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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not sure how easy the fords are to start at low temps, but several times I've started my duramax at -30F after sitting out overnight with no block heater. just turned the key waited for the glow plug light to go out, turned the key to off, repeated and when the glow plug light went off, turned key to start. started right up, noisy as all getout, some smoke, after about 45 seconds went into the high idle max backpressure mode to warm up quicker.
Even at these low temps didn't have any fuel additive, just made sure I had filled up nearby at a local station so I knew I had blended fuel for the expected low temps.
Even at these low temps didn't have any fuel additive, just made sure I had filled up nearby at a local station so I knew I had blended fuel for the expected low temps.
