Even at -13F if the fuel is any kind of quality it shouldn't gel. I never use
any additives unless I'm having troubles.
I *think* one of the big problems with cold starts is people forget the rules,
glow a couple times, foot to the floor, crank until it starts or the battery
dies. If you stop cranking you lose all the ground you made (ie the cylinders
rapidly cool) and the next attempt is harder because the battery is tired.
Is the SDL a 617? -13F with no assist is pretty good for a 61x. I never found
out how cold it would have to been for a good 601 to start, I started them at
-15F with no real issues. Angie's Golf has a crappy glow plug design and
doesn't like sub zero temps. It'll start but you really need to work the glow
plugs.
-Curt
From: clay <redgh...@comcast.net>
To: Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com>; Mercedes Discussion List
<mercedes@okiebenz.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 2, 2017 11:20 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] so much for rock auto
I left the SDL with #1 boy so he could get to work while I drove his jeep back.
ND mornings are dang cold. He said it was not happy, but did light off at
-13f after four glows. Might have been winter diesel, but the oil was standard
15-50, and no additives to the tank to compensate for gelling.
clay
> On Feb 28, 2017, at 1:24 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes
> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
>
> How cold is "bitter cold"? Your car should start easily down to at least 0F
> and probably colder than that.
> A dead glowplug would make the car idle poorly until it warmed up a little,
> you'd basically have a dead hole for awhile.
> -Curt
>
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