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Originally Posted by tasdrouille
I've got to make a video of the TDI next time it gets down to -30 around here and I did'nt plug it in. A couple weeks ago I was on 5W40 when we hit -28C (no windchill...). It cranked half a turn and started like a champ, but man did it coughed till I was out of the parking lot.
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I remember a post where you mentioned this! I wonder what a diesel sounds like when it's super cold (I hear they're much more difficult to start than their gasoline counterparts).
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As for the metro, there is way too much cooling power in this little thing. Even my TDI, which probably doesn't generate as much heat as the metro's engine, will heat up in 10 minutes at 2500 rpm without a grill block.
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Definitely. I think the Geo is the only car I've owned where it's operating temperature will never be achieved at idle. In comparison, my old '85 Fiero with its 2.5L 4 cylinder would be pumping heat before I even got off of campus grounds.
Maybe the Geo just needs a nice pot-belly stove with a chimney
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