Cold weather driving

[goodoldvic]

If you drive your A in the cold months, ensure you give it a good run to get it hot enough to evaporate the condensation in the crankcase. I drove the other day in 27 degree weather for 10 miles or so. After pullin' in the garage I took a look inside the breather cap, and it had a thin coating of the yellowish froth inside, the radiator temp w/ir gun was 155 degress at the top tank. I covered the top 1/4 of the radiator with cardboard and drove for another 5 miles and got the temp up to 176. Checked the breather and it had a thin coating of oil, no condensation and none in the oil. 160 thermostat FYI. I made sure to give it a good run next time out with good results. Good luck merry christmas

 

[C26Pinelake]

Those people that go to the garage and start their car for 5 minutes once a week / month are doing more harm than good! Wayne

 

[BILL WILLIAMSON]

If it were me, every couple of weeks, I'd stick an 8Ft piece of pipe on the tail pipe, Rev it to 1200 Rpm, with the hand throttle & wait until EVERYTHING got TOASTY warm!
Same answer for that OTHER Thread.
Bill Simple