Diesel 101 test #13 winter class
 

Can you answer these questions? :eek:

Is your EGR still connected???
Have you cleaned your intake manifold?
Have you cleaned the ALDA banjo bolt?
Have you adjusted your valves?
Have you checked tire wear and air pressure in the last month?
Have you checked oil and coolant level this week?
Are the snow tires on your car yet?
Does your block heater work?
Do you carry tire chains?
Do you carry bags of sand?
Is there an ice scraper/snow brush in the car?
Did you get a pair of gloves for the car?
Are you ready for winter?

Can you answer these questions? :eek:

Is your EGR still connected? H-e-doublehockeysticks no!
Have you cleaned your intake manifold? Yep.
Have you cleaned the ALDA banjo bolt? Clean.
Have you adjusted your valves? Every Month.
Have you checked tire wear and air pressure in the last month?Yep
Have you checked oil and coolant level this week? Every day, if I can. (Anything to look under the hood and gaze at all the wonder that is a Diesel. :D )
Are the snow tires on your car yet? Nope.
Does your block heater work? Quick and hot.
Do you carry tire chains? I really should...
Do you carry bags of sand? I have 400lbs of TD over you puny sedans! HA HA!
Is there an ice scraper/snow brush in the car? Yup
Did you get a pair of gloves for the car? At all times.
Are you ready for winter? I love snow!

Is that all you got?
Here is a good one:
Do you carry starting fluid? (NEVER!)

Is your EGR still connected???
- EGR is still physically on the car, but there's a strategically-placed ball bearing ;)

Have you cleaned your intake manifold?
-No...at least not yet.

Have you cleaned the ALDA banjo bolt?
-No; need to install a boost gauge and repair the signal feed line before cleaning the banjo bolt will do me any good

Have you adjusted your valves?
-No; desperately overdue, but haven't had time :(

Have you checked tire wear and air pressure in the last month?
-Yes; all good on the rear tires; front tires need to be replaced...but then again, so does just about everything else on my front end...

Have you checked oil and coolant level this week?
-No, only because I haven't refueled this week. I check those at every fueling stop, which is roughly every 2 weeks.

Are the snow tires on your car yet?
-Snow? What's that? OOH YEAH...that white stuff I see on TV every now and then ;)

Does your block heater work?
-No; none installed

Do you carry tire chains?
-See two questions above :)

Do you carry bags of sand?
-See above

Is there an ice scraper/snow brush in the car?
-See above

Did you get a pair of gloves for the car?
-Not for the car, but I've got a pair of gloves in the truck (heater's non-op at the moment)

Are you ready for winter?
-Almost...still need to replace the radiator in the truck, but otherwise I'm good to go :)

Is your EGR still connected??? My car was pre-EGR
Have you cleaned your intake manifold? never
Have you cleaned the ALDA banjo bolt? don't have one
Have you adjusted your valves? I did about 5,000 miles ago, that was like 2 years ago
Have you checked tire wear and air pressure in the last month? last week
Have you checked oil and coolant level this week? last week, after I bypassed the AC Servo
Are the snow tires on your car yet? Don't use them, that's what my AWD Subaru is for
Does your block heater work? What block heater, the one sitting in my trunk, I'm sure it works, just not installed on my car yet.
Do you carry tire chains? No, that's what the Subaru is for
Do you carry bags of sand? sometimes, but the rearend sags
Is there an ice scraper/snow brush in the car? I do in the Subaru
Did you get a pair of gloves for the car? Yes, i keep a pair in each car.
Are you ready for winter? Yes, bring on the snow

Is your EGR still connected???
I dont think i have this in my car..

Have you cleaned your intake manifold?
Yes.. but it was three months ago...

Have you cleaned the ALDA banjo bolt?
I dont have this.. no turbo

Have you adjusted your valves?
Yup. twice in the past half a year... was trying to eliminate the engine noise. but i guess it is down to the injectors... (noise is loud compared to my colleagues with diesel MBs)

Have you checked tire wear and air pressure in the last month?
yup.. pressure is checked every week, tire wear is even

Have you checked oil and coolant level this week?
oil checked two weeks ago.. still havent used up any.. still 3/4 near the top mark
coolant?.. ehehe. dont have this.. pure water...

Are the snow tires on your car yet?
Nope.. no need for one.. strictly two weather here.. sunny or rainy

Does your block heater work?
dont have any

Do you carry tire chains?
nope.. no need for one

Do you carry bags of sand?
nope.. no snow here

Is there an ice scraper/snow brush in the car?
nope...

Did you get a pair of gloves for the car?
working gloves? yes..

