On 01/01/2016 11:03 PM, Mark Tuovinen wrote:

"If you are going to start your engine in cold
temperatures use an engine heater, its better for your engine, your bank
account, and the environment."

I'd love to use an engine heater, but prior posts to this list inquiring
about heaters that work well with the 1.9 have not turned up a promising
one. The ridged bottom of the block doesn't provide an effective surface
for good heat transfer, the dipsticks are advised against, and Van
Cafe's coolant heater thingy doesn't seem to me like it would do much to
heat the oil in the block. Is there anything good?

It's 5 degrees F this morning, and while I'm fortunate I don't have
anywhere I need to drive to today, tomorrow morning I have a radio show
to put on and walking to the station when it's this cold doesn't appeal
to me for some reason, possibly related to a decadent attachment to comfort.

Taxi ride, $8 each way.

So, walk, taxi, or start the van?

--
Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
Bend, Ore.