Diesels in cold weather
Not wanting to reignite the diesel vs gas wars but I would like to know for those that live in colder parts of the country, how does the diesel do in winter? I'm from the gulf coast and needless to sa...
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wilber1 wrote:mike-s wrote:ScottG wrote:Gas engines can have the same problem, which anyone who's drive an air-cooled VW knows.
The only winter related problem I ever had was with a very old diesel and driving down the freeway in near zero temps. The eng didn't make enough heat to heat the cab. I was freezing to death!
True but the gas heater would keep the inside warm. Unfortunately it wasn't connected to the defrosters. Keeping ice off the windshield was the biggest problem with my old VW van in Alberta winters.
With my first car, a '61 VW Beetle I eventually put frost shields on the inside of the windshield as it would freeze up, without them. My third car, a '69 VW Beetle had a gas heater and that took care of the heat and frozen windshield problem. I lived in the prairies, both northern Alberta and Manitoba, then. It gets extremely cold there...25 to 35 below, sometimes colder.
