Houston Biodiesel supplies B100 commercially. Many of us "Houstonites" pick up 5 gallons and feed in a quart at a time into the fuel tank to make B2 and not pay the price for OptiLube (which is the best rated behind biodiesel of the Spicer lubricity study).
Arizona Green Tea container (~$1.00 at Walmart)
Thanks, aja! Read that whole thread. Good stuff. I'll pick some up as soon as I can get to Houston for the bio.
Glad to help. You have to take car of that CR HPFP and an additive for lubricity is all you can do to protect yourself from a bad fuel load.
Hi Jaclyn,Hi rfortson!
What JSW did you get? What dealer did you use? Congratulations!! I hope you absolutely enjoy it and have no major issues!!! Is this your first TDI/diesel? (nevermind, reading comprehension fail)
I'm still trying to figure out what diesel brands are generally believed to be better. And I'm trying to figure out if the Optilube or Stanadyne additives are avail. locally. DON'T miss the threads in Lubricity on additives, rfortson....you'll have to make your own decision on them, but read thoroughly and know your options. As for me, I'm using Power Service (grey bottle) available at Autozone, until I get some of the 'better' stuff.
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Last night, in the Kingwood HEB parking lot, I saw a Candy White 2009 JSW TDI auto. I left a napkin note on the wiper, telling them about TDIClub.com and our pending get-together. Hopefully, we'll add another to our fold. Or, maybe they'll just think I'm nuts.
Welcome, Congratulations, Enjoy! It's best to find one station and go with it. I've experimented with various local stations to find ones my car likes, and RaceTrac seems to be its favorite, though I mostly run Murphy USA since it's near by. I've had generally good but somewhat varying results with Texaco and Shell. This is based on perceived power and measured fuel mileage.
Coming home, when activated, lets you flash your high beams to activate the parking lights, fog lights, headlights, or whatever combination of the above we set and runs them on a time so you can see to walk from the car to your front door. I have it activated on mine but I rarely actually use it. It may not work on your car. Not sure if it requires a high line module or not. Mine didn't work with the factory low line CECM though.
I'm using Power Service as well, in the winters only though, when the fuel has kerosene added as an anti-gelling agent because it reduces lubricity. PS makes up for that. Beyond that, just run what comes out of the pump.
LOL. I met a couple with a red Jetta TDI a few weeks ago when I was leaving Sam's. They parked next to me and we talked for a bit. I told them about TDIClub and the get together. Maybe we're all nuts?-------------In other local subjects-------------
Last night, in the Kingwood HEB parking lot, I saw a Candy White 2009 JSW TDI auto. I left a napkin note on the wiper, telling them about TDIClub.com and our pending get-together. Hopefully, we'll add another to our fold. Or, maybe they'll just think I'm nuts.
I noticed the Bucky's in Pearland sell bio blend. I tried it out, car didn't like it as much. Probably good for the pump, bad for performance/economy. Go figure.
Get a plastic gas can? Definitely don't use the metal ones, Diesel fuel will dissolve the zinc coating which is bad for your fuel system.
Be careful with the term "plastic" can as not all synthetic containers are made of the same compounds or are they "safe" with biodiesel. Before I started using the Arizona Green Tea containers, I used a cleaned motor oil container (1 quart).
Fair enough. Wasn't really sure which would be good to go with, hence the question mark. I use a Whataburger milk bottle to carry a measured out dose of Power Service. It's been enough for running around Texas.
Thanks for the info. There's an Exxon at 45 and El Dorado that's fairly convenient, had the lowest price, and I figure has high turnover being on a busy intersection like that. I'll try this for now, and maybe find another place for comparison.
West Houston is the best local dealer service dept., in my experience. Archer is the worst, and Momentum in between. Never been to DeMontrond or Clear Lake for service.
We've had one on the books for a while now. October 8th, Deussen Park (http://www.co.harris.tx.us/comm_lee/PDeussen/).
Damn just found this thread and missed it. Looking forward to meeting locals as I just moved from jersey.
There's a get together Friday night at Southwell's Burgers off Taylor (1909, I think) at 7:30. It's a general Euro car get together but still interesting.
Sure am. With only about 200 miles on the car I added .3 gallons from Houston Biodiesel and topped it up with petrodiesel. I'll probably fill a 5 gallon jug periodically and just pull from that.