Super VXer
seriously, what weight oil do you use in these temps....or wish you had....did you whip up a custom blend of 0w-0....or more like -30w-0??
Don't they make engine warmers for this to lessen the damage potential by starting it in these temps? Back in '82 I was blissfully ignorant of the issue. I was just so annoyed with it not starting w/o the ether...'course I was pretty ignorant of the risks from that stuff too!Luckily never blew my face up!
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Amsoil 5w22.5...Originally Posted by VX KAT
seriously, what weight oil do you use in these temps....or wish you had....did you whip up a custom blend of 0w-0....or more like -30w-0??
Don't they make engine warmers for this to lessen the damage potential by starting it in these temps? Back in '82 I was blissfully ignorant of the issue. I was just so annoyed with it not starting w/o the ether...'course I was pretty ignorant of the risks from that stuff too!(4 qt 5w20/1 qt 5w30)
She cranks right over (new red top this fall) & has never failed to start.
I have a block heater that is GOING to get installed this summer.
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I use 5W-30 Mobil One. IMO worth the extra $$ for synthetic to have oil that flows rather than turning into molasses when it gets really cold...
95 Trooper with a buncha stuff nobody here cares about...
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Two Questions:
1. Does it work better in the summer?
2. If I was to buy one a a suprize gift for T4B, are they universal or do you have to specify right or left ear ?
So I said to myself, I said "Handee"
and this voice came back and said..
"He's not in, may we take a message?"
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I have a heater on my Dragon. jemorga put it on and has one on his Proton as well.
There are different types. The one I have attaches to the bottom of the oil pan with adhesive (no problems so far). The plug is run along the pan and then to the front cladding. A small hole in the cladding open area (where rowhards openings in the skid plate are) and a zip tie hold the plug in place and make it easy to find when pluggin' in for the night. It is not noticeble during the day. Doesn't require a lot of juice and it just keeps the oil warm, not operating temperature. I notice that the heater warms up about 10 minutes faster using it.
jemorga put one on his wife's Prius Hybrid but it does not help any since the car starts our the day with the electric side...
If you would like some pics let me know and I'll get some this weekend.
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Two Questions:
1. Does it work better in the summer?
No...I work better in the summer...
2. If I was to buy one a a suprize gift for T4B, are they universal or do you have to specify right or left ear ?
That's something that you should ask Merlin...
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cold hasn't been an issue here but we got alot of that white stuff. I lucked out and only got 1.5 feet @ my lair but just up the road they got 2 feet and over to the next town (edinboro, pa) they got 4 feet!
My VX just set a personal record today in that as I started to fill her up a Jeep Cherrokee pulls up & the driver asks the usual line of questions about the VX and then he leaves and as I'm putting the cap back on and shutting the fuel door a Jeep Wrangler pulls up & starts the process all over again.....LOL.
I need to start posting the times of my fuel visits and grouping all of the public together so that I can answer all their questions @ the same time.....LOL. Oh yeah, and I suppose I'll have to bite the bullet & hire a press agent as well!
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if its fast and cheap, its not reliable;
if its cheap and reliable, its not fast."
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Or a placard that you lay on the dash while refueling...
I've been thinking of a sandwich sign...
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I've been thinking of one too, as a second job.
I've been thinking of a sandwich sign...
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Or a placard that you lay on the dash while refueling...
I've been thinking of a sandwich sign...
maybe a business type card that I could just hand them listing all the FAQ's about VX's.
I was at work the other night up on the 7th floor taking a leak (not part of my job discription!) and looking out the window only to see two dudes circling my VX out in the snowy parking lot. WTF!
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Come on, a real security guard would have opened the window to finish peeing on those guys!That reminds me, the last time I took the VX out wheeling I peed the letters "VX" in the snow so that I could upload a pic of it to the forum... my friend couldn't stand having a pic of my pee on his phone long enough for me to retrieve it... shucks! HI VXKAT!!
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Next time, add a lightning bolt ... then I'll be impressed.Come on, a real security guard would have opened the window to finish peeing on those guys!
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Put a smiley after you say that Bub.
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I dunno, that's soooo 2009.
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Well at least you had an "interesting', albeit slightly disturbingCome on, a real the last time I took the VX out wheeling I peed the letters "VX" in the snow so that I could upload a pic of it to the forum... my friend couldn't stand having a pic of my pee on his phone long enough for me to retrieve it... shucks! HI VXKAT!!, story along with it....
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Still in yer siggy sooooooo ...
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