Do you leave your diesel running ...?
I see many diesel drivers who leave the engine running while fueling (or other short-term occasions). For a while, I asked why they did that, just to see what their reason was. Never got the same answ...
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The traditional reason for leaving diesels running was the difficulty in getting them started in the first place!
People just never got past it when glow plugs and reliable electrical systems were developed. That's how the old timers did it, so that's how I'm going to do it. Refusal to change.
Find some of those "old start cold start" videos on youtube, and you'll see what I mean. Dad says they weren't much better when they were new. They had a couple of Massey Harris 44 diesels that they left on a hill because it was either roll them down the hill and pop start them, or get a gas tractor and drag them around until they started. The electric start was just not up to the task.
Once you got one of those things running, you left it running until you were done with it for the day.
People just never got past it when glow plugs and reliable electrical systems were developed. That's how the old timers did it, so that's how I'm going to do it. Refusal to change.
Find some of those "old start cold start" videos on youtube, and you'll see what I mean. Dad says they weren't much better when they were new. They had a couple of Massey Harris 44 diesels that they left on a hill because it was either roll them down the hill and pop start them, or get a gas tractor and drag them around until they started. The electric start was just not up to the task.
Once you got one of those things running, you left it running until you were done with it for the day.
