Fuel; Petrol; Diesel - Volkswagen Golf Instruction Manual

Fuel
Petrol
For all carburetor engines:
At ambient temperatures between O ' C
and 15"C, carburetor icing can occur
when the air humidity is high even though
the intake air ~reheatino svstem is wor-
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ng proper y . ~ n e resLlt ; s tnat theenglne
lenas to sla1 at id nq speea ouriig the
warming-up phase.
Even the anti-icing additives contained in
some fuels cannot entirelv Drevent carbu-
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retor ic.ng in the cola season. Wher a pro-
oerlv ranea enalne sta Is repeateoly in the
conditions described above it is advisable
to mix Volkswagen Audi Petrol Additive
with the fuel. This additive is obtainable
from V.A.G w0rkShODS in West Gsrmanv
and many export countries under :he pait
No.
AOS
15000003.
Diesel
At low temDeratures the flow characteri-
stics of d esel fuel deteriorate due to~wax
formation ano this can affecr engine
ope-
ration when usino summer diesel. For this
reason, winter diesel fuel which works sa-
tisfactorily down to about -15°C is sold
in the cold season. At lower temperatures,
a certain amount (max.
30%),
depending
on actual temperature of regular petrol
(not premium) should be mixed with the
diesel.
As these additives reduce the enoine out-
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p ~ t , only theamount acr~dily requlreu, a(:-
cording to remperature, s h o ~ l ~ be used.
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