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01-24-2005, 09:23 AM
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0 degrees cold, will it start after 7 hours?
With the cold temps this week in the northeast, I want to ask the members in the cold climates a question. If I plug my 85 300SD in so my wife can take it to work, she then will let it sit 7 hours before she starts for home again. Will the car start after sitting 7 hours at 8 degrees? Thanks for your input. How do you Canadians own the diesels in your climates?
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01-24-2005, 09:31 AM
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If everything is in order, it should start even without the block heater, after 24 hours at 0F. Below that, you need to be concerned about the quality of fuel available here. I've noticed that the fuel I've been getting locally is just starting to cloud and cause fuel delivery problems under high load.
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01-24-2005, 10:13 AM
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My strong advice is not to take any advice from members on this forum.
 Besides the normal things such as battery and glow plugs, we don't know the compression of the engine, and we don't know the tolerance of your wife to sit there for 15 seconds, if necessary, and crank it. To prevent any "marital discord" I would suggest that you experiment with it yourself under the specified conditions. When "most people" get used to starting a fuel injected gasser, they are hardly tolerant of a diesel that requires extended crank time to start.
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01-24-2005, 10:19 AM
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I have a 99 E300 and it has worked for me. YMMV with an 85.
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01-24-2005, 11:37 AM
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yes!
Hey man,
Do you STILL have both casper and judy? Why no sell? Best wishes always, spo out 
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01-24-2005, 12:52 PM
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Hey Spo,
Still have them, I offer them out with the kids want me to get rid of the diesels but the cold weather moves on and I manage to fend them off and keep them. When I offer them out everyone wants a special deal so I don't sell at bargain prices, so I get cold feet and keep them.
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85 300CD Signal Red/Tan sold 83 300D Manganese Brown 109K 97 E420 Midnight Blue 197K sold 98 BMW 328i Vert White 100K, sold 95 BMW 525i White 125K, sold 93 BMW 525iT Red 193K, sold 95 E320 Green Wagon 125K, sold 94 E320 White 127K, sold 85 300SD 156K Grey (Annie), sold 84 300D Lapis Blue 170K (Judy), sold 99 ML 320 Black (lease), 1998 C230 White (lease) 00 Honda S2000 Red (lease) 86 Mercedes 300E (sold) 84 Porsche 911 Red (sold), 1965 Porsche 911 White (sold)
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01-24-2005, 02:24 PM
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It was -8° F here yesterday morning around 8am, and neither of our diesels would start, and I ended up draining my entire dieHard trying to glow about 4 times then crank, no go. I had to use our van.
 Later on when I came home I hooked the van up to mine, charged it about 15-20 mins, poured 5 gallons of hot water over the engine, and tried it, and it started. No problems today.....I have even had not much problem around 0 to -2....seems below that -5 threshold it doesn't like it. I suppose it would help if I had a block heater...
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