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frozen oil and coolant! 200 1984

posted by  Volvodad on  Tue Oct 25 12:21 CST 2005
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This will repeat some of the good advice below: I live in western Canada, so we see some truly cold winter temps too. I use a block heater, 50/50 coolant concentration (checked annually via block drain), Mobil-1 5W30 synthetic oil, a shot of gas line antifreeze in the tank about every 4th or 5th fillup. I use Redline's synthetic MTL in the M46's, synthetic ATF in the 940. I buy a new battery as soon as an old one shows any signs of failing. I carry long, heavy gauge booster cables and tire chains. I have Dunlop Graspic DS-1 snow tires on son's 81, and Vredestein's on the 940. Spark plugs are kept pretty fresh.

I'm probably spending more than I absolutely need to, but you only need one no-start or skid-off-the-road at 30-below to make it all look pretty cheap.
--
Bob (son's 81-244GL B21F/M46, dtr's 83-244DL B23F/M46, 94-944 B230FD; hobbycar 77 MGB, and a few old motorcycles)






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