[Vwdiesel] Anyone try this? (To have a warm, toasty car)

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Is this a TDI?  If so, your coolant glow plugs may be nonfunctional.   
At 20 degrees It takes about 2 miles to get my 04 warm and the same  
was true for my 98.  Hayden
On Dec 19, 2009, at 11:07 AM, Justin Bennett wrote:

> I wished I had a nice toasty warm car.  But at these temperatures my  
> 98 Jetta shows its VW parentage.  Even with the radiator blocked off  
> I cannot run the heater more then 1/4 above full cold or the engine  
> will not get up to operating temp.  So I dress warm and run the  
> defrost on cold.  The bonus is that when I park any new snow doesn't  
> melt and then refreeze. So no scraping a lot of mornings.  No it  
> isn't the thermostat.  Two new German thermostats and no change.
> Justin
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