>>Reports of -24 in Germany no reports of diesel freezing.I very much doubt if frozen fuel >>was the reason for the nonstart

Crikey thats cold, do you mean Celsius or Fahrenheit? and purely out of interest where was that recorded and on what day?

Edited by AnotherWaiting on 28/12/2010 at 19:43

Why o Why do we get the "use of red Diesel" (car runs on Shell V power when I'm at a shell garage, otherwise supermarket fuel which is high volume, and I don't think that they are adding water like they do to the frozen meat! The header says it is a car. my neighbour(the tacsi driver) parks his car next to mine. it's on an exposed hillside and I'm sure windchill will have something to do with it too. Car started normally when it thawed. Yes, the fuel filter will be changed at the next sevrice, very shortly. As a matter of fact we used to get lower than -20 in the Jura mountains in switzerland. My brother in law was in the swiss army dog patrol, and he used to sleep with the dog in his sleeping bag on excercises. But happy motoring all.

By the way the car care booster pack is exactly the same as Halfords at half the price, went and physically checked.

Windchill - No No No. If it's minus x outside, it will be minus x whether the air is still, or a 70 mph wind is blowing. It makes no difference to a car.

As for why some diesel has frozen and others not, could it be that the oil companies use more antifreeze as the temp drops. The fuel that has frozen could have been supplied before the low tempratures arrived?

Put the clutch down while cranking-no gearbox drag.

The golf 1 diesel had a metal tank with a filter in the bottom.low temp diesel flock and water from condensation in the tank caused frozen fuel lines.The golf 2 had a plastic tank and filter end of problem