Re: [DML] Heat Stove Function.

["dmc6960" <ultra@xxxx>]

I must disagree with you on this John. You say the air valve is to 
keep water in the fuel system from freezing? Well if there is enough 
water in the system to freeze, you have a bigger problem anyways. 
And when the car sits out in the cold without running, it will freeze 
with or without the valve because the car isn't running. Water in 
the fuel system has nothing to do with this. And about running the 
car in extremely cold climates... Here in MN, I have driven my 
DeLorean in temperatures in the lower teens. I HAVE removed my hot 
air valve. But I noticed no difference in the warmup time with or 
without the air valve. Takes about 4 times longer to heat up than my 
Talon, but I dont care. (We're tough with the cold here in MN).

And completely off topic, but I would be still driving my DeLorean 
now, if we didn't have the one snowstorm a month ago. There still is 
some leftover salt, and there hasn't been any rain to wash it away.

Jim Reeve
MNDMC - Minnesota DeLorean Club
DMC-6960


--- In dmcnews@xxxx, dherv10@xxxx wrote:
>Your also correct in certain parts of the 
> country and in certain weather conditions 
> ( Freezing ) the air flow valve is necessary to keep the water in 
the fuel 
> system from freezing. But, as I understand it, most of the cars in 
sub 
> freezing weather are in storage due to not wanting to get the car 
in a 
> potential accident and salt on the roads.