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Default Chilly Diesel Problems

On Wed, 7 Feb 2007 11:55:13 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:

My experience has been that diesels are fine until the temp gets below zero.


Yes. We had a diesel car for a while when we were living in the
'burbs NE of NYC. There was a cold snap on Christmas morning sometime
in the early '80s, with the temperature about 5 below. We were headed
for Connecticut and got about a mile from the house before it died
from congealed fuel, only time we ever had a problem. It started up
fine later that day after the weather had warmed up.