Might that do something to lower the viscosity in the cold? Not that I'd do something so drastic...
Tim 1982 300TD Moby On 11/2/05, Trampas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Some will balk at this, but in the winter I add a couple of gallons of > gasoline to each tank of diesel. This makes my car crank so much easier in > the winter. > > Regards, > Trampas > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of TimothyPilgrim > Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 11:25 AM > To: Mercedes mailing list > Subject: Re: [MBZ] Fast GP's > > How much cranking on the starter after those glow cycles does it take > for your cars to catch then? Last year, I would let me plugs glow > until I heard the relay "click" some 15 seconds after glow start. Then > it was take a few seconds of cranking with the accelerator pedal to > the floor to get the engine going. Does that sound about right? > > At least I learned last year from you telling me about the > pedal-to-the-metal and keep 'er cranking. I made a world of difference > for me. > > There are some days though that without the block heater, there's no > way my car is starting. It basically prevents me from driving to a > place where I have to park outside in the winter for fear of not being > able to start it again. > > Tim > 1982 300TD Moby > > On 10/31/05, Marshall Booth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Gabriel S. wrote: > > > Ahhh i see, if you refer to "city driven" i don't consider my car a city > > > car...i do live 60 miles outside of los angeles. BTW, how long does it > take > > > you on average during the winter to pre glow your car? > > > > At freezing I let the car 4 cylinder cars glow for 10 sec and the 6 > > cylinder glow for 15 sec. At zero F I double that. I glow the 5 cylinder > > cars somewhere in between. > > > > Marshall > > -- > > Marshall Booth Ph.D. > > Ass't Prof. (ret.) > > Univ of Pittsburgh School of Medicine > > Department of Pharmacology 1300 BST > > Pittsburgh PA 15261 USA > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > _______________________________________ > > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net > > > > _______________________________________ > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net > > > > _______________________________________ > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net >
