5 Mar
2002
5 Mar
'02
1:16 p.m.
Sadly, though, glow plugs do little to keep the oil thin enough to keep
from really hard cold starts. Especially back in the
old days when
multi-weight oils really weren't. It always cranked, that
wasn't a problem.
It was tearing up the cylinder walls until the molasses, er, oil could be
circulated.
--John
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[ complete and total snippage about starting
diesels ]
I don't know *anything* about big diesels, but I remember
leaving lit cans
of Sterno under the Mercedes 220D on the 20 below
nights... Why block
heaters aren't a factory default on the Benz, I'll never know.
--John
On friend's 1968 Mercedes 300D 5 cylinders w/ uneven injector box
(throbbing idle), started fine at -15C midnight stone cold
with help from glow plugs.
Diesel is the way to go for best diesel milage. Too efficient
burn that you don't have any heat left over to play with especially
at no to low loads. On newer diesel cars, crank heat up full,
heaters in coolent passages kicks in.
Cheers,
Wizard