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Originally Posted by pelon
i'm curious what type oil your using.
i just switched to 5w40 synthetic Shell and it made a difference in starting.
i also made sure the glow plugs were good and cleaned the contacts on the glow plug relay. it was 19F yesterday morning and even though i wasn't driving it, i had to try to see how it started. fired right up when the indicator light went off.
roberto
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I use Mobil 1 Turbo Diesel Truck Synthetic 5W-40.
I know Mobetta uses Rotella Synthetic (well, the label says syn anyways- I know most say it is not a real syn but just going by what the bottle says) and he told me he cold started in -15F once.
From my reading on the forum, the switch from dino to synthetic oil is claimed to give 10-20 degrees colder of starting power.