[V8] Engine Speed sensor??? - threadjack

[Scott Simmons]

Glad to hear it, Kneale.  I'm interested if it ever happens again.  
Usually those sensors go back when they get hot, but maybe cold too?  Or 
maybe the car just didn't want to work in weather that cold??  "Screw 
you!  I ain't going anywhere!"

Has anyone ever had definite proof of fuel lines freezing up in a 
vehicle they owned?  If so, what year was the vehicle?

My dad always added Heet, even though he parked in a heated garage.  I 
was raised to always add Heet if it was going to get too far below 
15-20.  I stopped one year and have never done it again.  Never had 
problems.  Never heard of anyone ever having troubles (on a vehicle made 
after 1980).

It's the water that freezes, not the gasoline.  Non-venting tanks 
since.. uh.. 1973 mean very little moisture-laden ambient air in the 
tank means very little moisture to freeze.

So, again, anyone ever had a line actually freeze up?

~Scott S.

Kneale Brownson wrote:

>I've never replaced the plugs, so I'll be giving that a try soon.   I have no idea what's in there now.
>   
>  However, I did get a good start just a bit ago.  Temperature warmed up to around 20 and the  car was sitting in bright sunlight, so maybe that contributed to the start.  Temperature went from 47 and heavy rain Tuesday night to below zero Wednesday morning, so maybe some condensation got into the fuel lines???  I have added some gasline antifreeze to the tank and driven the car around some, and it restarted several times.
>   
>  Thanks, all for the suggestions.
>
>Ron Wainwright <ron_01056 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>  Kneal, I had a no start a while back with the ol Pearl
>beast & it turned out that the Bosch plugs I was using
>were not rated cold enough for the conditions. Weather
>the previouse week was nearer 40 deg's......& in a
>week it went to minus deg weather.
>I dropped in 8 OE dealer plugs & it fired rite up.
>Mind you the Bosch plugs I had in there beforehand
>were only 500 miles old.
>
>Funny conclusion to the plugs is.....I saved
>them....since they only had 500 miles on them. So I
>had the chance to reuse them on a friends car after I
>did a motor swap & cut to a cold Maine morn the car
>wouldn't start...I told the guy to yank the plugs, (at
>this time I had talked to Keith about a cheaper
>alternative to the expensive OE dealer plugs & he said
>to use Autolight 103's)...so when the guy called me I
>told him, as I noted above...yank the plugs & put some
>AL 103's in. Well the car fired rite up. I told the
>guy to toss those Bosch plugs in the Ocean!
>
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