> When I've lived in extremely cold locales, experience taught me that I had > to bring my battery in at night, and plug in a block or dipstick heater. > That is, if I wanted it to turn over in the morning so I could get to work > on time. This sounds like 6V days, eh? My '61 splitty had a brand new battery one Xmas in NoDak, 1964. It was 38 below at night, warming to "only" 18 below in the days, short as they were. I had 20 W oil from Colorado winter. The new battery turned the motor over exactly 4 times. The dealer put 5W oil in it, plus the common (then) sump heater. No problems then! I still have a bolt-on sump heater for my '81 Vanagon, but I stay away from NoDak in the winter. Richard |
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