American Reacts to European Diesels COLD STARTS

[@Bob10009]

“This thing is smaller than a Golf!” - dude, a Golf is a medium sized hatchback in Europe. Below the Golf, Volkswagen had the Polo, Lupo and Up!

[@MJ-uk6lu]

Also Fox

[@saladspinner3200]

I forgot about the Lupo, but the model was taken out of the market in the 2000s. Today the Fox more or less has taken its place.

[@RWL2012]

The Lupo, Fox and up! are just different VW A-segment offerings over the years, with the Polo being B-segment and the Golf being C-segment.

[@VinDieselS70]

The Lupo 3L is a 3 cylinder diesel also used in škoda Fabia. VW Fox is a Brazilian car made in Brazil for Brazil but made it across to Europe for a few years.

[@MrRaymania]

@@VinDieselS70 it replaced the lupo in germany till the up arrived

[@CobraChicken101]

That Q7 V12 Tdi is for when you need to get your 747 out of the hangar 😂

[@manpower8483]

you can tow the whole army with that xD

[@lyaneris]

Alternatively, tow a 2.5t trailer legally at 100kmh in Germany lol

[@marco_grt4460]

If I'm not mistaken they even made an R8 with the V12 TDI, have so much torque and the gear allows the car to travel in the city with only the 1st gear

[@JLPVIDEO]

They actually did this with a V10 TDI Touareg : kzbin.info/www/bejne/jZ6wXmlpareFbNEsi=dYRtJSIb6gSMmPwA And they also towed a smaller Airplane effortlessly with a V12 TDI Q7: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJrMapycra2fnLc

[@CobraChicken101]

​​@@JLPVIDEOthanks, i was hoping for someone to comment this 😊👍, as i didnt remember if i saw it on top gear or fift gear. All credit to them. Pull 155tonnes with standard production personal vehicle...... pretty damned impressive

[@tonydaddario4706]

The V12 Audi is a Q7 about 1000NM of torque and 500bhp

[@vophatechnicus]

combined with a not so good gearbox ...

[@JandyCZ]

@@vophatechnicus Half the numbers and the gearbox is good all of a sudden.

[@almitov]

@@vophatechnicus The gearbox is actually pretty good in general, but you are right - it is not matched to the engine.

[@module79l28]

That engine is capable of more than 1000nm, they limited the torque to that number exactly to "preserve" the gearbox.

[@JandyCZ]

@@module79l28 Yeah, I can read. However I know like 3 passenger cars with torque like that and none of them had ,,good gearbox". Tuning the engine down so the gearbox doesn't break right away doesn't mean it's gonna last the same period as if attached to a regular eco diesel engine in your everyday Passat.

[@MikkoRantalainen]

6:00 As a Finn, I'd call -5 °C nearly optimal for downhill skiing, not "extreme cold". And this Unimog has been poorly maintained to start this poorly in -5 °C.

[@mikcnmvedmsfonoteka]

-As a Latvian, i agree that -5C is nothing, i can go outside without a hat, scarf, and gloves in -20-25C. Many people keep their diesel in a warm garage,personally, I always avoid diesel and choose petrol cars!

[@MikkoRantalainen]

@@mikcnmvedmsfonoteka You can purchase arctic diesel here in Finland which works just fine down to -30 °C. And if you run something with VW TDI engine, if you can get the engine to start, the diesel pump will heat the fuel filter while the engine is running. And some models will even start to heat the fuel tank if you drive it for long enough.

[@sytricka3318]

I'm surprised how badly most of the cars start. Grew up with my family only every using diesel cars and none would be this bad even at nearly -30°C

[@MikkoRantalainen]

@@sytricka3318 Cars with diesel engines simply need three things: good battery, working starter motor and fully working glow plugs. It's typically the last one that's broken because with modern direct injection engines you can typically get away with broken glow plugs until it's pretty cold outside.

[@R1ddic]

I recognize this video, in the description it states that the glow plug system is inoperable.

[@Sundara229]

The V10 in the Touareg was essentially two 2.5 TDI's glued together, which itself was a very common engine amongst many VW cars in the 00s.

[@GesMode]

VW put the V10 in 2 models Touareg and Phaeton, engine produced from 2003 to 07 retired due to emissions and unreliability, timing gears were mounted on a separate assembly than rest of the engine block so was the crankshaft + massive tungsten counterweights, rods were narrower than in 1.9tdi and superchargers were smaller too, in summary it was a bad design

[@getwellgetfitgetlaid3514]

If I'm not mistaken, the 2,5 liter diesel that was used for the V10, was used only in Transporter and Touareg. Crafter had a 2,5 litre TDI but it was a different model. I can't remember other VAG models using 2,5TDI than these three. So yes, 2,5 was kind of common engine, but only used in one or two common models.

[@DakuHonoo]

vegetable oil - Older diesel with quality bosch injection could burn anything oil-like without getting damaged. a little petrol in diesel - good old winter trick everyone and their grandma knows

[@rakido7388]

There's an urban legend, that the sellers of vegetable oil were told to hike the price, because people were going to cash & carrys and getting big cans of vegetable oil for like 50p a litre, instead of buying diesel for £1.20 a litre :-D

[@Loetmichel]

@@rakido7388 I actually drove my Opel Omega 2,5DTI with rapeseed oil from Aldi for half a year. Until the prices went up from 60ct per liter to 1.20 eur. Worked well and no problems with the engine either.

[@WookieWarriorz]

@@rakido7388 my uncle used to drive from chippy to chippy to chineese to pizza place to collect their used cooking oil to make it into bio diesel. He did it for years and years until the government made places have to dispose of their oil properly.

[@rakido7388]

I had an old Shogun once, with mechanical injection..I wish I'd thought of that :-D

[@Brukner841]

we should go back to that

[@MrLarsgren]

old volvo engines outlived the bodys. the 200 series was tested at full rpm for 500 hrs straight. talk about a torture test. many modern engines would die on day one. if i remember right then thats the same engine used in the volvo p1800 that outlived its owner. 3.25 million miles and still going

[@RedbadvanRijn-ft3vv]

1974 volvo started with the b21 head cam engine. But yeah Volvo engines are monsters. I had an 1998 volvo S40 with an b18-t4 engine,,200hp. Did chance oil after 50k,and before i did sell it,it did 270k km,with lots of German autobahn full throtle. On the speedoo it did 255 km/our. Brakepads-lots of tyres-only timing belt i did after 120k. Brutall

[@Kent.]

