O/T Hmmmmmmm......

Goose · Apr 19, 2009

I recently acquired a '99 Olds 88 with 85,000 miles to replace my '92 with 238,000. I was just scanning through the owner's manual on the '99. Some models (not mine) had an electric engine block heater as a factory option. In the manual, step 1 for using the electric block heater is "Turn off the engine".

Say what???? If the engine was already running, why would you need the block heater plugged in?

It made my day

buickanddeere · Apr 19, 2009

Some people try idling the engine and having the block heater plugged in for "faster" warmups.
Tends to burn out heating elements.
Drivers will also be more inclinded to drive away with the heater still plugged in.

Old Roy · Apr 19, 2009

Kinda like my 67 VW , It didnt refer to spark plugs.
they were called sparking plugs. or sparking plug wires.

Goose · Apr 19, 2009

Guess there is an element of logic to it.

Chuck (CA) · Apr 19, 2009

Years ago, when you bought a Zenith brand VCR, it came with a video tape showing you how to hook up the VCR....
think about it...

ChrisinMO · Apr 19, 2009

I accidentally did that once, just once. When we lived in MN I had the car plugged in before work in the morning. Well, I was late and it was COLD and I was in a hurry and one thing lead to another.... I hopped in, fired her up and pulled out. I got about 30 feet when I remembered what I forgot. No damage to the car, but ruined a good extension cord.

Christopher

Kelly C · Apr 19, 2009

Hehehehehe
I admit nothing of the sort

But I do know where to get new ends for the extension cord.

patiolant · Apr 19, 2009

(quoted from post at 18:52:42 04/19/09) I accidentally did that once, just once. When we lived in MN I had the car plugged in before work in the morning. Well, I was late and it was COLD and I was in a hurry and one thing lead to another.... I hopped in, fired her up and pulled out. I got about 30 feet when I remembered what I forgot. No damage to the car, but ruined a good extension cord.

Always see a few cars every winter here in Saskatchewan driving down the road with extension cords dragging from the front end. Hate to admit having done it myself on occasion. When it's -40 out, you're so darn glad that the car started, you forget about everything else.

mowr · Apr 19, 2009

To me it makes better sense to plug it in (to your timer) after you shut it off for the night than when you're ready to start it in the morning.

paul · Apr 19, 2009

As to funny instructions; I got a Homelite chainsaw when I was in high school, the instructions told what type of bar oil to use, then said, 'In extreme cold (below 32 degrees) use' a lighter weight oil.

Huh??? I looked the manual over alittle closer, and Homelite was (don't know if still is) based in one of the Carolina's.

I just had to chuckle.

Here in MN on a farm, you worked all spring, summer, & fall - winter was the only time you made firewood & used the chainsaw. The woodlots were typically only accessable crossing a frozen field or marsh. It would be a mighty warm day to use a chainsaw if it was near 32 degrees.

Extreme cold at 32 degrees! Funny to a Minnesota boy.

--->Paul

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