How will my new F350 behave in cold temps?
I have a new F350 with the 6.7l turbo diesel. Here in NC it never gets cold enough for me to be concerned, but we may be travelling north after the holidays. Temps where we are going can get into the ...
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Late to the party... but I routinely drive three (3!) diesel vehicles in and around Los Anchorage, AK. 1 older chevy duramax and 2 fords with the 6.7 .
Fuel gelling is not a concern as the fuel up here is blended to address colder temps.
On all of the diesels, I will routinely just start them (ain't remote starts great) and let them warm up until I'm ready to go....in temps down to -15 or so. Not that that's a hard limit, just the coldest I've seen in Los Anchorage recently.
In colder weather, such as my 10-day sojourn in Squarebanks last winter, when the bank temp sign regularly read "-3x" or, on one PITA day, "-42", I'll plug them in.
As mentioned, good batteries help a lot, but in any case, for temps in the 'teens or even single digits, you won't need to worry about anything.
Fuel gelling is not a concern as the fuel up here is blended to address colder temps.
On all of the diesels, I will routinely just start them (ain't remote starts great) and let them warm up until I'm ready to go....in temps down to -15 or so. Not that that's a hard limit, just the coldest I've seen in Los Anchorage recently.
In colder weather, such as my 10-day sojourn in Squarebanks last winter, when the bank temp sign regularly read "-3x" or, on one PITA day, "-42", I'll plug them in.
As mentioned, good batteries help a lot, but in any case, for temps in the 'teens or even single digits, you won't need to worry about anything.