No it's not the same engine, the B18 in the P1800 is a older push rod engine, the 240 series used the more modern over head cam B21 engine introduced in the Volvo 240 and other variants of that engine under it's life span.

[@AltCutTV]

That is the sad reality for cars though. Most become road safety incompatible long before the heart gives up. And the newer they are, the faster they will age. Which may be the case for many, or even most, drivers as well I suppose. Mind the maintenance. 🤖

[@RedbadvanRijn-ft3vv]

@@Kent. Yes,thats the famous red blok. Not that 1800.

[@Tabacish]

They still test like that. I´ve seen a 300hp engline under load alternating between max torque rpm and max hp rpm for weeks...

[@Manoah.]

Yeah Audi was going absolutely mental with diesels in the 2000s they even took them racing. They put a V12 TDI with 500hp and 1000 (limited) Nm of torque in a freaking family car, the Q7. VAG was really doing well in that time, amazing!

[@Cyberstormxiii]

Owned a Lupo 3L, and the 3L is fuel consumption per 100 km, i.e. 33.3km/L and not the engine size -- and one time i was driving behind a large truck and was able to get it up to 52.5km/L and that is 1.9 L / 100 km = 123.8 Miles per gallon (MPG), but the stated 33km/L is 78 MPG (but remember that is under optimal conditions, so normally a bit below), still, it was probably the first car able to do 3L / 100 km, and they did a tour with pro drivers all around europe, to prove the 3L / 100 km and that was back in around 2005 or so.

[@arnestorch4458]

And Audi A2 has the same motor, 3L, the body is made of aluminum, very durabel car.

[@FrogEye-p1z]

Those old i3 1.4L PD engines were great, I saw them more in seat arozas and 6n2 polo's rather than the lupos though

[@artomontonen3722]

Arctic diesel fuel is sold in Finland during the winter season, because normal diesel freezes in the tank. In Finland temperature can easily exceed -30˚C. In Lapland record can be over -55˚C. A gasoline car starts quite easily if the battery and oils can withstand freezing temperatures.

[@AHVENAN]

Your reaction to the Audi V12 Diesel made me laugh SO hard! 🤣 And also, I don't know if you noticed, it said at the top of the screen "Toque LIMITED to 1000 Nm to not eat transmissions for breakfeast" 🤣 (1000 Nm = 737.5 Footpounds)

[@IWrocker]

Haha yea I imagine that thing has enough torque for anything you’d ever need to do. I still am shocked about this discovery.. it’s absolutely ridiculous in the BEST way possible 🎉😅

[@AHVENAN]

@@IWrocker speaking of ridiculous engines, have you heard of VWs W10 and W12? don't think they did a diesel version of those but still... At first I thought it was just a marketing trick to spell V10/V12 with a W, but nope, they actually are in the shape of a W 😅

[@Perra1901]

@IWrocker Yeah, the VW 12 is basiclly a dual 2.9L VR6 melted together. Heres another VW/Audi group test car that escaped testing facility with their VW10 cylinder engine. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJKTgnt6bqaMr5I

[@Paulbag7279]

​@@AHVENAN VW/Audi group.... Same engine

[@Coolgamer400]

@@AHVENAN Fun Fact: A classic W engine has 3 cylinder banks and 3 cylinder heads. What VW markets as a "W" (4 banks, 2 heads) is actually a double VR engine.

[@charlescorbee9498]

Lupo 3L means 3 Liter on 100 km (1L to 33,33 km)

[@niek5526]

Cool little cars, he should check them in a vid!

[@dirkspatz3692]

Or in mpg this would be (US-Gallons, not the british ones) around 78mpg (when consuming 3.0l/100km) to 60mpg (3.9l/100km)

[@MrGrucha]

Which is 78 miles per gallon, although average fuel consumption reported by users is around 3.8 l/100km what is around 61 mpg

[@bigoz1977]

Glad you posted this, I was pretty sure a Lupo didn’t have a 3L engine 😂

[@gunner38ED]

Accoding to the old NEDC, which was more than optimistic. Real life is probably closer to 4 liters/100km, which is still great though.

[@christiankastorf4836]

Have you ever heard of the "Rudolf-Diesel-Memorial-Minute"? Turn the key halfway, watch the control light for the glow plugs for that time and remain in thankful silence for Diesel, then tun the key to start the car.

[@benzlover55]

As an American, never heard of it. But I will absolutely use that from now on!

[@kenwood197]

i do this twice or even 3 times, when outside is -30 Celsius

[@ZonexG]

Can’t do that on my push to start diesel Mazda :/

[@kermolepp]

@@ZonexG Don't hold the brake pedal and push the button

[@rendzis]

​@@ZonexGpush to start cars do the glowplug preheating when you open/unlock the doors. And they sometimes keep glowing even when engine is running. Even the old vw t4 bus does the preheating when you open the door.

[@Csupati]

7:50 Lupo 3L means that it has 3l fuel consumption on 100km-s , thats like 78.4 miles per gallon . Old diesel cars like the mercedes 300D can run on waste oil without any problem .

[@myrmeko]

7:58 Yes, it's a custom mix. Lupo 3L doesn't have a 3 liter engine, but consumes only 3 liters every 100km (actually more like 2.8 - 2.9). They can run on hopes and dreams basicaly. It has a 1.2L 3-cyl diesel. The Touareg has the weirdest roster of engines that range from gear-driven (no belt, no chain) 2.5 inline-5 diesel, which is quite literally half of the V10. It also has V6 TDI and two VR6 petrol, a V8 petrol and a WR12 petrol.

[@helloweener2007]

The V10 TDI was introduced in the VW Group with the VW Phaeton. The car was a flop because not many people wanted a luxury car that looked like a VW Passat. V10 TDI (VW Phaeton) unit injector 4.9l: 313 hp at 3750 rpm; 750 Nm at 2000 rpm V12 TDI (Audi Q7) common rail 5.9l: 500 hp at 3750 rpm; 1000 NM at 1750 rpm

[@Tschacki_Quacki]

austrian news 2008: "Jörg Haider died in his VW Phaeton." everybody: "In his VW wHaT???"

[@helloweener2007]

@@Tschacki_Quacki Oh really? I was not aware that it was a Phaeton.

[@jmbpinto73]

@@helloweener2007 The Phaeton, a desire Ferdinand Piech gave himself.

[@Ramtamtama]

If they'd slapped a Bugatti badge on it, and doubled the price, they would've sold a lot more

[@Tonyx.yt.]

