They do as long as you have the correct weight oil for the temperature you
are operating in.  I used to drive my Sunroof model Syncro daily and it was
parked outside in the cold in -20F to -30F, something about the wife
feeling her car should be in the garage and there being no room for mine.
I did have an engine block heater and ran lighter weight synthetic oil for
the winter months.  The transport company we used one year to ship our
Westy Syncro outside in preparation for a month long road trip made the
mistake, even though I had warned them, of starting it at -30F with out
warming it up first while it had 20W50 synthetic oil in it.  Blew the oil
cooler o-ring out instantly, they had to load it that way and Daryl at
AaTransaxle had the fun of fixing it upon its arrival at his place for
storage until we arrived to pick it up.

Mark in Ak enjoying balmy temps in the 20's and 30's thanks to the cold
blast the rest of America is getting

On Tue, Jan 7, 2014 at 5:35 PM, chris and/or ruth <populuxe59@yahoo.com>wrote:

> Just as coworker and I noticed a stalled Passat TDI on the side of the
> road, a nice, a late model white Vanagon GL drove by. Temp was about -15f.
> As long as the battery turns, the water-boxers seem to start up nicely in
> cold weather.
>
> Chris 3
>