[Vwdiesel] Stock head gasket on 1.6TD, 2 hole or 3 hole?

[LBaird119 at aol.com]

In a message dated 6/20/2006 11:01:32 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
vbriggs at stny.rr.com writes:

> Wouldn't a propane injection system be a bit safer than the ether ? I 
> know most the military trucks I worked on had the propane injection 
> system for cold weather starting, and they just used off the shelf 1 
> pound bottles you can get at wally world. Speaking of which, has anyone 
> seen something like that for cars ?
> 

  What little I've seen of truck or farm non glow starting systems did indeed 

have a bottle that looked just like a propane bottle but one I do remember 
farily clearly said ether, starting fluid or such on it.  That's why I've 
always 
wondered about the "DON'T USE STARTING FLUID" rule.  It seems that if 
you use ONLY A DAB it doesn't do damage since there are systems that 
used it on factory setups.  Now if you go using a bunch, with glow plugs or 
when it's not needed then certainly you're asking for it.
  Am I actually remembering things wrong???  I was sure those systems 
used ether instead of propane.  Propane isn't all that vapory at -30, in fact 

I believe it's pretty darn liquid in the open at just below that!
     Loren