Cold (Fridid) Weather Start Diesel?????
I am struggling with a gas vs diesel dilemma for myself. (Most recent generation of diesel). A concern that I have is cold weather start. For example, I am in the middle of nowhere deer hunting. I...
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Grit dog wrote:
No need to worry about a diesel starting in cold weather if everything is healthy with the truck. They start as good as gassers.
It's -30 where I work right now and all we run are diesels.
Regarding fuel additives for cold weather, it is just marketing BS unless you have fuel that is not blended properly for the season in your area. Or, again something not healthy in your system, old fuel, water etc.
Don't need to add nothin unless you're packing fuel from a warmer locale or expected to be well below the mean temps for your area.
Again up on the Slope, no extra additives at -30 to -40 deg.
Now if you had a big tank of fuel you bought in the desert or valley and go dump your truck off at 8000' in the mtns and its sposed to be -20deg, better add something cause your fuel likely isn't blended for it.
What he said....My '09 Duramax and the '13 Powerstroke sit for weeks at a time (when I rotate to Texas :() and the most I've had to do is let a couple cycles of the preheater/glow plug run through. If it is -20 or colder, while not a problem to start the engine, I'm old-fashioned enough that I let the rig warm up for quite a while and then baby it until I see some movement in the oil and water temp gauges before putting a serious load on it.
