cold starts ?

[BENZIN]

does any one start in -0 degree cold any specail starts method or turn the key and go ? just wondering

 

[rigrunner]

have started my 5.9 at -30. oh and it wasn't plugged in. I almost always plug her in and she always starts right up. at -0 just cycle your heater and turn her over, it should start.

 

[Whit]

do it all the time

just cycle the grid heater 2 times and fire up

 

[Mopar1973Man]

Give you a clue... I can start my truck with the grid heater unplugged all the way down to 32*F above without thinking twice. After that down to 0*F I need at least 1 cycle of the grid heater and it fires up... Below 0*F I need 2 cycle of the grid heater...

But normally in the summer time I leave my grid heaters unplugged and don't even wait for the light I just start the engine...

 

[Papabear]

I have a block heat like everybody else but i also have an oilpan heater and i have deleted the glow plup relay/timer and i use a push button setup with Beru glow plugs (and i really try not to turn it off)

 

[seawalkersee]

I was actually going to ask the same question. The other night, my buddie was leaving work and had to catch a ride home. He has an 05 (or 06) with the 5.9 in it. The batteries had power because it would have the lights on. Then, he tried to start it an it would just click. Like the engine was locked up or it had a bad starter. I checked the connections I could get to, but no dice. It was about 0-2* outside and it had been sittin that way for at least 10 hours.

SWS