Thread: What's coldest temp your diesels can start???
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Old 12-17-2008, 10:45 AM
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ten below zero yesterday. no block heater, sitting for 12 hours. fired right up on the first glow cycle. I have started her at -18 before, no block heater. now I have a circulation heater, but I forgot to plug her in monday night when I got home at 1:30 am after a 280 mile RT.

5 new Bosch GP's this fall, 5-40 rotella, recent valve adjustment, and 400+psi compression makes all the difference. really its the oil that makes the biggest difference. no go at +7*F w/ 15-40 in it. but I was not a pro cold diesel starter at that point in time, either- my first winter with the benz.
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