Cold weather diesel starting
Tried to start the Cummins 8.3L in 28° weather, and it started, but shook horribly. I let it run for about a minute then turned it off. Restarted it and it ran fine. That was scary. Talked to s...
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Yaj wrote:
Last fall we fueled up in Las Vegas, headed East and overnighted in a truck stop by the time we woke up it was in the mid twenties when I started the engine. She ran for 15-20 seconds, sputtered and died! It had gotten down to the teens over night, and with the summer blend fuel we got in Vegas it had gelled and not warmed up enough to thaw out before I started it. I had to crack all my injector lines in order to get it to prime again.
That's my story and I'm sticking with it!
Mid 20's, and it gelled? I run summer #2 til it gets around zero with no problems.
