npinks wrote:

Wonder additive is this 2T your all on about, the cod liver oil of the motoring world

I might get a monkey, a wooden cart and sell it at fairs next to the strong man and bearded lady

Save me a bottle too  ______________________
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It great stuff you know

Although I have no proof  Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

Nah, sorry, can't accept that, I need proof that it won't knacker my engine  ______________________
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2012 FL2 SD4 Auto HSE
2013 Kawasaki Versys 650

With it's blend of special ingredient you'll just have know it's great, there at least 3 people in my street that use and not a single one of them has claimed for a broken engine, technically it was not broken, as there was no cracks in it  Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

pulsing revs is probably the cold running feature of the common rail set up At work
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hello Npinks

mine is being a little strange in the cold as well. by pulsing do you mean dipping low to say around 650rpm and rising back to around 750? mine is doing this in traffic when cold and feels like it might stall, it did once queuing in neutral. it's running spot on driving. any one else having this? I mentioned it at the dealers and they reckon it's the ECU finding it's level !!!!!!

Sounds exactly the same, though I didn't notice it once driving the half mile to work Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

i have had the same thing happen during the past week or so when its been frosty. Start her up and go around the windows scraping off the frost and the idle seems to dip. Seems fine when I head off and doesnt happen at all during the day, even when the car has stood for several hours, maybe FL2's dont like waking up in a morning? Now - 2017 BMW X3 M Sport Carbon Black
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Sat in my car this morning, no pulsing this time, BUT, sat for 30mins with the engine running and the temp gauge nearly moved of minimum

Dealer trip I think  Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

Someone correct me if I'm wrong but in cold weather on first start a car on tickover will take ages to even see a movement on the temperature gauge, whereas in normal driving the increased combustion will warm it a lot quicker.

I don't think there's a problem unless in driving the gauge never moved.

I had driven about 2 miles, and then sat for 30mins

And the gauge had moved this much

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Yes, I agree. The temperature in a diesel engine does take an age to heat up hense the extra heating element to give you quicker heat in the car. I had a diesel Civic which used to take a good 15 minutes just to get a bit of heat in the car and for the temp gauge to budge, and that was driving it hard to try and get some warmth.

That's not right is it?
Gauge should be into the middle by then

The fans were up to temp in 5 or 10 mins, I think, it was 30mins before I noticed the temp gauge hadn't moved, but wasn't paying attention to cabin temp as bum warmer was on Former Mod/Member, with the most post & Chicken George Arch nemesis

I don't have a bum warmer