Winter Weather Thermometer

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>>>>> "Richard" == Richard Masoner <richardm@cd.com> writes:

    Richard> Bro Endsley wrote:
    >> Now why did I find this so very funny???????  "The Church bus
    >> has a block heater which is really handy to have.  For you
    >> Southerners, a block heater heats and circulates the oil."

    Richard> Before I moved up here to Illinois, I never heard of
    Richard> block heaters.  Even here in Illinois they're not that
    Richard> common since we rarely drop below zero here.

    Richard> Richard

I used a block heater in Kentucky, but that's because I drive a
diesel, and if they get too cold, the fuel gets thick and won't
atomize correctly when it squirts out of the injectors -- it just
oozes out like toothpaste, and then it doesn't burn.  If the
temperature goes below 5 degrees F I just let the thing run all night,
or else the fuel line will gel up between the tank and the engine,
which a block heater doesn't help.  When it is running, the excess
fuel that is not injected is recirculated back to the tank, so that
keeps it warm.  BTW: a block heater does not circulate the oil; it
heats and circulates the cooling water in the water jacket around the
block.

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