Here is an interesting link I stumbled on to ~

http://gerry.vanagon.com/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A3=ind9904d&L=vanagon&P=99594&E=1&B=------_=_NextPart_001_01BE8D00.9CBA9330&T=text/html

On 2 Jan , 2016, at 6:59 AM, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:

> 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.