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    Leaving block heater cord plugged in

    So can I just leave the block heater cord plugged in while driving just have it zipp tied out of the way and to a place easy to get to. Will the heat from the engine at full temp damage the cord at all. Its rather inconvenient to have to crawl under the truck when its 20 out and then get my...
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    Atf and wmo mix

    Seems the biggest problem with running wmo is it possibly coaking everything up especially in cars like the mercedes and vw. So wouldnt keeping waste atf mixed with the wmo prevent that as the atf has all the detergents to keep everything clean. Has anybody been using a mix and still had coaking...
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    650cca vs 850cca group 65 battery

    My jetta is model year 1985 and whatever genius that designed the engine made sure to hide some bolts behind the injection pump to make sure you have to take it off to remove the water pump. Im hoping that i can just take the bottom pump half off as long as the 7 bolts dont break i should be...
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    650cca vs 850cca group 65 battery

    Well i was using a vw jetta diesel but the radiator and water pump went out at the same time and the water pump is a nightmare to change.
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    650cca vs 850cca group 65 battery

    whats weird is in just even a little bit warmer weather they seem to work fine but once it drops below 40-35 there useless
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    650cca vs 850cca group 65 battery

    there dropping to 12.3 as normal voltage after sitting overnight in the cold. I have a battery tester and even fully charged after sitting inside getting warmed up they drop to less than 200 cranking amps.
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    650cca vs 850cca group 65 battery

    i got no air intrusion issues and all 8 new motocraft glow plugs on a manual switch.
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    650cca vs 850cca group 65 battery

    theres been a few times in just the past few weeks it was around 0-5 degrees for a few days but that was kinda a fluke thing. It does get around 20-25 regularly though
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    650cca vs 850cca group 65 battery

    So will 2 of the 650cca batteries will spin it over plenty fast enough, thats the main question here.
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    650cca vs 850cca group 65 battery

    main problem is im very limited on money right now so the 60$ walmart value battery is looking very good but it only has 650cca
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    650cca vs 850cca group 65 battery

    With the cables disconected the batteries at the post are only reading 12.3 volts. The batteries are around 3 years old
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    650cca vs 850cca group 65 battery

    So my batteries are just shot it starts fine when its warm outside but if it drops below 40 the batteries drop to around 12.3-12.4 volt and have no power. The cheaper batteries are only 650cca would 2 of these work good to get the big 7.3 cranking fast enough to start or should i pay the extra...
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    Inline vs plug block heater

    Well it looks like the batteries might have just been frozen, I put them back in cleaned all the connections and it spun over super fast and started right up. I guess ill see how they do overnight. I just realized one possible source for the terminal constantly loosening is neither battery is...
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    Inline vs plug block heater

    yea thats what iv done and there back up to 12.7 volts so hopefully it was just that and the batteries are good.
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    Inline vs plug block heater

    If these batteries keep dying on me im thinking about going to a single group 31 battery, would be cheaper than 2 g65 batteries and i would have the 3/8 stud terminals. Think that would be a good option
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