Well, if my math is correct, 100w on a 12 volt battery system is 8.3 amps per hour. 10 minutes would use 1.38 amps. I imagine your batteries should have enough juice for that...unless you have a ton of other stuff running too.
Hell, by the time you're done, your trucks going to purr like a 6.7 in the morning.
That's the way they do it in Alaska at 40* below with heating pads on everything. That heating pad on the crankcase does the trick, oil is nice and thin.
Yep. I just called the place I buy fuel at, the nice pimple faced skater kid wasn't sure, but "thought" they started getting winter fuel a few weeks back. I'd guess it is. I have a spare starter, I'm not sure if I got a gear reduction starter or not, I'll have to look and do some searching for the best options I suppose. I've started in this cold of WX a few weeks ago w/o being plugged in (even at 10k feet) This go round she won't even kick over w/ ether. I suppose a bad GP or two could be an issue, I'd hate to think they hit the crapper considering they are only 2-3 mths old (Beru's)
Interesting article snicklas, thank you. Yea no kidding, thanks a bunch (again) EPA commies.
I've got a hunch this is my issue (or part of it.) The amt of white smoke I get while cranking is just a tiny lil puff, much less than I remember prior days in cold(er) wx.
I'm guessing one other thing I have going against me is the DPS Stage 1's. Seems pretty common knowledge they don't atomize as well as a good stock injector (but do make more power)
you are experiencing what i had to go through during the winters i had my 90. it seemed when it got below 10 degrees. it would not start, even with ether. i checked the fuel in the filter and it was cloudy. i figured out that if i changed out the filter, which i filled with atf, it would start right up everytime. so instead of changing to a new filter everytime, i would keep the froze one in a ice cream bucket inside until the filter on the truck froze up again. what a pain in the ****........ i have no idea why just the fuel in the filter would gell up/wax drop out.
Your fuel was below what is known as the "cloud point", which is the temperature at which the wax crystals start forming in the fuel. These wax crystals are too big to make it through the fuel filter and thus will stop the flow of fuel to the IP. Too many people think of the gelled fuel where it won't even flow at all, but that is seldom the problem. Fuel filter heaters will help with this issue, along with fuel additives to lower the cloud point.you are experiencing what i had to go through during the winters i had my 90. it seemed when it got below 10 degrees. it would not start, even with ether. i checked the fuel in the filter and it was cloudy. i figured out that if i changed out the filter, which i filled with atf, it would start right up everytime. so instead of changing to a new filter everytime, i would keep the froze one in a ice cream bucket inside until the filter on the truck froze up again. what a pain in the ****........ i have no idea why just the fuel in the filter would gell up/wax drop out.
ether yet??