5.0 v10 tdi was made sticking togethere 2 inline 5 2.5 tdi engines 🤣

[@bart7695]

7:27 The Lupo 3L is a special 78 mpg version. The 3L means 3 litres per 100km. It has a tiny 1.2TDi 3-cilinder connected to an automated manual gear. The same setup is used in the Audi A2 3L that is a much bigger car since it is made entirely out of Alumin(i)um and is very light weicht. Skinny tires you wouldn't believe.

[@richardfld]

Was gonna say, 3.0 in a lupo... bullshit.

[@Redsword2581]

@@richardfld you say that but theres at least one ive seen with a 3.2 swapped in

[@richardfld]

@@Redsword2581 that must be absurd

[@istvancsap3513]

also 85 percent veggie oil means the user operates a street food kiosk :D uses up the waste cooking oil as fuel

[@camillosteuss]

i call those wheelbarrow tyres...

[@papalaz4444244]

A classic diesel engine can run on many types of oil, including waste cooking oil (filtered) The guy with the Lupo seems to have 80% waste oil in the tank and it works :) It's cheap!

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

Cold start with such a high mix, no surprise it takes a bit to start. Rather throw in some shots of jet fuel to get it going.

[@hugeandy71]

diesel user since late '90s here, in a properly maintained car with no weak battery i never experienced cold start problems, you wait a few seconds glow plugs do their thing, engine starts immediately, you don't even hear it cranking, maybe one revolution on sub -20°C

[@malachowskidawid]

Exactly! I had several diesel cars and NONE had trouble with cold start even at -30 degrees celsius

[@v-klasse9448]

14:42 it has 500hp and 1000nm btw 😂

[@ChR0nos_7734]

The Merc's in Taxi movie were 500E. V8 high performance version of the 300D in this video. Yes, VW Touareg indeed had V10 TDI engine. Up until couple of years ago they had 4.2 V8 TDI as engine option in Touareg. There was even 6.0 W12 TSI in Touareg as well. Hell, B5 version of Passat (early 2000s) had a W8 engine in it. V12 TDI in their Q7 SUV was "based" on V12 TDI from R10 TDI Le Mans race car from few videos back that you did.

[@RedbadvanRijn-ft3vv]

That was the Hamer of Benz.

[@IWrocker]

I just learned about that V12 TDI Audi Racecar yes and I would’ve never guessed that basically trickled down into their SUV haha 😆 how wild

[@Phiyedough]

Yes, 300D is nothing special but popular as ordinary taxis in quite a few countries.

[@erraldstyler]

The W8 Passats were really cool.

[@rikashvanveelen993]

That 500e had a engine modified by porsche iirc ? Insane machine !

[@Just-some-other-guy]

You need to take a closer look at that Audi V12 Q7 Peak era of audi when they smoked some good shit and did stuff like putting a 500hp 1000nm(limited) v12 diesel in a family car

[@russcattell955i]

Petrol engines are the glamour gals. Diesels get the work done. Ian, imagine your Crown Vic with a V12 tdi, 493 bhp, 738 lb.ft torque.

[@RedLine_Renesis]

But no horse power, they kinda need that for top end pusuit chases. The glamour gals get the work done too

[@Excepticus]

​@@RedLine_Renesisnowadays turbodiesels in station wagons easily get to 250 kmh and while sipping not so much diesel. However when it comes to crazy pursuits it's easy to understand why gasoline is the fuel of choice for highway police

[@RedLine_Renesis]

@@Excepticus I suppose for the average dad, diesel ends up being expensive in the long run if they don't do 5 digit kms/miles per year. Unless it's a w124 mercedes, modern diesels are a pain to maintain at the shop. But I am not much to talk considering I only drive rotaries

[@Excepticus]

@@RedLine_Renesis This is why diesels are attractive to people who drive long distances and don't use their car for short drives. Haven't really heard about diesels being a pain to maintain apart from some of their exhaust pollution equipment though. Though maybe I haven't seen anyone experience that because mostly they are still diesels from 2005-2015 where diesels didn't necessarily feature stuff like adblue

[@MrPamospurcy]

I like diesel cars.High torque low revs on motorway and long range.2000km in 14hrs easy.

[@Mattstheway]

Love how the fourth car, the Golf "diesel", says "unleaded fuel only" on the tachometer. That's a petrol engine. Whoever uploaded that video is telling porkies.

[@jurgenbussche]

a diesel reving 6000 what a joke

[@Mattstheway]

@@jurgenbussche that's redline for a diesel.

[@akalanga]

You might be right, but it definitely sounds like a 54hp diesel Golf. I had one for about 3 years. Maybe they changed the dashboard... Edited because of a typo.

[@Mattstheway]

@@akalanga someone did say something had been swapped. Can't remember if they said engine or instrument panel.

[@Proffa]

I owned an similar Mk2 1.6D decades ago, sounds waaaay too familiar :D Glow light is in right place for US models (In Europe it was usually bottom left one), sound when cold is exactly as rough as I remember. It was actually quite a good starter if glow plugs were all working. But with standard 10W30 oil one week standing in -15 to -25C temperatures was too much, couldn't start it even with jumper cables because oil was so thick that the engine just wouldn't turn fast enough for it to start. 2 hours of small heater pointed to the oil pan helped enough.

[@stewrmo]

The UK Government told us to all buy diesel cars, for the environment. Then the data changed and they started to tax diesels heavily (UK car tax). Useless barstewards! One love from Scotland. 💙

[@g3n3ralkim23]

Data never changed. Data always stays the same but opinions and interpretations can change 😊

[@stewrmo]

@@g3n3ralkim23 True, true.

[@tuan.hoang_]

No way diesel is cleaner than gas/petrol. Its smoke is black af when under heavy acceleration - rich mixture. Anyway I love my straight pipe diesel. Smells horrible but gets like 10L/100km while I drive like a maniac.

[@WymiataczPlays]

@@tuan.hoang_ if your diesel smokes under full boost, you have a shitty tune. what engine, car?

[@tuan.hoang_]

@@WymiataczPlays Mitsubishi Pajero Sport. 4N15 engine, it's 2.4L inline 4. I don't think it's a shitty tune. My relative has a Ford Everest, which is based on the Ranger, bone stock, also splits out black smoke when you floor it. Not like roll coal smoke but still some smoke.

