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Contraband Member Since: 08 Nov 2010 Location: FIFE Posts: 3697 |
Hi.... Does diesel not start to wax up at around -10? I would have thought with temperatures around -30 it would have to be petrol. Previously..
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25th Jul 2013 7:43pm |
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mjrp Member Since: 21 Jul 2013 Location: Uk/Sweden Posts: 16 |
Hi
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25th Jul 2013 7:50pm |
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ebajema Member Since: 24 Mar 2011 Location: New Plymouth Posts: 4782 |
Hi Mat, we have been up at Kiruna/Jukkasjarvi in Sweden last winter and experienced the lovely -37 over Christmas so we have a bit of a feel for things there. Not in the FFRR by the way, we did rent a VW Tiguan though, was great bashing around in the snow.
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25th Jul 2013 7:50pm |
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mjrp Member Since: 21 Jul 2013 Location: Uk/Sweden Posts: 16 |
Hi Ebajema
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25th Jul 2013 7:57pm |
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ebajema Member Since: 24 Mar 2011 Location: New Plymouth Posts: 4782 |
Wauw, that sounds cool. Would love to visit Antarctica !!! What are you doing up north in Sweden then ? More research ??
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25th Jul 2013 8:47pm |
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kingpleb Member Since: 07 Jun 2011 Location: Maybe here. Maybe there, I get everywhere! Posts: 8455 |
Also one thing you may find that a few SC's where you are have is the Fuel Burning Heater. If your battery is jacketed and up to the job this can help pre warm the block as well as the cabin for you and is something fitted as standard to the Diesels but not to all petrol models
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25th Jul 2013 11:08pm |
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axle Member Since: 28 Oct 2007 Location: Perth Perth the end of the Earth Posts: 2964 |
I swapped my standard battery for the biggest leisure battery I could fit , it has no trouble starting my Supercharged on a cold morning ( Scottish cold not Swedish cold ) but it had plenty of " nuts" to run the fuel burning heater for a full cycle . 2008 MY Supercharged
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26th Jul 2013 1:42am |
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mjrp Member Since: 21 Jul 2013 Location: Uk/Sweden Posts: 16 |
Morning gents
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26th Jul 2013 5:55am |
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mjrp Member Since: 21 Jul 2013 Location: Uk/Sweden Posts: 16 |
Axle
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26th Jul 2013 5:56am |
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axle Member Since: 28 Oct 2007 Location: Perth Perth the end of the Earth Posts: 2964 |
To be honest I never really thought about it and a month ago I moved to Western Australia so now I'll need to think more about extreme heat . 2008 MY Supercharged
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26th Jul 2013 7:19am |
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ebajema Member Since: 24 Mar 2011 Location: New Plymouth Posts: 4782 |
Hi Mat,
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26th Jul 2013 9:08am |
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KurtVerbose Member Since: 08 Aug 2010 Location: Les Arses Posts: 5848 |
Interesting thread.
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26th Jul 2013 9:58am |
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kingpleb Member Since: 07 Jun 2011 Location: Maybe here. Maybe there, I get everywhere! Posts: 8455 |
If you retrofit there is a specific model for running on petrol instead of diesel so be wary of that. a Breakers is probably your best bet then someone with a faultmate/autlogic/IDS/SDD to program it in
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26th Jul 2013 10:28am |
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mjrp Member Since: 21 Jul 2013 Location: Uk/Sweden Posts: 16 |
Eugene
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26th Jul 2013 10:38am |
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