Ganimal:

I live in Owasso, Ok and boy has it been cold. The other morning it was 8 degrees. I recently changed my car over to synthetic oil and it has made a big change in the car's ability to start on a cold morning. She started up on the first glow, sure did puff a lot of smoke, but she started. I always leave the interior light on so I can watch it brighten as the glow plugs trip off. They are actually on longer than the little light on the dash says.

If you haven't had the valves adjusted in a while, you might try that. I did and it seemed to really help. I don't have a block heater, but I'm going to get one. I'm just afraid my neighbors ( I live in an apartment)might trip over the cord and sue me.

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Dave

1982 300D
352,000 miles