fluid, which is usually amber-colored, this stuff was crystal clear.

And oddly enough, the clerk said I was supposed to pour it in myself, not the car.

Anybody used this stuff before? I need to be careful or I could end up being President of the USA.
 

DZLguy

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My blinker fluid appears to be gelling up in the cold weather. It was -19c here this morning, and I am concerned that the dealer put the wrong stuff in. Is there any anti-gel additive for the blinker fluid?

Best idea is likely to go into hibernation until spring, then I won't have to worry about it for a while.
 

RabbitGTI

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You need to buy Anti-windchill Blinker Fluid when you live in a climate where the temp may drop below 40 degrees F and the wind blows over 20 mph.
 

valois

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Amsoil blinker fluid is produced by a rare chemical found only in the high Andes, there is a small bush that grows on the western face of the high peaks, it takes a guide and 2 llamas 3 days to pick the berries and get them down to Al waiting at the basecamp, he then eats the barries and walla, Amsoil blinker fluid is produced, sometimes they have to squeeze AL to get enough production to meet demand.
 

SoTxBill

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Just got my newest performance product..You might wanna try KaleCo's high performance hub caps.. A full set will conserveratively increase measured wheel rotation by a factor of 4 resulting 4 times the horsepower and torque. For additional performance I will be installing a high speed balanced steering wheel. This should really help me make the 130 mph club on the salt flats..
Next week I will be trying a new set of high perfomance spark plug wires on my tdi to help improve cold weather starting..
 

SoTxBill

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Well I found out that the reason I am having cold starting problems is that I am probably running the wrong viscosity fuel..
Running too thin diesel fuel may also cause excessive fuel consumption..If you find that your fuel tank is slowly becoming empty after driving for a couple of week, try changing to a higher viscosity fuel. Running at higher viscosity fuel can also increase mileage. Still trying to find out how to change the spark plug wires on the tdi.. Will do dyno testing then.
 

apotek

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Do NOT, I repeat do NOT replace the spark plug wires on the TDI. It will cause the heat seaters to fail. Once that happens, all the synthetic blinker fluid in the world won't do you a bit of good. You will end up having to replace the fetzer valve or maybe even the bypass. Damn, that reminds me, where are those 30w ball bearings I had....
 

valois

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Forget the fancy blinker fill. I use the conventional European sinaling method of many confusing hand signals and a plethery of obscene gestures accompanied by verbal abuse with a really cheesy fake accent.
Whats a matta you?!? You dada hit you heada too mich whena you were the babino?
 

tommy37

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Am I the only TDI owner who thinks that just because I own a sophisticated car, I have to use sophisticated parts? Like my filters--
Filtro-Matic for $1 (1.50 Canadian) at the K-mart Budget Basement is just fine.

As for synthetic blinker fluid--it is ONLY necessary if you have solar-powered lights. Regular fluid is ok for halogen bulbs as long as you keep the halogen level up to the "Full" mark.
 

Sun Baked GL

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Don't forget that the dealer is the only one with the specially calibrated equipment designed to convert fluids that come in pint/quart/gallon containers into their proper metric equivalents.

Failure to properly convert these fluids to the metric system can lead to an under/over fill situation, which can seriously damage a car designed around the metric system.

Also don't forget to take your car in to the dealer for occasional metric recalibration, since driving all those miles and putting gallons of fuel in the tank can lead to ECU confusion and decreased engine performance.

[This message has been edited by Sun Baked GL (edited January 21, 2001).]
 

SoTxBill

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I finally found out why I cant get the high performance racing spark plugs wires replaced.. After calling KaleCo, and complaining to their tech support it seems to my embarrassment that I have been using an american cresent wrench on my dub.. They informed me that this can cause serious damage and in the future I can only use a metric cresent wrench. This is sending american measurments to the ECU which is mapped for metric and also will convert either german or mexican signals in the current issue and is noted for having problems with the brazilian signaling format.
I knew right away why... You see its because in america,, is "Vee double-U" and that where the ecu gets confused.. because in spanish its pronounce vee-double-vee. Heck I bettcha those pinheads in europe even drive on the wrong side of the road.. No wonder the my vee-double-u (yes U for united states of america) is so confused. Next thing they will tell me I cant replace the distribitor cap.. Next week I will test my new homemade choke modification to aid in cold weather starting. I hear is gonna get down to 29 next week..Anyone know where I can order an metric cresent wrench,, and why you at it, how about a set of metric screwdrivers as well.
On a personal note:
Hey TS, miss your help and sanity,, hurry up and come back before I mess something up.. Bill

[This message has been edited by TexasBill (edited January 21, 2001).]
 

carl

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Texas Bill, I am shocked that you, of all people, would miss the obvious. It is neither Vee-double-U or Vee-double-vee but V-Dubya. See, back when pappy Bush was head of the CI-freakin'-A (or FB-la-di-I, I can't remember) he masterminded a bold scheme to use Brazilian ex-Nazis to broker illegal arms to Angolan insurgents, using fake shipments of Volkswagen parts to launder the whole deal.

