stapldm
Member Since: 11 Sep 2006
Location: Swine Town
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It will still fire and warm up your engine, so when you start the car you won't see the glow plug light and you won't hear that bag of spanners clatter you get when you start a cold diesel engine.
IMHO this must be nicer to the engine; but is it worth the cost of the diesel? For someone who wants to keep the car a long time, I'd say yes, but it's a personal preference.
I use the heater to pre-heat the engine nearly every start, even if only for 15 minutes. I hit the remote button when I start getting the kids ready to go out, and that 15 minutes it takes is just enough to move the temp gauge from the endstop and prevent the clattery starts. Ask me in 5-10 years what state my engine is in; it may have made no difference at all  Dr. Ian Malcolm:
"Yeah, but your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should."
Transgenic tomato anyone?
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 16th Feb 2009 11:15 am |
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