Mark, want to score some points with the wife?
you need this! http://www.frostheater.com/ cut from his first page: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Custom-Fit Engine Heaters for Volkswagen TDI diesels It was a cold morning in Minnesota well below zero. I turned the key, waited for the glow plugs, and fired up my TDI. Of course the TDI will start well below zero, but for the first 10 miles of my commute I froze and shivered. This is why I developed a heater for the TDI. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sound familiar? :) the beauty of it is, it's a coolant heater, so INSTANT HEAT. Ton of them sold over at Freds TDI page; you can check out the forum for feedback. I've thought about one for my 03 Golf TDI, but since I use it on the road, might be a bit strange to run an extension cord out my hotel door. After being up in WI in mine, I swore I'd never own a TDI without seat heaters in the winter. He says about 2 hours to install, $120 plus s/h. Ross -------------------------------------------------- From: "Mark Cookson" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 4:10 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