[@Capt.-Nemo]

Golf MK4 1.9TDi one of the best VAG engines. My 1.9TDi has 890k Km of the clock

[@Sweatlakedrifter]

For sure! ARL 150ps version. And the 1.8L 20vT for the gasoline

[@xrl1193]

ALH rocks

[@Capt.-Nemo]

@@xrl1193 I have the ASZ

[@ApeStimplair-et9yk]

daimler 6 3.0l diesel 2,4m km - most engines died by a car crash

[@that_escalated_quickly2720]

Both the 1.8T and 1.9 TDI developed by Audi and sold by the thousands by dumb Volkswagen

[@hr35rasmus]

Love your reactions………..UK driver here, honestly, I’ve had 3 BMW diesels and 2 Mercedes diesels over the past 25 years and I’ve NEVER had a problem starting the engines on cold, icy or wintery mornings, they’ve been superbly reliable and just the same as the 2 BMW petrol and 1 Mercedes petrol powered cars I’ve had as well………all purchased from new and all company cars BTW………😊

[@jarls5890]

Many years ago I had an Audi A6 2.7L TDI (Diesel) Quattro sedan for almost 10 years. Started first try every day (no block heater) - even through the coldest Norwegian winter. Through those 10 years I never had an engine failure...or driveline failure (in fact...only repair I did was that I had a foggy rear light assembly that was replaced twice - and the Audi shop was nice to do it for free even though it at the time was out of warranty).

[@bytemeah]

Makes sense for a country that barely get into the negatives in winter. It's a bit different at -30C

[@iaing9028]

Hi, here in the UK it doesn’t really get cold enough to cause diesel starting problems, if you ever drive in the Alps in winter time, you may have to put an additive in your diesel to stop it freezing, if you buy fuel in mountainous regions the fuel already has the additive in the diesel. My Honda Civic diesel never has problems winter starting.

[@BICIeCOMPUTERconGabriele]

​@@iaing9028 exactly. In UK winters are not very cold.

[@juststeve5542]

I've had the BMW E36 TD and TDS... Both were no problem in the cold (had to replace the glow plugs once). If it doesn't want to catch first time, give it a double hit on the glow plugs and try again... All these people cranking for ages... Poor starter motor! Give it another preheat with the glow plugs!

[@peterpritzl3354]

My third car was a Mercedes 180D, 1953 build, with the round ponton body, and millimeter steel. The gear shift was by the steering wheel, and it got 63 to 68 mpg. Favorite cabdriver car. One of my friends drove one with 800,000 km's on the first engine.The fun thing was, if somebody was tailgating, you just activated the glow plug while driving, and dark black smoke came out of the exhaust, and they immediately kept a decent distance. 🖕😂

[@Munakas-wq3gp]

I don't think he activated the glow plug since that produces zero smoke, he probably activated the forced injection which pushes excess fuel in the engine for cold starts.

[@smiIingman]

Americans would be driving diesel cars if Gas was as expensive as it is in Europe.

[@gordowg1wg145]

3:00 The Golf was a PETROL (gasoline) engine - two things gave it away - the tacho', and the "unleaded" warning!

[@richardbanks2669]

Probably a replacement instrument cluster from the junkyard - that's a 40 year old car, it certainly sounds diesel from the outside!

[@JazHaz]

Vegetable oil can be used in diesels, and are quite common over here. Best thing is the exhaust smells like fried food!

[@garaiselvis]

Only if you have a old Diesel engine with mechanical fuel pump

[@MHzappy]

​@@garaiselvisno american we just do it

[@haroldvonschwartzenstien3581]

I put 2 stone on running a TD5 Discovery on waste vegetable oil, constant smell of chips made me perpetually starving 🤣

[@antonistsitakis8713]

Actually the diesel cars for cold climates often come with a statonary heater device that can be programmed to engage a few minutes before departure time. That also heats the engine and you have a smooth start in most cases plus the heater is on as you enter the car. Not really needed for temperatures up to minus 5C.

[@zerodelay1630]

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[@Geker3]

I drive Škoda Fabia 1.9 SDI made in 2003 and it takes 3l/100km whitch according to ChatGPT is 78MPG. Not bad for a car as old as some of my coworkers. :D

[@Phiyedough]

We do buy fuel in litres in UK but the metric unit for fuel consumption is not popular. I've never understood why it is not km/litre.

[@HA05GER]

​@@Phiyedoughbecause we measure in miles.

[@Prozac1000]

Bear in mind that Imperial gallons, used in the UK, are larger than US gallons.

[@hakandelabiarritz6750]

when i did military service in sweden , our dieseltrucks started at -35°C but we used ether as starter . they had ether pump

[@Viva-Cristo-Rey-]

Had a Seat Ibiza with the 1.4 TDI. That thing was a champ during winter. I have plowed through so much snow. Always started no matter the temperature.

[@tonys1636]

Before winter grade diesel was available from October in the UK the regulations allowed up to 10% Kerosene added to prevent waxing in the fuel and filter and/or injector blockage.

[@Ikkeligeglad]

We could drive on pure Kerosene here in Denmark if we wanted to, those were the days and I remember the winter of 80/81 with minus 32C what a hassle to start the car, the engine oil was thick as asphalt. There were so many dead batteries that it was almost impossible to get a new one

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

Jet fuel is just slightly different diesel. And many engines can run on both. a bit more sulfur and still leaded. US JP-8 is also used in ground vehicles.

[@Baerenpapa007]

In cold environments you put a small part of petrol or ethanol into the diesel tank to prevent the diesel filter getting blocked due to parrafine outfalls at low temperatures. The name 'Lupo 3L' means it is built to run 100km with only consuming 3 litre of fuel. And btw. the Lupo was the smaller brother of the Polo. It even had its own cup racing class!

[@mettrose]

it still has its own racing class. The "Up!" Class

[@t.a.k.palfrey3882]

Back in the day, I had an '87 Mercedes 560 SEL. Even in Winnipeg winters, it never failed a cold start.

[@TSM-908]

I own a 7 yr old Kia Soul 1.6 CDRi (diesel). I bought it from new in 2016 and it has 23,000 miles on the clock. If I start on a cold morning I insert the key. Switch on the ignition and I wait until the diesel glow plugs heat up. Moment the glow plug dash light goes off on the dash I start the engine. It always kicks over immediately and doesn’t sound like any of the cars you showed. Diesel cars will run on most vegetable cooking oil with a mixture of white spirit. This is not great for the engine but it works. My vehicle gets a yearly service at the dealership and is well maintained. So works really well. Trouble with diesel is that the fuel can freeze in extremely low temperatures as diesel has a small amount of water in the fuel and the fuel filter extracts this water before it gets injected into the engine. However if the vehicle is not maintained properly the fuel filter water can freeze. I’ve seen diesel trucks at the roadside where the mostly European truck drivers are lighting small fire just under the diesel fuel tank to defrost the diesel fuel - dangerous but not as dangerous if you tried it under a petrol tank. Diesel fuel normally needs very high compression values for the engine to fire up. Diesels are great but MUST be serviced regularly according to the manufacturer instructions.

