[oldE]

I recall in a R&T editorial a few years back a discourse on the rising electrical consumption of modern vehicles. The water-cooled alternator in the BMW was an attempt to cool the device more efficiently to allow it to meet high demand draw.
Didn't work too darn well on that one, did it?

Personally, I like the "let's hunt for the battery or some other place you can attach booster cables." game.

Then there was the mechanic friend of mine shaking his head over the ABS module on some sort of Chrysler which was behind a splash panel in the front wheel well. That might be fine in other regions, but not in the salt-belt. When the alloy housing corrodes, it leaks. Ooops!

Then I was looking at the underside of my '06 Tdi Jetta during an oil change and spotted what looks like an aluminum cooler housing under the car. It's a fuel cooler. I wondered about this up here where the biggest problem with fuel temp is keeping it flowing at low temps.

Les