-28 degrees yesterday

dieselenthusiast · **Posted:** Fri Dec 11, 2009 1:54 am

The coolant in my XJ was froze up so I had to drive the KJ. It was -28 yesterday and the KJ fired up, but the windshield wiper fluid was froze up.

tommudd · **Posted:** Fri Dec 11, 2009 7:32 am

Now that is just too dang cold.
Right now its 16 with the wind chill its 0
high today of 25!! Whoppeeeee

also looked up where my wife is
currently its 83 degrees with a light wind and a high today of 91

dieselenthusiast · **Posted:** Fri Dec 11, 2009 8:45 am

tommudd wrote:

Now that is just too dang cold.
Right now its 16 with the wind chill its 0
high today of 25!! Whoppeeeee

also looked up where my wife is
currently its 83 degrees with a light wind and a high today of 91

The sooner you get established in South Africa, the sooner I can take a vacation from this cold weather. :wink:

mikey1273 · **Posted:** Fri Dec 11, 2009 8:58 am

I thought it was cold here this morning. It was 19° this morning when I got up, it seemed cool in inside too. I did not want to get out of bed.
I had MY CRD plugged in to a timer to run the block heater from 4 to 7 am and it started just fine. MPG it says I been gettin is no good but I don't seem to be using more of my tank than normal.

pssbarry · **Posted:** Fri Dec 11, 2009 10:44 am

It was cold here this morning too. It got down to 42 last night. Time to go cut some firewood. Brrrrr

Diggerfreek · **Posted:** Fri Dec 11, 2009 10:53 am

dieselenthusiast wrote:

The coolant in my XJ was froze up so I had to drive the KJ. It was -28 yesterday and the KJ fired up, but the windshield wiper fluid was froze up.

Been there done that :shock:

Don't you watch the KK section :lol:

Tis 9 degrees right now here................

jeepmedic46 · **Posted:** Fri Dec 11, 2009 2:58 pm

tommudd wrote:

Now that is just too dang cold.
Right now its 16 with the wind chill its 0
high today of 25!! Whoppeeeee

also looked up where my wife is
currently its 83 degrees with a light wind and a high today of 91

Are you going to bring the Kj with you?

eyehatetofu · **Posted:** Fri Dec 11, 2009 3:20 pm

yellocoyote wrote:

pssbarry wrote:

It was cold here this morning too. It got down to 42 last night. Time to go cut some firewood. Brrrrr

It got all the way down to 38 here with a high of 64. Way to friggin cold! I don't know how people can handle negative degrees anything!

dieselenthusiast · **Posted:** Fri Dec 11, 2009 6:57 pm

jeepmedic46 wrote:

tommudd wrote:

Now that is just too dang cold.
Right now its 16 with the wind chill its 0
high today of 25!! Whoppeeeee

also looked up where my wife is
currently its 83 degrees with a light wind and a high today of 91

Are you going to bring the Kj with you?

Heck no, he's going to buy a diesel something or another, I can guarantee it! :wink:

kskj · **Posted:** Fri Dec 11, 2009 7:04 pm

6 degrees yesterday morning but it warmed up to day it made it to 40. :lol:

But with the wind it sure felt alot colder.

tjkj2002 · **Posted:** Fri Dec 11, 2009 11:01 pm

The coldest I remember being in was -35 actual temp with the windchill was over -200 degrees,that was is SD though and I still had to go to school :evil:

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Diggerfreek · **Posted:** Fri Dec 11, 2009 11:13 pm

tjkj2002 wrote:

The coldest I remember being in was -35 actual temp with the windchill was over -200 degrees,that was is SD though and I still had to go to school :evil:

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Yikes

johnb · **Posted:** Sat Dec 12, 2009 12:51 pm

tjkj2002 wrote:

The coldest I remember being in was -35 actual temp with the windchill was over -200 degrees,that was is SD though and I still had to go to school :evil:

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I'm calling BS on this one... NOAA's chart shows -35 with a 60 mph wind get's you to -84... This chart indicates that with an air temp of -35, even under the old system of measuring wind chill, you get to -200 when the wind reaches about 350 mph.

Inc · **Posted:** Sat Dec 12, 2009 1:01 pm

johnb wrote:

tjkj2002 wrote:

The coldest I remember being in was -35 actual temp with the windchill was over -200 degrees,that was is SD though and I still had to go to school :evil:

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I'm calling BS on this one... NOAA's chart shows -35 with a 60 mph wind get's you to -84... This chart indicates that with an air temp of -35, even under the old system of measuring wind chill, you get to -200 when the wind reaches about 350 mph.

It gets windy in SD. :lol:

Jeepjeepster · **Posted:** Sat Dec 12, 2009 1:14 pm

johnb wrote:

tjkj2002 wrote:

The coldest I remember being in was -35 actual temp with the windchill was over -200 degrees,that was is SD though and I still had to go to school :evil:

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I'm calling BS on this one... NOAA's chart shows -35 with a 60 mph wind get's you to -84... This chart indicates that with an air temp of -35, even under the old system of measuring wind chill, you get to -200 when the wind reaches about 350 mph.

Hahaha, I bet he was having a hard time getting to class! :lol:

Was the block frozen solid in the xj dieselenthusiast?

Coldest I can remember here is 5F and I had to walk like 2 miles to class.. Not sure I would ever live anywhere that got colder than that.

dieselenthusiast · **Posted:** Sat Dec 12, 2009 4:20 pm

Jeepjeepster wrote:

Was the block frozen solid in the xj dieselenthusiast?

Well, I changed the coolant a few months ago after buying the XJ (I used two jugs of coolant and topped off with distilled water but never checked the freezing point). The jeep has the factory block heater, and it was plugged in the night before. Anyway, I fired up the XJ like I always do and let her warm up. Approximately 10 minuets later I came back outside and the fan blower was still blowing cold air and the temperature needle was ¾ up on the gauge. I put it in drive and drove down the road about 1 mile and the temperature needle went straight to the red and the check engine light came on. So I pulled over, shut off the engine, and let her cool for 5 minuets and then started her back up and headed home. I just assumed that the coolant had froze up in the radiator. So after 3-4 days went by, I plugged the Jeep in last night knowing that today would be much warmer (about 20 degrees). This morning the jeep was blowing hot air within a few minuets of warming up and the temperature gauge never rose above the normal operating temperature. I drove a few miles and there seems to be no problems. The next time I go to town I’ll buy a coolant tester and see where the freeze point is.

Jeepjeepster · **Posted:** Sat Dec 12, 2009 5:21 pm

Kinda hard to believe the block froze if you had the block heater plugged in. Guess the radiator could of slushed up which didnt let the coolant flow.

Its pretty sad this time of the year and in the spring. Im a member over on some boat forums and threads are all over the place right now about how to winterize an engine.. Come spring all the threads are "help! my block is cracked!"

riptricket · **Posted:** Sat Dec 12, 2009 5:49 pm

is it possible to install an engine block heater on a gassser?

Diggerfreek · **Posted:** Sat Dec 12, 2009 5:56 pm

riptricket wrote:

is it possible to install an engine block heater on a gassser?

Yes

dieselenthusiast · **Posted:** Sat Dec 12, 2009 6:00 pm

riptricket wrote:

is it possible to install an engine block heater on a gassser?

Yes

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