Pest pickup for doing short trips

[mendiplogs]

You recon I can get them to take it back and return my money? Love it if I could can't see it being that easy.

 

Hi wood if I come to your yard pick it up and we both go and see you have be very firm with some dealers but not rude if you want me to come down I don't mind thanks John

[wicklamulla]

dealer needs a good kick up in d'arse.

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

I think what he was getting at was if the engine was at running temp there would be less crap for the dpf to deal with less regenerations and fuel dilution. Also nice warm cab no scraping windscreens with the engine running. Could be worth a thought.

 

 

Come on! Does an olympic sprinter race without warming up first?! Need some old school mechanic to tell you; constant short trips / on-off duty cycle is BAD!

[Woodworks]

 

Come on! Does an olympic sprinter race without warming up first?! Need some old school mechanic to tell you; constant short trips / on-off duty cycle is BAD!

 

OK I had not fully looked at the link and not realised it warmed the engine as well as the inside of the vehicle and yes I do need advice from an old school mechanic. Never done anything with internal combustion engines other than fuel and oil them. Any idea how much that gizmo costs?

[Woodworks]

Found it.

 

Looks like around £1000 with ducting and Vat

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

Found it.

 

Looks like around £1000 with ducting and Vat

 

Sounds high; £600 here

[aspenarb]

Webasto:Webasto parking heater: Enjoy winter, too!

 

 

Best idea, I read a study by engineering students into bore wear on cold engines. I dont remember the exact figures but they force fed an engine cold water and after about ten hours they stripped it. The engine had bore wear in this short period of running equivalent too hundreds of thousands of miles . Most of the wear an engine sees is through cold running so for short runs a block warmer is a no brainer. We have one that runs on diesel in an old disco and its brilliant on cold mornings, instant heater and demister

 

Bob

[nepia]

Don't people light small bonfires under cold engines any more then?!

[Cae Ffynnon]

Don't people light small bonfires under cold engines any more then?!

 

I've done it with a railway locomotive, and a burning rag to the air intake... Mind you it did have a Gardner 6LW. and it was -10c

[TimberCutterDartmoor]

Don't people light small bonfires under cold engines any more then?!

 

Fire Brigade used to do that (in the 30's and 40's anyway).