[@vwempire8459]

Great content. Just continue to "teach" Americans what good and economical driving is. diesel is great. The only bad thing about old models is vibration and noise. Greetings from Europe, the Balkan Peninsula. Montenegro.

[@smiechuwarte-qt8pn]

9:35 The Volkswagen Lupo has a body made of aluminum. The Volkswagen Lupo 3L was Volkswagen's answer to a hybrid car. The 3L version, or the so-called 3-liter car, was the world's first mass-produced car consuming an average of 2.99 liters of fuel per 100 km. Under the hood was a 3-cylinder turbodiesel with a capacity of 1.2 liters and a power of 61 HP. It was the first diesel engine to meet the Euro 4 standard guidelines (which came into force only in 2006). It is a typical city car and ideal for a young driver because it takes about 15 seconds to accelerate to 100 km/h. Ask Santa for Skoda Superb 2.0 TDI 4x4 L&K DSG ( power 190 HP)

[@Hansen710]

What are you talking about Gte is vw's hybrid

[@smiechuwarte-qt8pn]

@@Hansen710 This was in the early 2000s when the company did not take hybrid cars from Japan seriously.

[@terryjones9987]

I think you are getting confused with the Audi A 2. - that was alluminium and had a 1.2 or 1.4 TDI engine. The smaller engine only be on sale in main land Europe and not the UK. The 1.2 could achieve 100 mpg, while the 1.4 will get you about 80mpg on long runs. I know this because I have one. Fantastic cars

[@smiechuwarte-qt8pn]

@@terryjones9987 No, I'm not mistaken, the Lupo is made of aluminum and even had thinner windows in the first versions, which Volkswagen boasted about, thanks to which it managed to reduce the weight by 3.5 kg .The vehicle's body elements were made largely of aluminum and magnesium alloys, as well as plastic. The car was also equipped with the Stop&Go system, which consisted of the engine turning off for about 5 seconds after pressing the brake pedal, and then starting up automatically after releasing it. The vehicle is equipped with a 5-speed semi-automatic Tiptronic gearbox. The car is a twin model of the SEAT Arosa model introduced a year earlier.

[@danielpedersen9823]

​@@smiechuwarte-qt8pn The body is made of thin steel (0.3mm), the doors, front fenders, hood and trunk lid are made of aluminium, although vw opted for a steel trunk lid in mid 02. But body, frame etc is steel, currently fixing rust in my wifes Lupo, so ask me how I know. The front suspension is made mostly of aluminium Rims are magnesium The frame in the front seats are aluminium, the rear seat however is steel. The windshield is, as you mentioned, made of thinner glass. People opt for the regular Lupo's windshield as they are cheaper and more durable The front frame is plastic, with a steel bumper bolted on to the steel frame on the body, which also holds the plastic frame on to the body. (3 * 8mm bolts per side) The transmission is a manual transmission controlled by hydraulics, which I am glad I do not have anymore. Regarding Euro 4... It is a Euro 3 car, which meets the german D4 The only hybrid about this car is that it can burn both diesel and cooking oil.

[@mikoske]

Cold starting the trucks in the Finnish army was pretty fun! The whole yard was white exhaust gases. Also first diesel engine ran on vegetable oil, and older engines run fine smelling like french fries.

[@grahamgresty8383]

Diesels were originally designed to run off peanut oil. On his way to demonstrate this, the designer 'fell overboard' from a ferry that suspiciously was carrying oil field owners. UK diesel contains 20% vegetable oil or esterified recycled fats or oil. These have to have an alcohol or petrol added to prevent 'waxing' in winter.

[@Sergei_Mn]

11:50 - yes, it was a glow plug sign. Standard indication for all european diesel cars. It lignts up when you turn on "ignition", you wait until it turns off and then crank the starter. For those who don't know: diesels basically only need plugs for cold starts, as long as the engine is running the fuel-air mix is ignited by compression, so they don't have usual spark plugs.

[@JorisWeima]

Dude we even have/had Smart ForTwo's with a 800 CC diesel 3cyl over here 😆 There was also a motorcycle with that same engine I think, Dutch brand. A rarity. And those little 'cars' with a moped license plate, Microcar I think, for handicapped people, have way tinier diesel 1cyls.

[@wakda]

7:50 ive heard that old golfs mk1/2 maybe 3 tho im not sure, were one of most prized cars during Yugoslavian wars because it run on almost anything as a fuel

[@Siplexus]

the v12 Q7 TDI has 1000nm of torque

[@kevo6190]

My brother had a VW Golf GTD... I gave him crap about owning a diesel hatchback..... Then he leaned on the pedal a little bit and I was an instant fan!😮

[@nenadmkd]

hell yes. Torque is insane on the diesels. My friend slightly chipped his A6. 3.0TDI to 300hp and man i could feel the wheels grabbing the tarmac. And was going like crazy

[@kevo6190]

@@nenadmkd torque monster!🤘

[@HA05GER]

I've got a 2.0d ford smax I believe to be mapped. If you put your foot in it in the corner even in third gear it'll spin up the inside tyre and in the wet will spin 4th just going up hills. It's hilarious. She's also straight pipedso sounds pretty nearly.

[@TheVoiTube]

Yes you have to use glow before start. These are very normal temperatures to start a car. Minus 35C it gets a bit fishy which starts anymore. Nordic countries like Sweden, Finland and Norway all trust Volvo a lot. Reliable lasting car from Sweden and better than old Russian ones.

[@smallwhitefox142]

my first car was a 2008 1.9L TDI skoda fabia. It did not have a great engine block heater, so cold starting was relatively common, especially in the finnish winters. It was a skill, you had to wait enough time for the glow plugs to heat and then immediately when the glowplug light turned off, crank the starter on, if you missed that half a second sweet window, it was too late. But it ran like a beast once it was on. The coldest i had to start it was probably closer to -35C last winter. Weirdly enough, that car ran much cleaner in cold, summer starts gave a blue cloud, while cold winter starts were as clean as a 16 year old car can be.

[@rovroamer1806]

My 1.6 D2 always fires up easily in cold weather (-10 -20)and the colder the temp the smoother it runs. Almost sounds like a petrol engine.Never used the diesel heater. In summer its a noisy engine.Embarrassingly noisy.

