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Old 09-19-2011, 02:46 PM   #50 (permalink)
dremd
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Not Sure about you guys countries, but here in USA (land of I wish we got better power plants) 03 VW TDI is not PD, would be VE ALH.

Quick search on fueleconomy.gov shows that the ALH receives an air quality score of 0 (the worst possible score) our cars are great, but clean they are not.
The PD receives an air Quality score of 1 (still terrible, but better).

Side note: if you do have a PD I HIGHLY recommend you change you oil on time or before using high grade approved oil, they kill cams (cam drives injectors). Many many stories about this on tdiclub.com forums.

Good stories about driving style and used oil analisis in blackstones monthly email, basically the owner towed a significantly oversized camper for 5~6k driving flat out up several mountains and his oil looked average for his engine.
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