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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I hate to burst the bubble for some of the posts here, but most ALL the modern diesels will start just fine, without being plugged in at temperatures even below zero F.
They may idle rough, but they'll start. Proper fuel, good batteries, maybe a little anti-gel in extreme conditions, but they'll go.
Mind you, they are correct in that they do take longer to warm up. But even that has changed some. My last two vehicles in particular, a 2011 Ford diesel and my 2014 Ram diesel, warm up, blow warm air for defrost and heat much, much faster than did the 2006 Cummins or 2003 Duramax I had before these last two.
I hate to burst the bubble for some of the posts here, but most ALL the modern diesels will start just fine, without being plugged in at temperatures even below zero F.
They may idle rough, but they'll start. Proper fuel, good batteries, maybe a little anti-gel in extreme conditions, but they'll go.
Mind you, they are correct in that they do take longer to warm up. But even that has changed some. My last two vehicles in particular, a 2011 Ford diesel and my 2014 Ram diesel, warm up, blow warm air for defrost and heat much, much faster than did the 2006 Cummins or 2003 Duramax I had before these last two.
