The Ford Barn

goodoldvic · 12-23-2016, 10:36 AM

If you drive your A in the cold months, ensure you give it a good run to get it hot enough to evaporate the condensation in the crankcase. I drove the other day in 27 degree weather for 10 miles or so. After pullin' in the garage I took a look inside the breather cap, and it had a thin coating of the yellowish froth inside, the radiator temp w/ir gun was 155 degress at the top tank. I covered the top 1/4 of the radiator with cardboard and drove for another 5 miles and got the temp up to 176. Checked the breather and it had a thin coating of oil, no condensation and none in the oil. 160 thermostat FYI. I made sure to give it a good run next time out with good results. Good luck merry christmas

C26Pinelake · 12-23-2016, 10:50 AM

Those people that go to the garage and start their car for 5 minutes once a week / month are doing more harm than good! Wayne

BILL WILLIAMSON · 12-23-2016, 07:45 PM

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If it were me, every couple of weeks, I'd stick an 8Ft piece of pipe on the tail pipe, Rev it to 1200 Rpm, with the hand throttle & wait until EVERYTHING got TOASTY warm!
Same answer for that OTHER Thread.
Bill Simple

12-23-2016, 10:36 AM	#1
goodoldvic Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: New Jersey shore Posts: 274	Cold weather driving If you drive your A in the cold months, ensure you give it a good run to get it hot enough to evaporate the condensation in the crankcase. I drove the other day in 27 degree weather for 10 miles or so. After pullin' in the garage I took a look inside the breather cap, and it had a thin coating of the yellowish froth inside, the radiator temp w/ir gun was 155 degress at the top tank. I covered the top 1/4 of the radiator with cardboard and drove for another 5 miles and got the temp up to 176. Checked the breather and it had a thin coating of oil, no condensation and none in the oil. 160 thermostat FYI. I made sure to give it a good run next time out with good results. Good luck merry christmas

12-23-2016, 10:50 AM	#2
C26Pinelake BANNED Join Date: May 2010 Location: Michigan / Ontario border, Sarnia, Ontario. 50 miles from Detroit and 150 from Toronto. Posts: 5,800	Re: Cold weather driving Those people that go to the garage and start their car for 5 minutes once a week / month are doing more harm than good! Wayne

12-23-2016, 07:45 PM	#3
BILL WILLIAMSON Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: FRESNO, CA Posts: 12,560	Re: Cold weather driving Sponsored Links (Register now to hide all advertisements) If it were me, every couple of weeks, I'd stick an 8Ft piece of pipe on the tail pipe, Rev it to 1200 Rpm, with the hand throttle & wait until EVERYTHING got TOASTY warm! Same answer for that OTHER Thread. Bill Simple __________________ "THE ASSISTANT GURU OF STUFF"