 Poster: A snowHead
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Not convinced its a good idea to keep starting and moving the vehicle a short distance, especially if it has a diesel particulate filter (euro 5 regs?) as all you do is clog it up and cause possible starting problems for yourself!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Is there much of a freezing difference with a Petrol car to a diesel, travelling to the Aosta Valley in a couple of weeks.  |
Diesel can go waxy in the fuel lines, you won't freeze petrol. Like Boredsurfing says keep the battery in top condition, although a petrol engine needs less energy to start it.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Any recomendations for a fuel additive for seriously cold conditions? Spent the week in temps down to -30 last week and the car took some lots of cranking (about 5 or 6 minutes !) to get it to start. Car had a full tank of winer diesel from Albertville, but thats only good down to -15.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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5 litres, good to minus colder than it is in the Alps (-50 springs to mind) from Lidl for under a fiver. Here in London my screenwash is a capful in the tank...
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Thanks for the info, but reading another thread I think have caused the problem myself. For the 1st time ever I filled.up at the supermarket rather than my usual garage which I think is a Total. Lesson learned, saving a couple of quid.on a tank could.have.cost.a.whole lot more.
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TBH, I wouldn't take much notice of 10yr old bulletins, unless, I guess you have a 10 year old motor. Engine technology may have changed.
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