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Originally Posted by kerry
Probably around 15 degrees this morning when I started my Cat 3208 in the Bird with no block heater, no glowplugs or ether. Took about 15 seconds of cranking but it fired off. Never tried it under these conditions before. For about 10 minutes, visibility was reduced to about 10' within 100 yds of the bus. Then it cleared up.
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The big motors always do pretty well if they are in good shape. The Volvo excavator does the best, but its electronicaly controlled. I started it at -2 last year and it barely smoked or coughed.