The idea was to have the arms in question "captured" by-mistake-on-purpose by the communist forces (I believe black helicopters were used at this juncture). Angola was a lost cause anyway, after all. In exchange, the Kremlin secretly agreed to divert sonar data, from its nuclear submarines, of the oil-bearing ocean floors off America's coastlines to the R&D department of a big Texas oil company, which in turn agreed to employ George's notoriously incompetent son, who was finally graduating from Yale right about then because they couldn't stand to have him around any more.

I'm not sure if the shoddy quality of the covert arms brokered to Angola through VW-Brazil was a clever last-laugh by George the Elder, or just an unexpected bonus. I do know that Angolan communists' calls for warranty service met with a diabolically intricate electronic answering service that eventually dumped, no matter what button they pushed, into grotesquely expensive long-distance connections to the South Pole.

Anyway, to compensate the middlemen in this deal, the younger Bush agreed to be known henceforth as "Dubya", which everyone should know means "cabbage" in Russian (should know, but don't, because U.S. Americans are far too patriotic to learn any foreign language, least of all the enemy's). The Ruskies continue to enjoy this little joke. He also agreed to use a blind holding company headed by Dick Cheney to funnel offshore oil profits into VW-Brazil, who were so grateful that in secret internal memoranda and in the executive washroom, they now refer to the company as "V-Dubya."

I hope that clears things up.

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Ric Woodruff

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Man, I would give my right testicoid for some SYNTHETIC BLINKER FLUID!!!

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Ric Woodruff

"Worry gives small things a big shadow"


1998 Jetta TDI Custom Sport
 

SoTxBill

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Thanks Carl,, thant kinda clears a lotta things up.. You know, I was supicious of that dick chaney fella all along... He kept doing these little secret sulutes (you know like putting his right hand across his chest) during the parade when them other flags came by.. Especially the Brazilion flag... So maybe theres something to that.. My wife kept saying he was just checking his heart but who knows..
BTW found out that intalling the high performance hub caps can actually slow your car down... seems like I put the fronts on the rear and vice versa,, and actually had them fighting each other.. them hubcaps are scienticfically designed to roll one way only. So after I figgered it out, I got em reversed and now I really cooking.. Still wait for KaleCo to find me a high performance distribitor cap.. expect to gain at least 5 hp.. but until then I am researching a rear spoiler to push down the rear of the car at high speed to stop rear wheel spin..
On a personal note: I promise to keep this up till ts comes back.
 

ittrad

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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by mickey:
You don't need to worry about it. The dealer changes the blinker fluid for free the first time.
-mickey
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Yes, but I just noticed that in the manual it says you MUST use an ABA (American Blinker Association) BR1 (blink rate 1) fluid. I wouldn't use anything less than a 12 ohm fluid, and that crap that the dealer uses is not only 8 ohms, it's not even synthetic!

Jamie
 

SoTxBill

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You know, with all this additional horse power,, I been thinking about how it will affect the typical tdi.. soos I have come up with a plan to maufactor at or below cost a set of wheelie bars for my jet.. Cant be a wasting horsepower on wheelies not that I'm a show-off anyways. I have got plenty of tubing off an old windmill and hay cutter but could use some ideals for wheels.. Do I really need special wheels or can I just swipe some wheels off a used shopping cart?? My son is not using his roller blades anymore.. I will be starting this project while I'm waiting for my high performance racing pedels to come in. If they give a honda 5 more horepower eating rice, just think what they'll do for the "Green Toad" with a diet of high quality # 2 Texas diesel. I dont really know the origin of the diesel fuel but we dont sell the bad stuff down here. I heard a rumor that the fuel came from either mexico, brazil or germany. Look out 130 mile club.. We'll be knocking on your door!
 

GotDiesel?

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The dealer just changed my blinker fluid and now my CEL blinks! I think maybe they poured it in the wrong hole.
 

SoTxBill

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Does anyone know how long I should make the wheelie bars for my Jet? I was thinking about 8 feet, but at that length I will have to put lights on it. And acording to motor vehicle code, I will also have to move back my License Plates. Everytime I try to call the State Trooper's office, They just laugh and hang up. I guess they just havent had any diversity training. You know the high performance hub caps are working fine now.. And I dont have to worry about getting a ticket for driving around with no hub caps..
Oh Yeah,, everyone knows its agaist the law to run around town with your nuts showing..
Next week I will be evaluating KaleCo High Performance Shift Knobs.. I expect to get at least 2 hp gain out of that..
On another note, I was disappointed that the rear spoiler did not show one single horsepower gain on the dyno run.. Musta installed it upside down.. See you Next week.
 
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