[@jakubskowronski3016]

Older diesel engines can run on vegetable oil. Some people buy the oil that restaurants throw away after frying chips and use it as fuel after filtration.

[@xxwookey]

For used oil you really need to trans-esterify it back into biodiesel - it's too thick to use directly as fuel. Only a mercedes inline pump will take such viscous fuel. Everything else will break fairly quickly.

[@wacholder5690]

3:12 A rev counter red line at over 6K and "unleaded fuel only" points to a petrol engine.

[@module79l28]

I was about to comment the same thing!

[@RedbadvanRijn-ft3vv]

Yes,that Audi v12 diesel,who did won Lemans,did never rev that much above 5k.

[@IWrocker]

You’re right, I didn’t catch that.

[@stevekenilworth]

few exceptions, some small french diesels the rev counter goes to 7k rpm but yes most diesels max rpm on dial is 6k rpm

[@klulessdood4327]

I think it's diesel swapped, it sure sounds like the ol' NA diesels and the revs don't work either, I think it was a patrol but has a diesel swapped into it

[@SiqueScarface]

7:45 The vegetable oil even more as the diesel fuel tends to get very viscous in cold environments. Hence you add some gasoline into the mix as a thinner. The name 3L has nothing to do with 3.0 liter displacement. The 3L means "3 liter per 100 km" or about 79 mpg.

[@Selon27]

1.9 TDI is the best engine ever built from VW

[@AnnaVahtera]

Last winter, my 2009 A3 1.9TDi (245,000km at that point) stood in -20C to -28C for a month, because the battery died. Swapped in a new battery, and it fired nicely on the first go. The 1.9TDi is one heck of an engine where 250,000km is just the break-in period. I've seen these things start smoothly after 600,000km or even 1,000,000km if maintained properly. Outside of shitty battery problems, mine has never given me any trouble.

[@Mavirono]

The days when family cars had V10 or V12 engines are gone.Golden times.

[@BenDeSwert666]

Google for " Le Mans Audi TDI" and you'll see where that V10 and V12 are derived from. These engines are absolute monsters.

[@itsmebatman]

This makes me appreciate I have a garage so I don't have to put up with these rough starts. It also reminds of a documentary about Irkutsk I have seen a while ago. If you don't know, thats a large city in Russian Siberia. There it gets REALLY cold in winter. So cold even, that the oil and the fuel stops being fluid. So they adopted the method of leaving the car with running engine over night, because once the oil in the engines starts freezing you're not going to start it again until next spring. That is so wild.

[@JoriDiculous]

Its not like the fuel gets "non liquid", but the Diesel Waxing in the cold. (from -4C in Non Winter diesel), the colder it is the "thicker" the wax becomes. It's common here in Norway to to keep diesel's running in the winter even with the Arctic Winter diesel we have (Between november - February). Though for normal cars is not really that needed for running anymore, but trucks, tractors etc. The Motor (and on car gear oil) gets really thick in the cold. So if you dont have access to electric outlets you bring a blow torch, or even make a smal fire under the engine inn "extreme" cold

[@hummerfeskarn]

Recently concluded: Gasoline is for chain saws and lawn mowers, proper vehicles are powered by diesel! 😄 Sweden here

[@andeewb]

My previous Octavia was a 1.6 Diesel from 2013. Get in, turn key, get settled with the seat belt etc., and wait for the things to start happening. No starting problems between -18°C and 40°C.

[@vereybowring]

Hotel I worked at in my home town in the Scottish Highlands we occassionally got coach drivers park their coaches in a bad position in winter. With the bad position getting hit by wind and overnight temps quite regularly -20°C (-4°F) before adding the windchill everything on the coach would freeze up beyond the ability of the cold start built into it to get it running. Nearest recovery guy would have to come out and put warming blankets or heaters on the engine and fuel tank (while diesel with antifreeze doesn't freeze it can still turn into a thick sludge if the mix isn't right) to raise the temperature enough to get things going. Also we kept a jump pack/leads handy for the car driving guests whose batteries would drain excessively in the cold. The local bus company also had issues when they "modernised" their depot in a new location but after a couple of years they had to redesign the depot again with solid walls instead of cheap chainlink fence so the wind wouldn't freeze the buses as easily lol

[@2DogsVlogs]

My car always started. But one day I used the handbrake and couldn't get it to release. Must have take me 30 mins to get it off and then another 45 to get up the drive. My brother tried driving home once in his Golf and when he hit 2 foot of snow the car said nope. Police had to rescue them and they closed the road. That was in Caithness.

[@Phiyedough]

I don't think I've ever even used a coolant mixture suitable for -20.

[@el737rs]

used to drive 20 year old Citroen C5 2.0 diesel. That one started in a millisecond at -30C, no problem. Great engine, super comfy car (hydro suspension). Btw - you CAN drive a lot of diesels even on pure vegetable oil with no modifications 😉

[@HA05GER]

Yeh my ford 2.0tdci which I believe would be the same engine depending on year never batters an eyelid. I've never seen minus 30 but it starts like a summers day in all temps.

[@wacholder5690]

7:50 Someone using "alternative fuels". Plus some petrol addition for easier cold start at -10°C ... The Lupo 3L is a "three liters" car with a tiny diesel designed for using

[@edim108]

First gen Touaregs are hillarious. You had everything from a 2.5 inline 5 TDI with barely 160 hp and a manual all the way to a 5.0 V10 TDI with 300hp and a 6 speed auto, and on the petrol side it went from 3.2 VR6 to a 6.0 W12 out of a Bentley Continental. In the "poverty spec" you had cloth seats with manual adjustment and in the High Line you had leather power seats with heating and cooling and massage. It's also genuinely good off road bc it has an actual low range box and even rear diff lock (there was even an option for a front diff lock). First gen Touareg is so cool!

[@chriskosti1806]

Lupo 3L TDI means, that the consumption below 3L on 100km is easy to reach. It has a 1.2 Liter 3-cyl TDI

[@lofthousehh]

10:20 yes you are Reading that Right. They made those V10 tdis in the early 2000s. Very interesting engine, but a nightmare to maintain.

[@xXDrocenXx]

Very good point about the temperature! Actually at 3000 feet (round 1000 meters) it snows and tomorrow is friday, a work day you know. Summer tyres are still on. 😂

[@DaChaGee]

The Audi A8 limousines are W12

[@Kjetterix]

I had a 996 Carrera 2 and it was parked outside in the winter, it had snow up to the mirrors, and it was -20 celcius, but I dug so I could open the door, and it started in 10 seconds. Best car I ever had.

