Here's an eco friendly renewable pre-heater
http://jalopnik.com/5884629/swiss-man-installs-wood-burning-stove-in-his-volvo
http://jalopnik.com/5884629/swiss-man-installs-wood-burning-stove-in-his-volvo
Off Topic Snowy weather in estonia and mk2
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Off Topic Snowy weather in estonia and mk2
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saw this clip already, that guy was probably on something when he made it
If you're from Newcastle on Tyne you'll be wearing flip-flops as well then.
Shades of Top Gear's English country cottage 'S'-Class Mercedes there methinks
You could be onto something there but the preheater on my car is not going to get the engine anywhere near working temperature. It just enables the engine to avoid wear while being started when extremely cold and enables the oil to be less thick. I will turn the heater on now for a few hours while the car is in the garage and let you know what difference it makes to the engine temperature. I am supposing the engine is not going to be very noticeably warmed even while garaged unless I measure it with a thermometer.
While the car was in the garage at 8C I put my preheater on for almost 3 hours and found the preheater was boiling the coolant and the parts of the engine i could measure easily were almost 50C. The engine temperature gauge was on the first line up from bottom ie it was about 1/8 of an inch from zero. The garage temperature had risen to 11C.
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But that first break through of how cold it was to getting 1 line is great
That coolant would have also go the oil slowly warming up too!!
Starting it up in a sheltered area with ventilation shud warmup really quick
Ziggy
I believe my golf has a coolant heater hidden somewhere in the over filled engine bay to aid fast warm up in cold weather.
I was thinking of installing a webasto heater on my punto but the punto is going soon so no point investing now
I was thinking of installing a webasto heater on my punto but the punto is going soon so no point investing now
