Date: Sat, 2 Jan 2016 06:30:05 -0800
Reply-To: Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Dodged a bullet -- blowed the oil filter right off
In-Reply-To: <5687D7C9.9030107@gmail.com>
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Coolant circulating heaters DO work, Every other motor that has what is
sometimes called a "tank heater", they do perform their function as
designed...some better than others. The alternative is a heated garage.
Zoning and real estate prices in Bend, Oregon probably preclude that.....
Get the coolant circulating type heater. Find a way to plug in your
vanagon when you return to your Casa at night, but with the power off. It
normally doesn't need to suck electricity all night, just an hour or two in
the AM is enough to get the oil inside warmed up and circulating better.
Every house I build in a cold climate, I make sure to install some kinda
switched outside plug for my vehicle's tank heaters....Get up, start the
coffee and switch on the vehicle tank heaters...
As if Diesel didn't have enough negative press here in the US........One
major issue with diesel vehicles is cold weather operation...Diesel fuel
does NOT like cold much... The fuel gets thick, too, just like the oil in
the crankcase...My friends in Jackson Hole who drove diesels in the
winter....they often had to stop by the parking lot at the Ski Hill during
the work day and fire up their vehicles a couple of times, when it was
sub-zero temps....in order to be sure to have flowing fuel after being
parked outside all day... it's -20f there in Jackson today.....
On Sat, Jan 2, 2016 at 5:59 AM, Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@gmail.com
> wrote:
> On 01/01/2016 11:03 PM, Mark Tuovinen wrote:
>
> "If you are going to start your engine in cold
> temperatures use an engine heater, its better for your engine, your bank
> account, and the environment."
>
> I'd love to use an engine heater, but prior posts to this list inquiring
> about heaters that work well with the 1.9 have not turned up a promising
> one. The ridged bottom of the block doesn't provide an effective surface
> for good heat transfer, the dipsticks are advised against, and Van
> Cafe's coolant heater thingy doesn't seem to me like it would do much to
> heat the oil in the block. Is there anything good?
>
> It's 5 degrees F this morning, and while I'm fortunate I don't have
> anywhere I need to drive to today, tomorrow morning I have a radio show
> to put on and walking to the station when it's this cold doesn't appeal
> to me for some reason, possibly related to a decadent attachment to
> comfort.
>
> Taxi ride, $8 each way.
>
> So, walk, taxi, or start the van?
>
> --
> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
> 1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
> Bend, Ore.
>
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