[@hunzhurte]

5:47 The Unimog moggs everything.

[@RB-tl8cf]

E300 D, guilty. Best car I ever had. And dude, here in the Netherlands Diesel is imho the better option. A large part drive a diesel. Comfort wise and m/g wise… The Germans agree for the most part.

[@TheXshot]

Yeah, although most cities (city centers) won't allow diesels anymore, right?

[@RB-tl8cf]

@@TheXshot true. Older ones first.

[@pasma1983]

These days the petrol is the better option in the Netherlands!

[@dalelc43]

It's not as simple as throwing cylenders at it 🤣🤣. Scania V8 770hp 3,700nm. Volvo straight 6 780hp 3,800nm.

[@civiere]

That's displacement i.e. how much force you can apply. Bigger cilinder, more pressure. Although this has specifics to go with it, it's the general idea. HP comes from rpm, how fast can you make the thing spin. We need a gearbox or we wouldn't go very fast but again, its the general idea. So I bet the volvo engine you mentioned has more displacement. If the scania is a 6ltr, the volvo probably is close to 8ltr. There are so many mechanical options possible to change this but usually this is how it works. Just to give an idea of weird shit, a petrol 1ltr, straight 16! Yup, that has been build and nope its not a typo. I've worked on a 124ltr twin turbo v8 diesel. Produced by general-electric. There's some weird engines avaliable.

[@ssirfbrorsan]

AGAIN; You have the best 'tempered' light/illumination, in your studio. Well-matched background that goes in line with you and your videos. Such a good development.

[@IWrocker]

Wow thank You 🙏 I appreciate that, I love how it all turned out too 😎

[@nEo-de8tj]

Lupo 3L is not a 3 litre engine, 3L actually means that it burns 3 liter of diesel per 100 kilometers

[@HomelabExtreme]

A modern healthy diesel engine has no trouble at all starting in -20C, pretty much all these in the video are malfunctioning someway - probably dead glow plugs. I have a 1.6 Ford/PSA DV6FC engine in my car, and it doesn't hesitate at all in the winter. Block heaters aren't common here in central europe, but all smaller diesels have glow plugs which is adequate for most situations.

[@daveamies5031]

If I knew you liked watching cold starts of diesels so much I would have sent you my diesel Citroën doing a "cold" start mid winter here in Brisbane (where "cold" is > 40°F 🤣 hence the quotes)

[@britblue]

Staying on the cold start diesel theme, but moving a little "leftfield" - try looking at Deltic locomotive cold start here on youtube. Its an opposed piston, supercharged, valveless two stroke diesel - in a triangular configuration! - they were workhorses of British Railways back in the day....but they really didn't like cold starts!

[@ApeStimplair-et9yk]

they were warmed up with open fire

[@kimreinikainen]

I would say that 300D was from Finland

[@formatique_arschloch]

Best car ever.

[@TopiasSalakka]

I agree, plate looked Finnish. Also the lightbar, so has to be at least Nordic.

[@TheNismo777]

Confirmed, Finland it was.

[@wp2746]

If it gets real cold every few years I use 0W20 instead of 5W30 in my Toyota Aygo, works every time 😊

[@jugobetrugo7213]

Anything above 6cylinders is exotic in Europe. Im driving a V8 daylie - people arent used to it, asking the same questions nearly everyday 😂

[@unkyduck]

My 16 year old Sienna has never been plugged in. Never failed. -40 is pretty routine around here.

[@Phiyedough]

I've never owned a diesel with a block heater but perhaps they only fit them for countries colder than UK.

[@MaicoGorll]

Audi raced V12TDI at LMP1 class at Le Mans

[@mettrose]

and they won. 😂 Fucking Legends

[@rannot4611]

@richardharrold9736 No its road versions of LeMans engine. With 60 degree block and 2000 bar pressure in rails. It runs specially built Borg Wagner transmission and all parts are exclusive to V12 engine - even glow plugs.

[@rannot4611]

@richardharrold9736 No it is 0BQ variant of ZF 6HP32A, specially modified by Borg Wagner.

[@jimtitt3571]

Audi V12 6l, 500hp and 1000Nm torque

[@williamnewton6369]

I live in Manchester in the UK. In 2007 i bought a 10yr old high cube Ford Transit diesel van. At that time cooking oil was slightly cheaper than diesel so I ran it on that. Didn't have to do anything other than pour it in the tank. No problem at all and it ran and started exactly the same as diesel.

[@theohahneregild3418]

The Lupo is not a 3 litre. it uses 3 litres to go 100KM. Its a 1.2L engine:-)

[@michaeljablonowski5014]

You should check out the Q7 V12 TDI its absolute unicorn model :)

[@zweispurmopped]

The VW Lupo is in a vehicle category we call "Schlaglochspürgerät" here in Germany. That translates to "Pothole sensing device", and is not an official category, obviously. The small VWs, especially the diesel engines in Lupo and Polo had a sever issue some 20 years ago. I was working for a VW/Audi towing service back then. As these engines run pretty efficiently, they don't produce much heat for moving. That goes to the effect that they could take over 10 kilometres to reach something like regular operating temperatures. As distances in Europe often are shorter than this, many cars would never really warm up in winters. They also came with design flaw: The hose that vents the crank case was connected to the air filter housing so that fumes from the crankcase would get sucked in for combustion. Sadly that hose was attached to the lowest point of the filter housing. When driving in wet and cold conditions, condensation and spray water could collect in the housing and run down the hose into the engine. With the short distances and the engines never reaching regular operation temperatures, water could collect in the sump until the oil pump would only pump water through the engine in some extreme cases. It didn't have to come _this_ far to destroy the engines though. In early 2002, I picked up a man and his broken down Polo diesel that had the third engine dead. At 6000 Km on the clock. VW later fixed the issue, but many people had their engines die due to this rather stupid mistake. Diesel and cold don't work well together anyway and diesel engines are absolute rubbish in normal cars if you ask me. They stink like hell, require a huge chemical plant bolted to their exhausts to reduce their stinking to the level they stink at and thus became extremely complex and expensive to maintain and repair engines. Yes, Turbo and diesel is a marriage made in heaven, as diesel ignites knock by design (that's how they ignite their fuel spray), you don't have to worry about regulating down the intake air pressure for the sake of engine protection. At high RPM, diesel will just smoke, and you see all the "exhaust gas cleaned" cars smoke black when they get older and their sub-systems stop working properly. My 25 year old petrol car has to be easier on the NOx-emissions by the Euro 3 standard than even a modern diesel by the newest standard as even the authorities making the environmental protection regulations understand that it is just impossible to fully get these engines to be as clean! Diesel still are good for long distance driving at low to mid rpm, especially with very heavy vehicles. In these engines, the fuel droplets actually have the time they require to fully burn up. Humming along at 1500 rpm, a truck engine will run wonderfully clean and hardly ever get cold. In mum's engined shopping bag that only gets 20 km clocked in a week, it isn't.

