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Originally Posted by corolla5speed
Running those diesels overnight in real cold was mandatory if you didn't have a hot box and (heet) in the fuel tank.
When I was young I had a F250 crew cab diesel that had been a line truck on the north slope. When I bought it the truck had 27,000 miles but most likely 27,000 hours of idling time as well. We had plug ins in the parking lots at UAF to use while in class but nothing at the dry cabin I rented as student housing. I would leave the truck running all the time from October till April. The couple of times I shut it off it was the devil to restart even with all the heaters plugged in. Back then they didn't have low temp diesel so if it stopped flowing through the line you were left with a waxy mess.
I'll bet that Magnet Heater has paid for itself more then once if you owned it for any length of time.
I had one of those but now many oil pans are made out of aluminum and the magnet oil heater won’t work on them. I’ve also had the dip stick tube heaters also but you couldn’t shut your hood all the way.
Just the fact that block heaters were installed by Chrysler by default is a great policy on their part.. The electric Cords can be ordered by those who need them and they are good to go in extreme cold weather.
Here is the record cold map link again I posted on page 3 of this thread. It's hard to believe most of the United States has seen 30 below temperatures.
I had one of those but now many oil pans are made out of aluminum and the magnet oil heater won’t work on them. I’ve also had the dip stick tube heaters also but you couldn’t shut your hood all the way.
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I've also been informed by a retired fleet mechanic from Com Ed power Co. that we should be using a different starting procedure on many vehicles during extreme cold.
Turn key to on, then wait 30 seconds for fuel pump to pressure up before actually starting engine.
Not sure if this has merit, but doesn't hurt to follow the advice.
For these reasons the permanent self-adhering ones are top rated by users.
I've also been informed by a retired fleet mechanic from Com Ed power Co. that we should be using a different starting procedure on many vehicles during extreme cold.
Turn key to on, then wait 30 seconds for fuel pump to pressure up before actually starting engine.
Not sure if this has merit, but doesn't hurt to follow the advice.
Last winter during that winter vortex temperatures were -40 windshield and both my vehicles started they moaned but they started right up. If they were diesel would be different story but i would of had a block heater.
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That's a good example of keeping it simple.
