Thanksgiving vacation

From : christopher thompson

Q: on nov 27 643 pm hober mallow hober...@comcast.net wrote hello everyone i drive an 06 ram 2500 with cummins diesel motor. it doesnt seem to hold heat very well. i can have the truck all warmed up right at the centerpoint of the temp gauge. then ill park it and shut it off. in about an hour ill come back to start it up and the temperature gauge reads stone cold and ill need to warm it up completely again. my truck seems to cool down rather quickly. i think the thermostat is ok. someone told me this is because diesel motors run on the principle of using as little fuel as possible thus a diesel just doesnt run as hot as a gasoline motor. any comments suggestions thanks in advance. the rocket man one thing that might make a difference in the answer you get from the oil burning gurus is where you live. you outside temp/weather is going to make a difference. .

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From : christopher thompson

roy wrote big block tread with sipes are the way to go. im not so sure of that for snow. i have the michelin lts m/s one my truck and their cross terrain on my durango. both look more like a street tire to me. not big open tread as seen on many off road tires. the open sipes help but i think the main gain for snow is the tiny hairline cuts made throughout the tread. my understanding is that they cause the blocks to flex breaking up any ice and pushing it out. the biggest problem i had with the a/s stock tires is ice build up in the tread. they quickly became ice wheels. .

From : jmc

on wed 28 nov 2007 021940 -0800 beryl flyingterrapin@chillylbits.org wrote punkin on nov 27 643 pm hober mallow hober...@comcast.net wrote hello everyone i drive an 06 ram 2500 with cummins diesel motor. it doesnt seem to hold heat very well. i can have the truck all warmed up right at the centerpoint of the temp gauge. then ill park it and shut it off. in about an hour ill come back to start it up and the temperature gauge reads stone cold and ill need to warm it up completely again. my truck seems to cool down rather quickly. i think the thermostat is ok. someone told me this is because diesel motors run on the principle of using as little fuel as possible thus a diesel just doesnt run as hot as a gasoline motor. any comments suggestions thanks in advance. the rocket man one thing that might make a difference in the answer you get from the oil burning gurus is where you live. you outside temp/weather is going to make a difference. wow theres a thought. can you explain actually sheryl our ng nanny is just pissed off because someone actually had a thought. she misses having a thought....an idea....but she holds out the hope that one day she may actually have one. .

From : td

punkin on nov 27 643 pm hober mallow hober...@comcast.net wrote hello everyone i drive an 06 ram 2500 with cummins diesel motor. it doesnt seem to hold heat very well. i can have the truck all warmed up right at the centerpoint of the temp gauge. then ill park it and shut it off. in about an hour ill come back to start it up and the temperature gauge reads stone cold and ill need to warm it up completely again. my truck seems to cool down rather quickly. i think the thermostat is ok. someone told me this is because diesel motors run on the principle of using as little fuel as possible thus a diesel just doesnt run as hot as a gasoline motor. any comments suggestions thanks in advance. the rocket man one thing that might make a difference in the answer you get from the oil burning gurus is where you live. you outside temp/weather is going to make a difference. wow theres a thought. can you explain .