To: tcrlaf
First -3 degree morning when it doesn't start on the first pull, these things will be heading back to the dealerships in DROVES... Today's diesels are not your father's diesels..............50% of the cars sold in Europe are diesels, and I remember it got quite cold when I was there........
19 posted on
01/31/2007 10:33:10 AM PST by
Red Badger
(Rachel Carson is responsible for more deaths than Adolf Hitler...............)
To: Red Badger
Cold weather was the major downside on the S-10/Isusu 2.2 diesel I once owned. In winter, at say 15-20F that sucker was hard to start. Fuel jelled in the filter, and if it could be pursuaded to start, the power was way down.
I'm guessing the modern oil burners have fuel tank and filter heaters.
25 posted on
01/31/2007 11:13:19 AM PST by
Don Carlos
(Posting tasteless comments since 02/03/2002)
To: Red Badger
Colder than -3F requires fuel heaters to prevent waxing and to maintain a decent pour point temperature.
35 posted on
01/31/2007 12:49:23 PM PST by
Old Professer
(The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
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