Date:         Fri, 24 Jan 2003 10:48:20 -0600
Reply-To:     Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Subject:      Re: just how COLD is IT? - Friday
Comments: To: drillock@earthlink.net
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In Dallas Texas we very seldom have many days that ever reach down to the
20s, very rarely in ten years it will get to zero.
What we're famous for is 100 days over 100 degrees (f) in the summer
months.
In those months many cars are destroyed by the drivers that simply
overwork the engines.
I'm of course speaking of Air Cooled engines.
I see that Waser Boxers can relate to this in California summers when
they will overheat.
My brother has a second home in Orange County and one nephew lives near
there .............. I hate it when they argue about going skiing or
going to the beach in Spring Months.

Stan Wilder

On Fri, 24 Jan 2003 08:05:58 -0800 mark drillock <drillock@earthlink.net>
writes:
> Just how cold is very cold? We had frost here one morning a year or
> 2
> back. I starting thinking about replacing the coolant in my Vanagon
> with
> some antifreeze but I didn't want to hurt the engine by driving it
> to
> the FLAPS to get some when it was so cold. Before I could make up
> my
> mind the sun came up so I went to the beach instead.
>
> The strawberry patch down the street is selling the first of this
> years
> crop. Nope, not kidding.
>
> Mark
> Northern San Diego County
>
> Stan Wilder wrote:
> >
> > ok Cali people,  lets talk in Farenheit!! :<) you guys dont know
> what
> > cold
> > is!!  :<) chris in pa where its currently 5 degrees F.
> > ---------------------- Clip ------------------------
> > I hope you folks in very cold climates know that you should be
> idling
> > your engines for five or more minutes each time you start a very
> cold
> > engine. Don't race or over work the engine until it gets warm
> enough to
> > send heat out your heater (Waser boxer) or in the case of air
> cooled just
> > use your watch and wait ten minutes. If you Air Cooled guys are
> expecting
> > heat, you may need to tape over the front fresh air intake port
> behind
> > the grill. I've found that it helps.
> >
> > Stan Wilder
> >
>
>

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