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Old 03-23-2016, 11:15 PM   #19
ian Simpson
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Default Re: Preheating of the engine

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Originally Posted by hale1776 View Post
Like to welcome all the Siberian Russians to the forum. (drain everything preheat... I'm still laughing) I drive in winter, "A"s hate the cold and will run like crap for 5 minutes, after 5 minutes start driving, enjoy calculating the viscosity of 600 weight gear oil at minus 20 degrees. Expect tranny to start behaving like a transmission after 15 minutes. I will state that if you are ever in Antarctica in the winter with your Model A, draining the radiator and preheating oil would be necessary. After it warms it she will run fine any temperature.
The transaxle of my Lotus used 90 W oil. On cold mornings the motor would stall if I took my foot off the clutch too soon even in neutral. Solved the problem by bolting a pan heater to the transmission.
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