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Re: Diesel Truck.....how cold and still start??
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Posted by NC wayne on February 11, 2007 at 18:21:02 from (205.188.117.14):
In Reply to: Diesel Truck.....how cold and still start?? posted by Starting Fluid on February 11, 2007 at 16:04:42:
Got an 8.5 liter series 50 Detroit in my service truck and it'll usually start OK, with no block heater, into the low thirties. It wouldn't do that good til I started using a higher quality oil, but I've been dogged about telling about the oil I use before so I won't go there. With the ether start system I've got it going into the low twenties, without a heater. I don't like to do this but when working out of town I often have to park too far from a motel, due to the trucks size, and when I can't plug in the ether is a necessity.
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