IIRC Larry T is a big fan of Amsoil. I still use Mobil 1 5w40 in my 190D. I
pick it up at FLAPS whenever its on sale.
If he really needs cold starts at say -10F or colder he needs the block heater.
So you go to FLAPS and get a marine battery of around 110AH and a 400W
inverter. The inverter needs 400W minimum not surge. Mine is Coleman brand.Put
the battery in the trunk, put the inverter on it, run a cord from the inverter
to the block heater and Bob's your uncle. 30 mins later the car starts like its
July.
There are people that will tell this rig won't work, those people are idiots. I
used a setup like that to start my '83 240D through 2 winters we lived in an
apartment where plugging in wasn't an option. I'd lug the battery down stairs
when I first got up and get things heating. Take a shower, have my breakfast,
etc. Get the car started, lug the battery back upstairs and get it on the
charger for tomorrow.
That first winter I had it was brutal, we hit -20F multiple times. It was so
cold I bought foam insulation board and covered the windows in our bedroom. You
could run the heat at 100 full time but the windows leaked so bad the heat
would just pour out. I covered the foam board and windows with plastic and duct
taped the whole mess tight. Our bedroom was cozy after that. We lived there 7
years but that was the only winter I needed that trick and here I was driving a
240D, what a maroon...
-Curt
From: Jaime Kopchinski via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com>
To: Curly McLain <126die...@gmail.com>; Mercedes Discussion List
<mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2015 9:26 AM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] 300D
He's been quiet the last few days... Maybe he's come to him senses or given
up.
Meanwhile I'm helping my intern try to deal with cold weather starting. He
has a really nice '77 300D with 80k miles. The cold last week was too much
for it. He put in a new battery after running it down. We'll adjust the
valves and I'm suggesting to him to run some synthetic oil for the next few
months. Any opinions about the Amsoil 30w 10w/30?
Looks like a good choice which can be mail ordered.
Using a block heater isn't an option where he parks.
Jaime
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