Good luck. Fresh battery, sump full of 229.52. Three glow cycles and the engine turns over but doesn't start.

Uber is a better bet.

Why? Just stay home. Or move.

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My wife doesn't have the luxury of staying at home so I sent her to work in my 4Runner. The power steering on that groaned for a minute but it was fine after that.

Moving is definitely an option

-20, yikes. California is about to get a cold front too...67 here today, but we'll be back in the 50s later this weekend. Central CA is affordable, come on out!

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Garage:

2017 Chevy Colorado Diesel (nanny state emissions)
2005 Volvo S40 T5 AWD, 77k
1987 Mercedes-Benz 300D turbodiesel, 4 sp auto, 156k - 28.7 mpg
1996 Tracker 4x4, 2 door, 16v, 3 sp auto. 113k - 28.6 mpg

WARNING: this post may contain dangerous free thinking.

You need winter fuel.
Mine start no problem.
Wait till Saturday.

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2012 S350 BlueTEC 4Matic
2007 ML 320 CDI
2007 Leisure Travel Serenity
2006 Sprinter 432k
2005 E320 CDI
1998 SLK230 (teal)
1998 SLK230 (silver)
1996 E300D 99k, 30k on WVO
Previous:
1983 240D, on WVO
1982 300D, on WVO
1983 300CD, on WVO
1986 300SDL 237k, 25k on WVO (Deerslayer)
1991 350SDL 249k, 56k on WVO - Retired to a car spa in Phoenix
1983 380 SEC w/603 diesel, 8k on WVO
1996 E300D 351k, 177k on WVO

mine started just fine this morning

chances are your fuel gelled, with the temps we're getting you NEED to run an anti-gel.

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Oak Grove Autosport | Oak Grove Autosport
01 G500, 82 300TD, quite a few more.....

From memory 85 300D owners manual recommended up to 10% Kero in winter.
Does modern diesel manual approve of additives?

I learned my lesson last winter. Now, starting in November, every tankful on each diesel gets Opti-lube XPD....good to -10F. You folks in colder regions would need the winter formula, good down to -50F.

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14 E250 Bluetec 4Matic "Sinclair", Palladium Silver on Black, 154k miles
06 E320 CDI "Rutherford", Black on Tan, 172k mi, Stage 1 tune, tuned TCU
91 300D "Otis", Smoke Silver on Tan, 142k mi, wastegate conversion, ALDA delete

19 Honda CR-V EX 61k mi
Fourteen other MB's owned and sold
1961 Very Tolerant Wife

Mine has been firing up fine and its about -5F here....one glow cycle, cranks/running in less than 2 seconds.

Heck I've fired up my 300SD back in the day at -12F with about 50 seconds of cranking....and my 190d 2.2 I fired up around -7F in about 10 seconds of cranking. A bluetec with good fuel in it should have no issues at all.

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'15 GLK250 Bluetec 118k - mine - (OC-123,800)
'17 Metris(VITO!) - 37k - wifes (OC-41k)
'09 Sprinter 3500 Winnebago View - 62k (OC - 67k)
'13 ML350 Bluetec - 95k - dad's (OC-98k)
'01 SL500 - 103k(km) - dad's (OC-110,000km)
'16 E400 4matic Sedan - 148k - Brothers (OC-155k)

I use Castrol Edge 0W-40 A3 B4 and have started easily in colder temperatures this week.

Is your oil synthetic? I glow for 5 or 6 seconds till the light goes out and varoom varoom

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2006 Mercedes CDI new daily driver! 56,000 miles May 2016 now 85,625 Apr 2018 and Apr 2019 101,000 miles Apr 2020 109,875. March 2024 135,250

I actually laughed aloud when I read this. True statement.

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'85 300SD 245k
'87 300SDL 251k
'90 300SEL 326k

Six others from BMW, GM, and Ford.

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There is a saying like that, it goes like this. "if you can't take the cold, stay out of the freezer, or something like that.

I am pretty sure I had a bad tank of diesel. I stuck my wife's hair dryer under the hood for about 20 minutes yesterday and it started up. Yesterday the temps warmed up to about +18 so I think that played a part in it as well.

I'll drive it as much as I can over the next few days and fill it up with diesel from a truck stop near me. We have cool weather coming the end of next week so I'll get to try again.

I'll probably install a block heater this spring when I take the car off the road for a few weeks to do some maintenance.

actually, this w123 manual states that at temps of 14 degrees Fahrenheit or below, up to 50% (!) kerosene can be used.

http://assets.mbusa.com/vcm/CAC_RAPMD/images/84%20300D%20300CD%20OM.pdf

it’s on page 85 (the actual page number, not the .pdf page number)