Alan, there is a place on the corner of South Robert and Wentworth called J Brenna's rustproofing. He will take your car for a day, put it on the hoist, powerclean the underside, and spray tarry rustproofing stuff all over the bottom and up into everywhere he can get (fenders etc.). I cost me about $150 two years ago. It didn't hurt, I hope that it did a lot of good. No rust visible, but I would not be able to see it under all the tar anyway.

My block heater seems to be stock (old), it takes about 2 hrs to make a difference, and 5 hours to make the car start like it does in the summer when it is below 10 degrees out.

I just thin my oil out with a quart or three of synthetic in the dead of winter- if you can always plug it in or go out and warm it up over lunch you should be able to get away with the lower amount or none. Good luck, Andy

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andy t
'78 300d
'95 volvo 850, wagon
'86 300sdl - engine out, maybe I'll have it rolling by June

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