Were do you live? It used to be in Land Crusiers ( in Canada ) had duel heavy duty batteries for starting.
Here in Colorado Springs, my father was told by his mechanic to add a little gasoline to the tank before pumping the diesel. I think that it about 1 or 2 qts of gasoline to a tank of diesel to thin it out a fraction. He used this method for 3-5 years before his VW was totaled. I have heard of a method, that uses touline, to make biodiesel easier to start in winter, but it is only something I have heard, and not yet used my self ( I don't own a diesel yet ). This or the gasoline method might work for SVO or WVO as well, I don't know. Greg H. Greg H. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Henry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <biofuel@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 08:49 Subject: [biofuel] cold weather starting > I've actually just bought my first diesel car, and this is one of my > main concerns (as I said, I don't really know anything!) - If I go > skiing and can't plug my car in, for the day or sometimes even for a few > days, do you have tips on starting it when I want to get home? Is this > something I need to worry about? Sounds like you have lots of > experience, and I really don't know what to expect going into my first > winter with a diesel. When I get that far, I'm also planning to mix > biodiesel with petro diesel to reduce cold weather starting problems. Is > that a good solution? > > While it may not be a real problem at all, It may be a percieved problem > with diesel - for people like me who don't know much about it but what > they've heard. The effect can be the same. > > Mike > > Hakan Falk wrote: > > >I had diesel cars the last 26 years as private vehicle, both in Sweden and > >after I moved to middle and southern Europe. In Sweden it was often minus > >25 Celsius in the winter and minus 15 Celsius in Central Europe. The only > >time I had serious problem was one time when I was skiing in Sweden and it > >was minus 40 Celsius for a couple of days. Had to heat it up and then put > >20% Kerosene in the tank. Could not ski anyway, since the risk for bad > >frostbites was too big. > > > >Hakan > > > >PS. during the same period I had gasoline company cars. > > > > > >At 10:34 AM 12/10/2002 -0500, you wrote: > > > >>I don't really know what I'm talking about, but from a Canadian > >>perspective I think diesel is widely considered a "dirty" fuel (and it > >>sounds like the truth of this is what you're researching), but also it's > >>hard to start when it's minus 20 degrees, which is a real, if > >>surmountable, problem in this climate - this second point would also > >>apply to some areas in the US. > >> > >>Mike > >> > >>>>Hello All, > >>>> > >>>>I'm looking for a concise description of the differences between European > >>>>(global if you know) and US diesel fuel (BTU, Sulphur content, refinement > >>>>processes, etc), exhaust systems (Catalytic converters, emission controls, > >>>>etc), as well as any other significant combustion and/or emissions > >>>>differences. I'm trying to put together a complete but digestible > >>>>description of global diesel usage as well as the reasons for it's notable > >>>>lack of presence in the US. > >>>> > >>>>Thanks, > >>>>Thom > >>>> > >>>Hello Thom > >>> > >>>Good for you. Can't help much, but these might be useful: > >>> > >>>"Fuel Lubricity Reviewed", Paul Lacey, Southwest Research Institute, > >>>Steve Howell, > >>>MARC-IV Consulting, Inc., SAE paper number 982567, International Fall > >>> > >>Fuels and > >> > >>>Lubricants Meeting and Exposition, October 19-22, 1998, San > >>>Francisco, California. > >>> > >>>Lubricity Benefits > >>>http://www.biodiesel.org/pdf_files/Lubricity.PDF > >>> > >>>Best > >>> > >>>Keith > >>> > >>> > >>>Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > >>>http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > >>> > >>>Biofuels list archives: > >>>http://archive.nnytech.net/ > >>> > >>>Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. > >>>To unsubscribe, send an email to: > >>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> > >>>Your use of Yahoo! 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