On 21 January 2013 00:09, Sven Wesley svenne.d...@gmail.com wrote:
My VW Touran has a Webasto without a pump, they have a burner as standard
equipment because the TDI's doesn't come up in temp without it when it's
cold outside
This is actually the issue that is taking up most of my time at the
2013/1/20 andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com:
Nearly any modern car will have provision somewhere on the engine for
a block heater. It is also likely to be in the right place too. Have
you looked for a manufacturer-original part?
No, I have not tried to look, because I have never heard that VW or
Thank You, guys, for the answers!
2013/1/20 Sven Wesley svenne.d...@gmail.com:
All my cars have, and all my former cars had, electrical heaters. You don't
need a pump.
There are universal models that sits in the cooler hose that works
flawlessly.
Well, there has to be something that makes
Viesturs:
A quick check with a search engine tells me there are tons of
discussions of the relative merits of different heating techniques
including opinionated folk living in extreme climates like northern
Canada and Alaska, just to cite North America.
If I were adding a heater to an
Viesturs;
We are in for another bout of cold weather, with night time lows of -30C.
I have a block heater in my little Toyota Matrix, and when it's below about
-20, I plug it in, and turn it on an hour or two before we try to start the car
in the morning.
It *does* make a difference. The
Viesturs;
Another really off-topic post.
Years ago, my wife at the time and I purchased a new diesel VW Golf. It came
with the standard one year, anywhere in the world we'll fix it warranty.
6 months later, we were living in the Netherlands, and this car made it over
with us.
One month
On Sunday 20 January 2013 12:23:36 Viesturs Lācis did opine:
Message additions Copyright Sunday 20 January 2013 by Gene Heskett
Thank You, guys, for the answers!
2013/1/20 Sven Wesley svenne.d...@gmail.com:
All my cars have, and all my former cars had, electrical heaters. You
don't need a
2013/1/20 Viesturs Lācis viesturs.la...@gmail.com
Thank You, guys, for the answers!
2013/1/20 Sven Wesley svenne.d...@gmail.com:
All my cars have, and all my former cars had, electrical heaters. You
don't
need a pump.
There are universal models that sits in the cooler hose that works
On 19 January 2013 21:22, Viesturs Lācis viesturs.la...@gmail.com wrote:
There are lots of options for auxiliary heating with fuel and
electricity.
Strangely enough, despite living somewhere where -5C is unusually
cold, I know quite a bit about this subject.
Nearly any modern car will have
2013/1/20 andy pugh bodge...@gmail.com
Nearly any modern car will have provision somewhere on the engine for
a block heater. It is also likely to be in the right place too. Have
you looked for a manufacturer-original part?
Nearly every engine ever built sinces the 60's, I would say. Even my
On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 4:22 PM, Viesturs Lācis viesturs.la...@gmail.comwrote:
Winter has arrived with temperatures below -20C, so I finally decided
to something about inability to start up car's engine in these cold
mornings.
There are lots of options for auxiliary heating with fuel and
We just had a cheap add-on mains-powered block heater (inline with the cooling
system, as I recall) in our gas cars when we lived in upstate New York. -20C
was common in the winter.
-Pete
On Jan 20, 2013, at 4:09 PM, Sven Wesley svenne.d...@gmail.com wrote:
2013/1/20 andy pugh
All my cars have, and all my former cars had, electrical heaters. You don't
need a pump.
There are universal models that sits in the cooler hose that works
flawlessly.
There's a silicone/rubber plate model nowadays that you glue directly onto
the oil pan that works pretty well too. Some guys use
On 19.01.13 23:22, Viesturs Lācis wrote:
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I do not think that it is possible in car, so the question is:
Can anyone suggest a small pump, powered by AC electricity and, what
is most important, that will work in -20C, -30C temperature? I was
thinking about all these aquarium pumps - size is
On 20.01.13 02:42, Sven Wesley wrote:
All my cars have, and all my former cars had, electrical heaters. You don't
need a pump.
There are universal models that sits in the cooler hose that works
flawlessly.
There's a silicone/rubber plate model nowadays that you glue directly onto
the oil
On Sun, 2013-01-20 at 14:12 +1100, Erik Christiansen wrote:
On 20.01.13 02:42, Sven Wesley wrote:
All my cars have, and all my former cars had, electrical heaters. You don't
need a pump.
There are universal models that sits in the cooler hose that works
flawlessly.
There's a
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