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At the start of every winter I run my washer fluid down to empty. Then I refill with Heet and a full gallon of fresh fluid. Did you fill it up with hot water to dislodge the ice?
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That was my impression also. It comes up in all the cold start procedures though. Maybe someone can explain it .
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In my experience, touching the peddle makes it less likely to initially catch. I assume that injecting excess cold fuel just cools down the pre-chamber more. I have gotten the best results by cranking without touching the peddle until its actually running, then using the minimum peddle required to keep it running.
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Nah, I didn't. The high temps were going to be above freezing, it was a clear day and the windshield was clear so I didn't need to use the fluid anyway. I went to the stores last night looking for some fluid that's good below 32, but I couldn't find any. The temps don't get below 32 for a sustained period of time very often down here, so they don't even stock it. I think last night was the last night of freezing temps, we may have one last freezing night tonight. After that, we'll be back in the toasty 60s by the middle of the week.
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The washer fluid that WallyWorld sells around here is labeled for zero degrees, but it freezes solid at about 25 degrees.
When I go up north over the holidays, I always bring back a case of the stuff labled for 30 below zero.
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Being a noob I usually plug mine in a few hours before I leave for work in the morning. It's been 25F - 35F in the mornings here.
When I start it up after using the heater it is nice a quiet. Only takes one spin, or so it sounds. When I don't use the heater, like when I leave work for home, it's much more noisy 'till she warms up. My question is, is it harder on a diesel to start it cold or am I wasting money plugging it in like I do? I'm sure it would start in the temperatures we are having now.
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it was a cold 22F this morning in Florida! Crap in the garage so my 300D is outside right now. I ran the GPs for 30 sec or so and it started right up. Needed my foot on the pedal for about 1 min to keep it running. I guess this is where one of those old style idle speed knobs would come in handy. I'm running 5w-40 syn.
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22 at my house in Florida this morning 2 cycles of the glow plugs and she started right up. Pretty impressive when you consider that I am running 100% bio-diesel.
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I don't either, but it's the procedure. Skidrowjoe might actually have the correct procedure; I was going from memory.
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I just looked at my '83 240D/300D owners manual; it also says to hold the peddle to the floor when starting in cold temperatures. That does not seem constant with my experience, but I'll give it a try some cold morning.
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