Hmm... yes, I've had to use the ol' "charcoal trick" a few times, too. My block heater died in below zero weather, so went to the store - - all they had was barbeque flavor charcoal briquets. My little pickup smelled like a hot dog stand for about a week!

Gary

The dripping oil might give it that "AC engine"
flavour!

--- Zoltan  wrote:

> I went out and bought some barbeque coal
> and lighter fluid and
> cut an gallon oil can on the side, put the coal in
> and fired it up, waited
> until it burned down to amber then pushed it under
> the van's engine and
> waited for fifteen minutes.  It started up the first
> try.

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