[Vwdiesel] Re: portable power

[LBaird119 at aol.com]

> as anyone here ever used one of those portable battery jump starter
>  products to plug a block heater in??  I saw one for sale and it has a power
>  outlet (12v) and i wondered if I could use this battery to heat up the
block
>  for a hour or so before I start the car on these cold 5 degree days.

  Problem is that's 12V and your block heater is 120V, if I'm understanding
you correctly.  Not much chance you'd have enough power in there to
power something like that.  You'd need an inverter in the line as well.  You
start counting amps and I think you'll come up way short.
>
>  I don't have much to add to the oil conversation.  I changed mine to 10w40
>  for the winter.

  Just to make you double check, is it a diesel rated oil?  I sometimes
browse
through the oil aisles checking API certs on oils.  Last one I looked at,
nothing but Syntec, Mobil 1 and Rotella were C rated.  No other oil on the
shelf was.  I'm not sure that I've ever actually seen a 10W/40 oil that is
diesel rated.  :(
     Loren