Citroen Visa Cold Start - Really Cold Day

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J - 27 Mar 2008 15:10 GMT

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvXLRzncljU

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Whiskers - 27 Mar 2008 19:58 GMT

> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvXLRzncljU

Has the car been under water? There's a lot of steam coming from
somewhere. Did he wait for the glow-plug lamp to go out on his dashboard?
Is he running on summer-grade diesel or veg oil? When was the engine last
serviced?

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J - 27 Mar 2008 21:17 GMT

Yes to all of the above, running on regular diesel, it had been out over
night and was just really, really, really cold..... thick frost like a
covering of snow almost.

>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvXLRzncljU
>
> Has the car been under water? There's a lot of steam coming from
> somewhere. Did he wait for the glow-plug lamp to go out on his dashboard?
> Is he running on summer-grade diesel or veg oil? When was the engine last
> serviced?

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Whiskers - 27 Mar 2008 22:08 GMT

>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvXLRzncljU
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> Yes to all of the above,

So it had been under water?

> running on regular diesel, it had been out over
> night and was just really, really, really cold..... thick frost like a
> covering of snow almost.

'Regular' diesel might not be the grade normally sold in the UK for winter
use, which contains more volatile fractions to make cold starting easier.

My ZX 1.9D has always started very easily even in the coldest weather
(apart from when I've left it so long unused the battery has died).

I've heard of a bus fleet which was converted to 'biodiesel' with much
green fanfare in the summer and ground to a halt in the first cold snap
because no-one had thought to adapt either the vehicles or the fuel to
winter conditions.

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