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Greasecar's Maintenance Articles are provided to help you better understand and troubleshoot the components of your vegetable oil system. Everything from setting up your Co-Pilot to cleaning your EGR will be covered in here.

Fuel Cap Cleaning
Removal of the fuel cap Step One: Removal of chain Step Two: Loosen cap to open position Step Two: Marking tab for proper re-assembly Step Three: Removal of pivot pin Step Five: Removal...

Changing Your Vegetable Oil Filter
Changing Your Vegetable Oil Filter There is a direct correlation between pre-filtering and in-line filter life. The average life span of a filter will be 500-3000 miles (or possibly more). You...

The importance of cleaning your fuel system
What is this polymerization?   .Polymerization is a chemical reaction in which smaller molecules will combine in chains to form larger molecules.  For the purposes of this article we...

Keep Your Act Clean: The Importance of Intake and EGR Cleaning on Your TDI
Why does my EGR system and intake manifold become clogged on my TDI? Volkswagen has been offering a diesel engine option in their US vehicles for around 30 years now. The original 1.5 and 1.6...

Maintenance & Troubleshooting
General Diesel Vehicle Maintenance Changing fluids and filters Though Diesel engines do not require regular tune ups like gasoline engines, they still require maintenance to optimize and...

Greasecar SV98 Valve Maintenance
Ports:COM (Common) – Always Open NC (Normally Closed) – Closed with no power, open with 12v NO (Normally Open) – Open with no power, closed with 12v Wiring: 3 Port...

Greasecar Valve Troubleshooting
Valve Troubleshooting Intro Greasecar Valve Types: SV-100 on the left, with the SV-98 3-Port in the middle and SV-98 6-Port on the right Step One: Testing Ground connection with multimeter...