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Larry White Knight 1991 Crystal White #99 CSP Silver Bullet 1992 Silverstone #17 SM2 FM I+ Turbo Honey B 1992 Sunburst Yellow #99 SM2L JR Supercharger Whooosh 2004 Titanium Mazdaspeed MX-5 LowCountry Miata http://www.lowcountrymiataclub.net Masters Miata RAGS 074 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mark Cookson Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 4:11 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NPC] [NMC] How to warm up a diesel? I have a block heater on my Focus, but there doesn't appear to be on the Jetta. That would help a bit since it's usually the morning commute that's colder. I'll have to ask the shop when the Jetta goes in for its 60k service in a few months. Mark On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 3:01 PM, ~Jeff~ <[email protected]> wrote: > dont forget that diesels are unthrottled (no air restriction) so revving it > higher actually pushes more cold air through the engine. So low revs + high > load is prob the way to go. > > our Mondeo diesel would take about about twice as long as the petrol cars to > warm up ... in 10-20*C weather that was about 10 minutes :P > > have you thought about a block heater? I noticed in Sweden that car parks > have electrical plugs for 'em.. useful when it's -20*C on any given wintry > day. > > _______________________________________________ > Miatapower mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower > > _______________________________________________ Miatapower mailing list [email protected] http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower _______________________________________________ Miatapower mailing list [email protected] http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower
