On Jan 1, 9:02*pm, Dawlish wrote:
On Jan 1, 6:48*pm, Henry Fairfaxton

"Henry wrote:
The Guardian pamphlet entitled The Long Winter 1962-3 contains an image
of *fires burning alongside a *diesel engine on the railways,a practice
also used apparently with some lorries that used diesel fuel.How low
does the temperature have to go before those of us with diesel-engined
cars need to start becoming concerned?I assume additives are always
included with fuel at any season but if temps reach -20c say could there
be problems?
My comments are prompted by the contents of dedicated weather sites
which are now indicating prolonged and severe cold.

I've also read that it is common
practice to defrost the diesel engines by lighting a fire underneath
them!!

Whoops. That should have read....."common practice......**in
Siberia**"!!

It got lost in editing somewhere!