Hi, Where in Canada are you? I used to live in Southern Ontario and never had any problems with my '85 Jetta diesel. While it's true that fuel will gel around the freezing point, wherever you are, the fuel stations will be selling winterized fuel as it starts to get cooler. I had a block heater in my Jetta, but never really had the need for it in Ontario. But if you're in a colder area (anywhere besides Southern Ontario), you would probably be wise to put your block heater on a timer for about 2-3 hours during really cold nights (if you don't have a garage).
I found that as long as I bought fuel from a high volume fuel station and had a decent battery and 4 good glow plugs, winter operation was nothing to worry about. Get those items checked soon if you're unsure as to the condition of either the battery or the plugs, and you shouldn't have to worry too much. -Brett At 20:24 9/27/2002 +0000, you wrote: >i live in canada and with cold weather apporoaching i am worried about being >able to run a diesel vehicle. have any of you had experience with this >problem??? how cold can you run the vehicle??? any tips on easy winter >startup??? or helping the motor from freezing??? ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> 4 DVDs Free +s&p Join Now http://us.click.yahoo.com/pt6YBB/NXiEAA/MVfIAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
