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Originally Posted by airbus
Last night we were in the lower teens, days are in the 20's. I'll fill it up with regular diesel when it's empty, it hasn't been that cold yet since I have my diesels. Preglowing it for 2-3 minutes usually helps, it's just extremely rough and smokey for the first couple of minutes. I'm using regular 10W-40, nothing fancy and expensive. Glowplugs are fairly new Bosch.
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Try synthetic oil......it doesn't get as thick in cold weather making for easier cranking.
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