4kq bad mileage

[james accordino]

IME, the cardboard trick works fine.  BUT, I thinks
it's an only cold/ all cold idea.  If it's 25*F and
you're doing it it's not good.  However, if it's 0*F
or below and expected to be for a while, then I think
it's a viable alternative.  So I guess I'm agreeing
with you.

Jim Accordino

--- Huw Powell <audi at mediaone.net> wrote:
>
> > One last note...if you're in a really cold
> climate, you can restrict
> > airflow to the radiator(I would experiment
> starting with something
> > that restricts flow, like a piece of screen
> material from around the
> > house, that sort of thing) as most truckers do
> when the weather turns
> > cold.  The engine reaches(and keeps) operating
> temperature easier
>
> I wouldn't recommend that in our cars, which have
> thermostatic fans.
> They should get up to temp properly with a good
> thermostat just fine, a
> $10 thermostat is money much better spent than
> blocking your radiator
> with cardboard.  Although in a pinch, wiht a long
> cold trip ahead, it
> might be a good "McGuyver" trick, as they say.
>
> I'd just hate to get caught in traffic and watch the
> temp rising,
> rising, rising, as the engine valiantly tries to
> cool itself off by
> trying to draw air through the restriction.
>
> --
> Huw Powell
>
> http://www.humanspeakers.com/audi/
>
> http://www.humanthoughts.org/


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