Letting truck idle
A friend of mine always lets his 2500 diesel idle while he makes a short run into the post office, store for a quick soda, etc. He says the salesman told him that starting and restarting a diesel was...
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Groover wrote:
I called Cummins and asked how long I could let it idle and was told up to 12 hours. On the other hand, I have heard to ambulances and fire trucks have had some issues when idling and some are going back to gasoline engines.
Did they recommend the HIGH IDLE feature when idling for 12 hours? I would think they would.
Firefighters tend to follow tradition. I'm sure if the new engines had a high idle feature, none of the old school drivers (or young buck drivers) engaged the high idle feature. Failing to high idle the truck is tougher on the engine and could lead to clogged DPF and other issues.
