Diesel vs gas......................
OK folks, there have been a few to many diesel vs gas threads that have shall we say gone to "Hell and a hand basket"! So if all of you would put in you BEST, no flaming reasons for going gas vs diese...
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Sweetpete I live north of you and never have trouble starting,in fact been up north of Sudbarry and saw all three makes of diesels start in temps that are the same in both F and C ,lined up in front of the motel they clattered but started up no problems and they could'nt plug them in.love my truck to
Start at -40??? Gassers won't do that. I lived in Yellowknife (about 600 miles north of Edmonton) for 10 years and am quite familiar with the cold. No engine will start at -40 without some external source of heat to warm them up or a great deal of persuation in the form of ether. At that temperature, you would be lucky to get the engine to turn over because the battery is likely frozen. There is a reason for those electric battery blankets.
As for diesels, many dealers here in the Edmonton area routinely tow their brand new diesels into the shop to warm them up so they will start at temperatures a hell of a lot warmer than -40. I plug my DMax in if it is going to be colder than -10.
[OnEdit} Those diesels you saw running outside a hotel in Ontario were probably left running all night. That is quite common in the colder climes because if you shut them off, you have to wait until Spring to get them going again :)
Bert
