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Originally Posted by JCL
I told you what i would do. I was in Alberta over the holidays. Never worried about our X3. I watched temperatures.
If you are carefully watching temperatures why not just cover a portion of the radiator, a home made winter front? Every truck in Alberta seems to have one. I did when I lived in GP and Edmonton.
It is a good thing you are now thinking about how to get the engine warm, solving the problem, and not just focusing on the condensate freezing, accepting that it will happen.
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So do X3s have issues along these lines too?
Thats the thing - I WAS running a "home made winter front" when this happened and the oil was still struggling to get to 100F during my 22 mile trip to work! Thats why I`m sooooo sceptical that it wont happen again if I simply go back to the standard setup
So if all this isnt enough to burn off the condensate what is required? A longer trip? (I did do longer trips occasionally) Drive it harder (I generally drive it pretty sensibly but thats because I am scared to rev the head off it as in my mind that will increase crankcase pressures to breaking point if it has frozen - a real "catch 22" situation)
Thoughts?