2013PassatDI
Member
This happened to me! 2013 Passat TDI dead stop at 70MPH. Tow to dealer HPFP failure w/metal shavings throughout. Under extended warranty but need to send a fuel sample to VW of America in Michigan. They ran a Specific Gravity Test and told me I failed. Had it towed to a second dealer I trust, in my neighborhood, and asked for a fuel sample to have independently tested. Second dealer said I failed the Specific Gravity Test and gave me a picture of a guy holding a Petro Dector, and said I failed that test as well. The meter had a fronzy face on it??? Ya, Fronzy means you fail.
I sent a sample of my fuel to FOI Labs in Vancouver and it came back as 100% pure B10 diesel. They test for water, gas and bio blend additives. PROBLEM: As I learn more, (Ethan M. of the TDI Club) the problem is that my car was designed to run on ULSD Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel B # 2. The best I can find in my State of Illinois is Bio #10. Some pumps are as high as Bio # 20.
I'm wondering if I should even fix this car. In hind sight I should have sold it back last year when I had the chance to return under the Emission Scandal program.
I sent a sample of my fuel to FOI Labs in Vancouver and it came back as 100% pure B10 diesel. They test for water, gas and bio blend additives. PROBLEM: As I learn more, (Ethan M. of the TDI Club) the problem is that my car was designed to run on ULSD Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel B # 2. The best I can find in my State of Illinois is Bio #10. Some pumps are as high as Bio # 20.
I'm wondering if I should even fix this car. In hind sight I should have sold it back last year when I had the chance to return under the Emission Scandal program.