opportunity for high mileage than my 56 mile one way commute.
-Curt
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2013 21:31:35 -0600
From: OK Don okd...@gmail.com
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: The glow plugs came on!
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It was about 20F this morning when I went out to start my commute, the coldest
by far since I've owned the TDI.
I find this car fascinating since its so different from my old MBs. Normally
the glow plug light just blinks in a POTS (power on self test) and the glow
plugs don't do anything.
On 20/11/2013 11:41 AM, Curt Raymond wrote:
It was about 20F this morning when I went out to start my commute, the coldest
by far since I've owned the TDI.
I find this car fascinating since its so different from my old MBs. Normally
the glow plug light just blinks in a POTS (power on self
On Nov 20, 2013 9:42 AM, Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com wrote:
Another interesting part of this ('98
Jetta TDI) car is how long it takes to
get heat. Right now it takes just about
twice as long as my '84 190D. On the
TDI boards they put this down to the
efficiency of the engine.
My
Curt wrote:
Another interesting part of this ('98 Jetta TDI) car is how long
it takes to get heat. Right now it takes just about twice as long
as my '84 190D. On the TDI boards they put this down to the
efficiency of the engine. I think that a lot of the folks driving
them baby the engines
On 20/11/2013 1:00 PM, Fmiser wrote:
Curt wrote:
Another interesting part of this ('98 Jetta TDI) car is how long
it takes to get heat. Right now it takes just about twice as long
as my '84 190D. On the TDI boards they put this down to the
efficiency of the engine. I think that a lot of the
Finally hit 0.0c this morning, frost on the glass. Fired up the w220 and then
got out and sprayed the glass with frost be gone. Squeegee the windows and got
back in. Fired up the defog and tried to drive off. Could not see a dang
thing. Feeble response from the defog, and it took forever
or Georgia. You ask and they say Well its in
the 40s. In the 40s I don't even wear a coat...
-Curt
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2013 12:03:07 -0600
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On Nov 20, 2013 9:42 AM, Curt Raymond curtlud...@yahoo.com wrote:
Another interesting part
Or drive faster ;)
-Curt
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2013 13:16:59 -0600
From: Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca
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IIRC, the MB cars, at least the old ones I drove, had that little water
pump in the heater circuit that circulated the coolant around the head and
to the heater before the thermostat opens to let the coolant start flowing
through everything else. This is to provide heat ASAP to the cabin. I've
Curt's 190D didn't burn a lot of extra fuel either, but still provided
plenty of heat. It was engineered to do so. A VW is not.
On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 12:03 PM, Randy Bennell rbenn...@bennell.ca wrote:
One of my neighbors accross the lane drives a Golf TDI. His solution was
to have seat
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