You cannot ski in minus 40 degree Celsius, if you do not cover all parts of your skin. I sincerely suggest that you stay inside and do not take the risk of severe skin damages. If you get such extremely low temperatures, mix you diesel with 10 to 20% kerosene, but only for that occasion. In temperatures above minus 25 degree Celsius, you will normally have no problems.
At minus 40 degree Celsius you will probably have some sort of problems with all automobiles, independent of type of fuel. Hakan At 10:49 AM 12/11/2002 -0500, you wrote: >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! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
