This item might be of interest to those in cold parts of the UK over the next week. It's a well known and ancient problem but with -20c forecast for parts of the UK drivers of diesel powered cars and vans who are used to driving petrol powered cars should be aware that they can have problems with waxing.
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2015MY Corris Grey SDv6 HSE Dynamic, the best car I have ever owned, totally reliable only a cou0le of rattles in 3 years, now no longer in my care
Also in my garage is a 1996 TDi300 Defender 90 County HT made into a fake CSW

Mrs VA had a problem with waxing!  2005 Zambezi TDV6 - Gone but not forgotten
2009 Alaska TDV8 - Gone and much missed.



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yes but it wasn't her diesel that was waxing was it! 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
2018 Melting Silver Mini Countryman PHEV - soon to be replaced
2015MY Corris Grey SDv6 HSE Dynamic, the best car I have ever owned, totally reliable only a cou0le of rattles in 3 years, now no longer in my care
Also in my garage is a 1996 TDi300 Defender 90 County HT made into a fake CSW

It smelt just as bad!  2005 Zambezi TDV6 - Gone but not forgotten
2009 Alaska TDV8 - Gone and much missed.



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Runner Up - 2009 �Just Doing What It�s Designed To Do� Award


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Don't use Morrisons diesel I heard they are using summer fuel still from a forum
member who has been called out 20 times to fix waxed up filters

I would recommend at this time of year you only use diesel from a forecourt with branded diesel - there is more chance that you will get all the right additives for the time of year direct from the oil majors than from a supermarket forecourt. Anyway I have found that using Shell/BP/Esso or whatever I actually get better mpg than when I run on cheaper supermarket diesel so the 1p a ltr difference is actually recovered by better fuel consumprion 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
2018 Melting Silver Mini Countryman PHEV - soon to be replaced
2015MY Corris Grey SDv6 HSE Dynamic, the best car I have ever owned, totally reliable only a cou0le of rattles in 3 years, now no longer in my care
Also in my garage is a 1996 TDi300 Defender 90 County HT made into a fake CSW

Also notice that the winter diseasel foams a bit more than the summer stuff. Never had any problems here last winter with -28c temperatures Sons of dogs come hither and get flesh
Clan Cameron

No problems here  Gone - 2008 Stornoway Grey RRS 2.7 TDV6
Gone - 2009 Buckingham Blue RRS 2.7 TDV6
Gone - 2010 Alaska White RRS 5.0 V8 Aspirated
Gone - 2017 Chawton White RRS 5.0 V8 Supercharged
Current - 2010 Java Black RRS 5.0 V8 Aspirated
Current- 2024 RRS P400 SE Dynamic

likewise, it was a nippy 38 degrees celcius today in Sydney... Sport performed well  Another Pommie Bar Steward down under

MY20 Defender 110 SE P400 Eiger/Ebony
MY10 3.0 RRS TDv6 Fuji/Ebony/Anigre

After 8 days of clear blue skies by day and cloudless starry nights and -6 to -10c overnight and about -1c during the day I looked out at 11pm last evening and noticed OVERCAST skies - not a good sign. This morning it is still overcast and we have a further 2" of the white stuff BUT at least we now have +2c outside! 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
2018 Melting Silver Mini Countryman PHEV - soon to be replaced
2015MY Corris Grey SDv6 HSE Dynamic, the best car I have ever owned, totally reliable only a cou0le of rattles in 3 years, now no longer in my care
Also in my garage is a 1996 TDi300 Defender 90 County HT made into a fake CSW

It used to be at these temps they advised keeping the tank as full as possible. Don't know if that makes a difference. TDV6 - gone
TDV8 - gone
Audi Q5 3.0 Tdi Sline wef 6/11/10

I think that they are concerned that the waxing occurs where the fuel lines are exposed to the windchill of passing air under the car, pity that the fuel system. A couple of years ago when I was a schoolboy the bus driver used to light a bonfire under the bus on cold mornings to "de-wax" the fuel lines.............. then one day there we had no bus to school as the whole underside of it had caught fire! Smart bus driver, we were delighted to have a day off school too! 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
2018 Melting Silver Mini Countryman PHEV - soon to be replaced
2015MY Corris Grey SDv6 HSE Dynamic, the best car I have ever owned, totally reliable only a cou0le of rattles in 3 years, now no longer in my care
Also in my garage is a 1996 TDi300 Defender 90 County HT made into a fake CSW

Same as the Russians during WW2. They put braziers under the engines to stop them freezing solid.

Didn't realise you went that far back Tim  TDV6 - gone
TDV8 - gone
Audi Q5 3.0 Tdi Sline wef 6/11/10