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Old 03-30-2008, 06:01 AM   #50 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by SVOboy View Post
I'm running an almost total grill block, but I can still make the 5 mile drive to the library without having the car get warmed up...Today I took my mom's car while mine was torn up and from the library it warmed up in about a mile of driving!

Needless to say, I wonder why my engine is so slow to heat up and how I can fix it. Should I just run a complete grill block? Are they any other tricks besides that and the block heater? Does anyone else have a similarly slow-to-warm car?

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SVOboy.

I do not have reas all posts, so, I do not know if my next information it is write from other user.
I know, that the old VW TDI engines they uses 3 GLOW PLUGS inserted in the whater cooling sistem.
In the warmup, the GLOW PLUGS they, hot the wather quikly because, the diesel engines produce little heat thanks to higt engine rendering
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