Are you ready for winter?
nope.. but i'd like to see one in my lifetime

Is your EGR still connected???
--Just plugged it with a ball bearing yesterday. :)
Have you cleaned your intake manifold?
--Spotless!
Have you cleaned the ALDA banjo bolt?
--No.. But I think it has been done recently, I'll check on it.
Have you adjusted your valves?
--Less than 10k ago.
Have you checked tire wear and air pressure in the last month?
--Yup (even the spare)
Have you checked oil and coolant level this week?
--At every fillup
Are the snow tires on your car yet?
--No, but may not need them (good all-seasons + awd subaru if needed)
Does your block heater work?
--No, but just ordered a zerostart circulation heater
Do you carry tire chains?
--No, probably won't need them
Do you carry bags of sand?
--TDs got the extra weight already. :)
Is there an ice scraper/snow brush in the car?
--Nope, I should hit that auto store soon..
Did you get a pair of gloves for the car?
--Got those.
Are you ready for winter?
--Yee haw, bring it on!

Thanks for keeping up with all your kids, whunter. ;)

peace,
sam

Thanks
 

Hello sam
Can't let the forum get boring. ;)
Coming soon:
Test #17 Smoking tailgaters :D
#1. Positioning for effect. :)
#2. Windshield lubrication. :)
#3. Returning salutes with a wave and dopy grin. :)
#4. Never smoke a police officer. :(

not unless you want to do a remake of "smokey" and the bandit.. eheh:P

:joker:

:joker:
one word
FLORIDA
:joker:

Is your EGR still connected???
— Only when driving 'on-road'

Have you cleaned your intake manifold?
—On Lilly ja. Marlene is due for it.

Have you cleaned the ALDA banjo bolt?
— Oh yeah!

Have you adjusted your valves?
— Every 15k, whether they need it or not....

Have you checked tire wear and air pressure in the last month?
— Yup.

Have you checked oil and coolant level this week?
— At every fillup.

Are the snow tires on your car yet?
— Watintheheck are snow tires?

Does your block heater work?
-Yes in Lilly, none installed the devine Miss M

Do you carry tire chains?
— No, I get others to carry them for me....

Do you carry bags of sand?
- hay, aren't you getting a little personal here???

Is there an ice scraper/snow brush in the car?
- ROFLMAO

Did you get a pair of gloves for the car?
— Oh yeah!

Are you ready for winter?
- Yup, officially made the switch last week from almost straight WVO to 20% thinner (diesel, kerosene, lamp oil, B100 or RUG) and 80% WVO

Is your EGR still connected???
--No EGR on Mine :D

Have you cleaned your intake manifold?
--Was clean last time I had it off. :D

Have you cleaned the ALDA banjo bolt?
--Yes its clean.

Have you adjusted your valves?
--2,000 miles ago

Have you checked tire wear and air pressure in the last month?
--Yes, both are fine.

Have you checked oil and coolant level this week?
--Just did a flush. and new antifreeze

Are the snow tires on your car yet?
--No , I don't drive it in the snow.

Does your block heater work?
--Brand new.....

Do you carry tire chains?
--No, again car doesn't see the snow.

Do you carry bags of sand?
--No, again car doesn't see the snow.

Is there an ice scraper/snow brush in the car?
--No, again car doesn't see the snow.

Did you get a pair of gloves for the car?
--Have a pair in every car.

Are you ready for winter?
--As ready as I ever get.

ok i'll try this//

Is your EGR still connected??? - there is a strange blockage in the line ..can't seem to find it..
Have you cleaned your intake manifold? you need to do that? how do i do that?
Have you cleaned the ALDA banjo bolt? -yes
Have you adjusted your valves? -no ,other people have. can't remember when though..how do you know if it needs it?
Have you checked tire wear and air pressure in the last month? - i looked at the tires
Have you checked oil and coolant level this week? - always
Are the snow tires on your car yet? - don't use 'em
Does your block heater work? - yes
Do you carry tire chains?- no
Do you carry bags of sand?- no
Is there an ice scraper/snow brush in the car? - yep
Did you get a pair of gloves for the car? - no i got gloves for me.. :D
Are you ready for winter? - definitely not :eek:

Is your EGR still connected?
yup :D

Have you cleaned your intake manifold?
no, but I need to

Have you cleaned the ALDA banjo bolt?
yup

Have you adjusted your valves?
no, 603 engine

Have you checked tire wear and air pressure in the last month?
no, i'll do that today... :rolleyes:

Have you checked oil and coolant level this week?
yup, just had a service check on it this past week. :D

Are the snow tires on your car yet?
No, We rarely have Snow here in Austin.

Does your block heater work?
I don't have on here, but i may put one on.

Do you carry tire chains?
no, but if I travel to Amarillo, Texas i'll carry mine.

Do you carry bags of sand?
no, but if I travel north, i'll remember to :thumbsup:

Is there an ice scraper/snow brush in the car?
I do carry a scraper

Did you get a pair of gloves for the car?
yes, work gloves

Are you ready for winter?
I'm never ready for any type of cold weather, but it's coming soon. :pukeface:

This winter yes to all of the above, except snow tires I'm going to try all seasons before I pay $500+ for a set of Blizzaks.

Next winter:
1. Pull SDL into garage
2. throw sheets over it
3. Drive fwd beater :D

My '70 300SEL 6.3, '80 300SD and '87 300SDL are all ready for winter. They are parked in the garage where they will stay until spring. So they are absolutely ready for winter and in the spring they won't have any more rust on them than they have now which is next to none. because they are parked innside every winter.

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