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Originally Posted by P.E.Haiges
INsane,
You can forget about reliable starting below 10*F without being able to plug in the block heater. This is not the type of car you want for cold weather driving. At temperatures below 0*F, you might have trouble with the fuel gelling. This is one situation where you will be better off with a gasoline powered car.
Maybe you could run a wire to the garage to preheat the engine in cold weather. Heat is the only thing that will get a cold Diesel started.
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I fired off my SDL without a block heater on a few 0 and negative mornings. Coldest was -2ish, after the light went off I cranked and she came to life pretty much right away. Skipped and smoked a bit but she fired right away. My friends much newer E300D starts like a gas car. I also used Power Service all winter and have had zero gelling problems.
A diesel in good condition will start. Also the newer engines are better in the winter. I only plugged my car in because you get heat faster and it is better for the engine.
A MB will probably test or break that $1k a year budget.