[@ApeStimplair-et9yk]

wohl eher ein haufen scheiße anstatt ein borgward kleiner lupo ist der letzte dreck - dauerd schaltgetriebe im arsch usw.

[@wotexpat9367]

@3:02 - The Golf is a petrol car... says unleaded in the gauge and it revs to 6,250 or so. It is not a D.

[@BBFSGaming]

i saw that immediately too

[@maiorciprian]

especially in Eastern Europe it was very common to swap the original petrol engine for the 1.6 diesel in old VWs and Audis. Nobody bothered to swap out the dash so usually the rev counter wouldn`t work. This is a mk2 Golf that probably had the 1.4 petrol and someone put the 1.6Diesel in it.

[@wt8213]

As a Canadian this is amusing to me. It's -15c or colder for 6 months straight here, 3 months at -25 or more. Worked in -51c last year. It isn't until -25c or colder that it starts being rough on an engine. Just need the right viscosity oil and a block heater and just about any vehicle will run fine in the cold.

[@MikkoRantalainen]

11:37 When the lights in the dash a flicker during engine start, the battery has gone bad. Don't ask how I know.

[@jimtitt3571]

The Toureg is the same platform as the Porche Cayenne.

[@GoldenCroc]

And Audi q7... And these days (not the cars in the video) the Lamborghini Urus and Bentley bentayga as well.

[@ApeStimplair-et9yk]

cayenne is the pony puller - there are full climate horsetrailer from porsche

[@martinwebb1681]

I have owned 5 diesel cars here in England over the years, 3 Vauxhalls, a Ford and a Peugeot. They were much more hardy than the 19 petrol cars that I've owned.

[@2DogsVlogs]

I've noticed that too. I've had to get engine rebuilds on petrol engines, never on a diesel. My 1.4 Orion used a litre of oil every 1000 miles. Used to get flashed at by trucks on the M4 for the smoke haze if I drove over 55mph. It had only 122k on it. Sold it to my dad at 128k and he went to London and sold it for 500 quid. The guy that bought it ended up scrapping it.

[@samil5601]

You've gone through 24 cars!?

[@2DogsVlogs]

@@samil5601 Myself I'm on number 12. You got me counting them LOL. Guessing Martin meant 9 not 19. I'm 50 if that puts it into perspective.

[@samil5601]

2DogsVlogs@@2DogsVlogs I'm 51 and I've owned two cars, one bicycle, two washing machines, two TVs. Where do you lot put all this stuff?

[@2DogsVlogs]

@@samil5601 '83 Sigma was a farm car and had till '94, '76 Fairmont I bought in '93 had for a month but couldn't afford to keep it, 87 Fairmont I had for 8 years. 89 Orion sold to dad after 6 months (still had the XF Fairmont), traded for '99 Lancer, sold for 98 Falcon traded in for 06 Hilux, traded 09 Sebring and inherited 71 Crown at same time. Traded Hilux for 09 Sebring which traded on 06 Grand Cherokee and bought 2x 450SEL's (one parts car) so I had 4 cars. Scrapped Crown & a 450SEL, sold 450SEL and traded the GC for a 2020 Cerato. Over the years I've bought 2 TV's. 1 washing machine, one lounge suite and a bed and Hi-Fi. I am a car nut. I've also had 3 motorbikes, sold at 37k, 54k and 28k, 3 bikes, mountain bike and a road bike I still have with well over 7k on each. Avanti Tour de France I traded for labour.

[@YacineBoussoufa]

03:50 Never seen and never hear of a block heater in my life until now

[@nickosmond]

I’m From Canada and its extremely common

[@GoldenCroc]

Not uncommon in northern countries.

[@teemur76]

Webasto is the shit

[@cyb3rko]

As a German I've never heard of that thing

[@Ikkeligeglad]

@@teemur76 Have one in my Toyota avensis so nice in the winter, just go out in the preheated car in minus 10C and there is 21C inside the car and the motor is 45C 👍

[@bastiknolle5155]

Ah the Lupo! Had one for a couple of years. It was like driving in a kart. Best cornering I ever drove

[@TomH2681]

I drove a 500hp Audi Q7 with a V12 diesel once. That thing accelerates like an F1 car.

[@Capt.-Nemo]

Golf MK 2 is a petrol engine Or he has the wrong speedometer

[@ApeStimplair-et9yk]

there were 1,9l gtd and 2.0's they were faster as the golf 1 (163km/h 1,6l 54hp)

[@Capt.-Nemo]

@@ApeStimplair-et9yk Yes, but the speedometer is from the petrol engine.

[@Collateralcoffee]

8:15 Lupo was below the Polo. The 3L Lupo was a special version to prove that a 3l/100km car can be built (special transmission and stuff). The mixture is something people do in winter: Diesel tends to become jelly-ish in cold temperatures, and you add petrol to make it more fluid. This one here runs on vegetable oil with diesel and petrol, which yes is a special mixture.

[@norwegianroads2152]

In case anyone wondered: 3L/100km is 78.4 mpg US or 94.16 mpg UK

[@nikodevatio2710]

MKII Golf 1.6 had that problem. Was my first car and sounds just like that in winter. Gotta cycle the glow plugs a few times

[@mikapeltokorpi7671]

These are not too bad. It took me a couple of hours (on and off) to start my Passat 1.8 TDI that hat sat in -32 °C to -38 °C and no cable. Heart bleeding every time starting it, sounding like pistons were finding new routes out of the engine. Almost gave up and bought 20 m extension cable for it. But it finally did run semi smoothly. Thus, I got the block heated by a couple of more 1 to 5 minutes idle runs. The next morning, it went much smoothly. The special winter blend of diesel is used here in winter.

[@octavianmacicasan6494]

My psa group diesel engine starts at half crank even at -30 celsius, its all about the glowplugs and also quality premium diesel

[@octavianmacicasan6494]

It does sound like a tractor for 10 minutes afterwards tho