Throttled Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 Great thread, I had noticed a drop in fuel consumption and this explains why. I knew I was doing more short runs than normal, but not so it would affect the MPG as much as it has. I did not know the cold had such an effect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mississippi Bullfrog Posted January 27, 2022 Share Posted January 27, 2022 1 hour ago, Bender said: The opposite I would say, thermostats were crap back then, honda was a pretty good car, thermostat will have been stuck open, they a operate and restrict flow depending on temp, stuck open you just froze, you used to have a winter Stat option but few people would swap them, most just drove round freezing I'd tend to agree - the vast majority of 'stat failures was them sticking open. Mind you some of the manufacturers didn't help. We had a Mk1 Fiesta Popular - the poverty spec version where you didn't get things like a parcel shelf or a passenger side sun visor. They even scrimped by omitting the thermoswitch for the radiator fan so it just ran all the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRH Posted January 28, 2022 Share Posted January 28, 2022 On 27/01/2022 at 09:26, Throttled said: Great thread, I had noticed a drop in fuel consumption and this explains why. I knew I was doing more short runs than normal, but not so it would affect the MPG as much as it has. I did not know the cold had such an effect. I’ve noticed on my car that in the summer at tick over the fuel consumption is approx 0.3 gal/h when started. When it’s covered in a good frost it’s 0.6. Drops to 0.2 is when fully warmed up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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