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Originally Posted by kerry
Don't worry about the starter. MB is specific that in very cold weather you should keep running the starter until it fires, it's designed for those kinds of loads. In fact, in very cold weather you really only get one chance to start it so my policy is to keep the starter running until it either starts or the battery is dead.
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Up to sixty seconds, but if you push the time limit you must wait fifteen minutes before trying again or risk cooking the starter..
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