[Vwdiesel] Re: fuel consumption during idle?CCCcccold here !

[Mike & Coreen Smith]

Correction.........re: Ether.......once a day for 2 months. (not that it
would matter, LOL)
and it is 5w30 synthetic I put in,....the guys @ Canadian Tire gave me the
classic:
"deer in the headlights" look when I asked about 5w30 or 5w40 synth.....


Mike, Coreen & Corey Smith
699 Rte 616 Keswick Ridge
NB
Canada
E6L 1T1
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike & Coreen Smith" <ve9aa at nbnet.nb.ca>
To: <vwdiesel at vwfans.com>
Sent: Friday, January 28, 2005 7:21 PM
Subject: fuel consumption during idle?CCCcccold here !


>
>
> Have you got access to Falcon pipettes ?
>
> Too cold for falcons to fly here.   They freeze as soon as they're
airborn.
> Real answer>>......What is a Falcon pipette?
>
>
> and ether ?
>
> I probably could find a can of ether here somewhere in NB.  What kind of
> effect is that gonna have on it if I use it twice a day for 2 months
though?
>
>   ---------- On an old girl like that
> move pump two pencil lines  ----advancing pump does wonders to starting
> cold.
> Retard again when it warms up out there.
>
> OK, until Brian gets my Bentley manual here ($$ enroute), I'll need to be
> reminded which screw is for advance on the pump.
>
> BTW, when I put the 5w30 synthetic in last night (or was it
10w30........I'm
> THAT forgetful today) my fresh oil with only 100kms on it was BLACK !
> Should that be?
>
>  And get four plugs  working.
>
> I may have to settle for just 3 at the moment.......I know I know.,...but
if
> I break that plug off I have absolutely $0.00 to repair it.  I'm serious.
> Nada, nope, ain't gonna happen. Seriously.  Zero.
>
>
>       How old is the battery ?.
>
> Brand spanking new.  1000CCA.
>
>
> A remote starter is one way to do it.    --------   Guys like James Hansen
,
> Sandy Cameron , Val Christian
> and Hagar would have that thing start at 30 below. . Like likkety split.
>
> No $$ for a remote starter.
>
> BUT  it is a PITA situation.  ----look around for a place to plug it
> in. ---- Power ?      400 watt for ten
> hours ?    4 kwh   ? Right ?   that is only   0.06190 X 4     =    $
> 0.2476 (here)    a quarter ?  canadian ---shit I would pay them a Dollar
US
> for a plug in.
>
> No parking spots for staff near the bldg where I work. (a large
> hospital)..........if there was any chance, I'd have 4000 folks on my back
> (and every other person in hierchy) wondering how I managed to get an
outlet
> for MY car and why I was SO special. .... too many politics, 0% chance of
> that so I am gonna rule that out.
>
> I did have one idea to "help" starting though.........I wonder if this
would
> work;
>
>   I have a 4 yr old battery from my 4x4 (750CCA I think) I could put in
the
> trunk of the Golf.  I could plug the block heater into a DC>AC power
> inverter rated @ (I think) 250w to run the block heater off the "spare"
> battery for an hour before I went out to start the thing at the end of the
> day.  This assumes my block heater only uses <250w @ 120VAC.......I think
> this may be in the ballpark.  I am sure my "spare" battery would take a
sh!t
> kickin' and would need to be charged nightly here in the garage, but for a
> month or two, if it didn't cost me anything except the electricity here @
> home I could manage that.
>
> Anyone ever tried this?
>
> The whole idea of running the Golf was to save $$...........so far I'm
into
> it for $1400++ and am OUT of cash...now I have to look at solutions which
> cost virtually $0.00 LOL !
> (I probably could swing buying a can of ether, but I spent my last $40 on
> synthetic oil and #1AWG battery-starter cable.
>
> Hagar.
>
> PS :   go  0 W 30 . and put a good ground on the starter.   "Nutmeg "
> remember ?
>
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