P80 cars in the snow

[BEJinFbk]

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Well this is really cool! Do you mind me asking what kind of engine block heater you are using?

Thanks, Dirk

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Thanks for digging out that old heater link, sir.
BTW - Looks like central Alaska is waking up to
-30 and high winds tomorrow... Heated Garage FTW!

[erikv11]

I've only iced the throttle body once. I was in 10-15F in slow 15-25 traffic in PVD three hours ft home. Started getting ETS light. Once I got back up to 50 mph and light boost it all cleared up


Update. Still no snow. Forecast to start 2300

I have iced up the mechanical throttle on a P80 NA twice. Both times was after an hour or more of cruise control on the highway when temp was in the low teens. Only way to get out of it was put the shifter in neutral and unnervingly pull over while the engine stayed pegged at 4,000 or whatever it was. Then let the heat of the engine melt the ice on the throttle plate. After the second time I decided blocking the airbox thermostat to the cold position (a favorite mod on the fora) was a bad idea in cold winter climes.

[abscate]

Started at 2100 hours and , as of 0530, we have 30 cm of light fluffy snow down

Everything closed. Waiting for sunrise for pics of big Volvo lumps in driveway!

Forecast is for snow to end about 1100 this morning with a total accumulation of 50 cm

[oragex]

After the second time I decided blocking the airbox thermostat to the cold position (a favorite mod on the fora) was a bad idea in cold winter climes.

Agree, I've since added this information in some yt videos. I too was locking it to about 30% warm in winter time which also improves fuel consumption with cold engine. Lately I was lucky enough to find a good working thermostat at the junkyard, these were not sold individually, rather with the whole air filter box

[S60UT]

Started at 2100 hours and , as of 0530, we have 30 cm of light fluffy snow down

Everything closed. Waiting for sunrise for pics of big Volvo lumps in driveway!

Forecast is for snow to end about 1100 this morning with a total accumulation of 50 cm

Wow !!! Thats a big dump !

[configsys]

Started at 2100 hours and , as of 0530, we have 30 cm of light fluffy snow down

Everything closed. Waiting for sunrise for pics of big Volvo lumps in driveway!

Forecast is for snow to end about 1100 this morning with a total accumulation of 50 cm

Wow!!!

[850 LPT]

Looks like Upstate NY got quite a bit more than us here close to the coast.
Anyhow, here are some photos of our Volvos in the driveway:

Then later in the day as clean up commenced:

We have a very nice neighbor who is always there to help:

He owns some cool equipment mainly because of his business.
And of course it's a Volvo:

Hard telling how much we really got because of the drifts.

[BlackBart]

That's a lot of snow. Did SE Maine get hit? Portland area?

On the block heater conversation, I had a magnetic one that grabbed onto the oil pan even if greasy, and kept everything warm.
Pointless with an aluminum block and pan however.

[erikv11]

Pan vs block is probably like asking which brand oil but ... do those pan heaters get heat into the block too, or mainly the oil in the sump? So much more thermal mass in the block, always seemed a better way to go.

With the factory block heater on the back you can open the hood in the morning and the top of the engine is lukewarm to the touch, whereas the fender is 15 F.

That's a lotta snow folks!

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SchohariecCounty about 20 miles west got the full one meter, or 40 inches of snow fall.

I actually went out for pizza tonight, local roads were down to a bit of hard pack or clear and wet.

The plow did get stuck in front of our house m though, and needed a front leader to pull it out.