On 4 Nov 2001 at 18:53, Gnarlodious wrote: > 5: Yours truly has even been known to put a can of sterno under the oil pan > for an hour or so in really frigid weather, you can do this to diesel. > Especially the Vanagon, it has the aluminum pan. A 500W halogen work light also works - takes about 20-30 minutes... I found this out one morning at -15C after neglecting to check my glow plugs a few years ago.Shawn & Janis Wright swright@sls.bc.ca http://Zuiko.sls.bc.ca/~swright (Olympus List Archives) |
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