[Vwdiesel] VW at the Detroit Auto Show

[lbaird119 at aol.com]

In a message dated 1/23/2010 4:18:30 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
vwzoo at yahoo.com writes:

> Does anyone know what all they add to the new diesels that help them 
> start in the cold. I sure would like mine to start that well in the cold. 
> 
>   By the way I decided to do the right thing and just replace that caliper 
> on my daughters 1990 Volvo 240. Thanks for all of your replies.
> 

  Direct injection has a lot to do with it.  The rest like Hayden said.  
But then, the old ones don't start that badly.  I've had my '80 Rabbit 
be one of the few vehicles (gas or diesel) that started well at -35F, 
without using the block heater.
  Down around zero I was having trouble with the Passat this year, 
with only one bad glow plug.  (it needs injectors).  Dad's has the 
hot chipping and new injectors.  He had trouble starting at the 
same temp (about 2 minutes he said) but he only had ONE working 
glow plug!
  Good oil, glow plugs, air filter, fuel, injectors compression and 
battery with the timing set properly and I'd say almost any of our 
diesels (except the re-flashed TDI's) would start quite dependably 
at -35F.  The non TDI's would just have to glow a lot longer before 
trying.
   Loren