It is just basic rotella Synth would have been gooder, but the car was not meant to travel well or far.
clay > On Mar 3, 2017, at 7:39 PM, Curt Raymond via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > 15w50 synthetic or 15w40 conventional oil? > 15w50 is still better than 15w40, it flows much better at low temps. > -Curt > > From: clay <redgh...@comcast.net> > To: Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> > Sent: Friday, March 3, 2017 6:36 PM > Subject: Re: [MBZ] so much for rock auto > > The SDL is a 603. It was not given the most incredible care for a decade and > a half. There is a shake at idle that I think is related to needing rebuild > for the injectors. At least one has a poor spray pattern. > I told the boy to glow three or four times before attempting to start. > About 15 hours of heat getting sucked out of the engine, along with heavy > diesel oil instead of winter weight > clay > > > > > > On Mar 3, 2017, at 8:42 AM, Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote: > 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 >> > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
