its getting colder!

[cully]

Hmmm!

its getting colder i saw my glowplug light last night!

heads up to the guys running 100% veg you may want to start thinning it a little before you get problems

[Dean]

Hmmm!

its getting colder i saw my glowplug light last night!

heads up to the guys running 100% veg you may want to start thinning it a little before you get problems

I need to get my glowplugs changed.. my light comes on even in the summer.
But yeah its starting to get cold now. And i've got to put the front end of my car back together at some point today.

[adamm306]

what do you mean the light comes on? it comes on everytime you start the car or am i being stupid lol

[pugvivant]

yes its colder now, me nads had gone missing this morning

[mr_fish]

IDI needs a good bit of heat every time to get them to fire....

DI gets away with it (but glowplug light shows in low temperature)

[Anton]

Was 4c yesterday and i'm still 100% veg, was a bitch tbh ha

[cully]

what do you mean the light comes on? it comes on everytime you start the car or am i being stupid lol

Hdi only lights the dash light when it needs extended preheat due to the temperature

[silverzx]

Mmm, had extremely stiff nipples walking through the village at midnight last night.

Caution, wear nipple protection!

[Jake]

Lol I ran veg all winter last year.. Took me about ten minutes every morning to start even with petrol mixed in.... I don't miss doing that..

[adamm306]

ahh fair one didnt know you were on about hdi's

[cully]

ahh fair one didnt know you were on about hdi's

yes i have an hdi but i dont run veg
its just a warning for the guys that do in their XUD

[4WayDiablo]

Still rocking shorts and a t-shirt :-)

[adamm306]

and there was me planning to use veg soon guess I'll have to wait till next year

[kentiiboii]

and there was me planning to use veg soon guess I'll have to wait till next year

You can still use veg. Just needs a bit of petrol to thin it a little.


It's getting very cold! Not wanting to get out of bed each morning.
The hdi sounded like shit yesteday morning, signs of child starts.

[adamm306]

what sort of mix would i be aiming for in the colder months?

I should really take advantage as I live next door to a chipshop thats run my by landlord..

[THE_Liam]

Really need to sort out my air ingress issues, was 4 degrees here last night and even on 100% crappy soya oil it started first turn, just very lumpy and trying to cut out for the first 5 mins. Think it's the fuel filter housing letting in air, it looks like veg is seeping out of the lid....

[kentiiboii]

what sort of mix would i be aiming for in the colder months?

I should really take advantage as I live next door to a chipshop thats run my by landlord..

Not sure. One of the veg lads will be along to sort you out. But theres loads of information if you search...

Iirc you want about 10% petrol or % 20 diesel (maybe more diesel)

[silverzx]

Decent glow plugs, 90% veg, 10% petrol and a shot of 2 stroke.

[ozonehostile]

Mmm, had extremely stiff nipples walking through the village at midnight last night.

Caution, wear nipple protection!

and with that, back to the studio!

[procta]

yep its getting colder and darker, i have to check my metros door seals again as my floor pan is damp.

[MrsMidnight]

Knob hats at the ready! I've got several

[Toms306]

Time to tuck T shirt into jeans I think lol, man I'm cool.....

As for cold starts, the Vectra hates them!!

[Dum-Dum]

Balaclava weather My nose was freezing walking to work last night.

I've had to put the heating on last night too.

[Niall]

Hmmm will see how the Kia fares out its first winter. This morning it was 6 degrees and it idled at about 1400 for a minute or so

[adamm306]

Better get my glow plugs changed soon

[Poodle]

Think i should probably change the glowies on the 205, it's been starting on 2/3 cylinders for the first couple of minutes through summer on straight derv. Don't think it'll manage now the temps dropping, the smoke and misfiring yesterday morning was horrendous lol.

[Stephen]

It is bloody cold!
My first winter in two years, going to be shit

[Matt]

Mines okay. Starts first time, 100% veg. Will fire and stall, but that's the shit fuel filter I haven't changed in 8k on veg haha

[306Puggy]

I ran 100% veg last winter and can't see what the fuss is about. It is just as hard to start as it always is Mind you I think my fuel filter was quite blocked up. I always avoid putting petty in because I am always paranoid that it won't mix properly in the tank and then the pump sucks up a big gob of petrol and detonates the engine hock:

[Poodle]

Petrol won't detonate the engine.