Try buying an Optima battery: http://www.optimabatteries.com/ and don't forget to put some winter additive in your diesel (there's nothing worse than spending the winter in the parking lot due to a frozen fuel line) :)
-----Original Message----- From: Michael Henry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 8:49 AM To: biofuel@yahoogroups.com 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! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >>[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >> >> >> >>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/ >> > > > >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/ > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] 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/ 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/
