When I was in college, I'd keep the battery for
my 190Dc inside during the winter. When I needed
the car, I'd carry the warm battery out and put it in the car. It helped!
At 07:36 AM 11/4/2008, you wrote:
I don't know if they are still available but back when I lived in the cold
North (NY State), we used to install a heater under our car batteries in the
winter. The heater was a mat that sat on the battery tray & the battery sat
on top of the mat. The heater plugged into AC power through an extension
cord. This made a bigger difference than a block heater because a car
battery looses a lot of its capacity as the temperature drops.
Thanks,
Tom Hargrave
www.kegkits.com
256-656-1924
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On Behalf Of Curt Raymond
Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 7:28 AM
To: Mercedes Discussion List; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [MBZ] 300E oil question (I almost hate to ask this!)
At one point when I was living in an apartment with my 240D I'd threatened
to put dual batteries in, theres space under the hood, and put 24v to the
starter for those really cold mornings. Marshall FREAKED...
He did send me a message once that he liked my battery in the trunk to power
an inverter and thus the block heater...
-Curt
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] 300E oil question (I almost hate to ask this!)
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Date: Tuesday, November 4, 2008, 7:26 AM
My 5hp snow blower convinced me of the goodness of Mobile1.
At 0° it was very difficult to pull start when cold. Once warmed it would
start right up.
I put in Mobile1, Always starts easy.
That's why I ran Delvac1 in my 300SDL for about 100Kmi.
I use Mobile1 in my HHR in respect of it's 10Kmi oil change cycle.
In my PowerChoke, I use Rotella, cheap and starts fine with big duel
batteries.
Pete
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From: Curt Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> I've got an old White lawnmower on the farm thats mowed a million
miles and was
> getting really hard to start. Dad blew a rod in our "good"
lawnmower and I had
> to push the old white back into service. I changed it to M1 as a matter of
> course since I put it in everything. After running for a couple hours the
dammed
> thing started better than it had in years and had noticably more power. I
was
> floored.
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