Re: [MBZ] Wonko's Winter Gasser

2008-10-21 Thread LarryT
the Sane [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 8:54 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Wonko's Winter Gasser It always started fine sitting after overnight in the insulated garage. The issue was driving 11 blocks then parking it outside for nine

Re: [MBZ] Wonko's Winter Gasser

2008-10-21 Thread Mitch Haley
LarryT wrote: I wonder if your thermostat is working properly?. My 91 300D is at oper temp after a 1/2 mile. Its one of the things I really like about it -- In summer, my 300SD (OM617) is up to temp in a couple of miles (maybe three minutes). If the engine were really cold, and the intake

Re: [MBZ] Wonko's Winter Gasser

2008-10-21 Thread LarryT
Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 9:20 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Wonko's Winter Gasser LarryT wrote: I wonder if your thermostat is working properly?. My 91 300D is at oper temp after a 1/2 mile. Its one of the things I really like about it -- In summer, my 300SD

Re: [MBZ] Wonko's Winter Gasser

2008-10-21 Thread Wonko the Sane
Is that book worth the purchase price or just a rehash of what one can read for free here? On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 12:15 PM, LarryT [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All that is from the W124 Bible - -- LT Don http://don.homelinux.net/~don/ apt-get update apt-get upgrade The following packages

[MBZ] Wonko's Winter Gasser

2008-10-20 Thread Dan Weeks
On Oct 20, 2008, at 9:06 AM, Wonko wrote: The purpose of having the gasser is to drive it in the winter. Wimp! :-) I drive my SD year round. Without a block heater. In Iowa. With 310k miles on it. It has failed to start exactly twice--once parked outside in Wisconsin at 20 below, and

Re: [MBZ] Wonko's Winter Gasser

2008-10-20 Thread Curt Raymond
like the idea that its cutting the wear on the engine and I like having heat sooner... -Curt Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 09:11:23 -0500 From: Dan Weeks [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [MBZ] Wonko's Winter Gasser To: mercedes@okiebenz.com Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain;    charset=US

Re: [MBZ] Wonko's Winter Gasser

2008-10-20 Thread Wonko the Sane
It always started fine sitting after overnight in the insulated garage. The issue was driving 11 blocks then parking it outside for nine hours. It would normally start but it wasn't as easy as I'd like. Even worse than waiting for the car to catch for the drive home at 5:00 pm is worrying about