On Sat, Dec 10, 2016 at 10:35 AM, Bill <anotherdrunken...@gmail.com> wrote:
> My questions all revolve around cold weather starting. > What is considered cold for a Diesel? Having used diesel buses for 9 years answer is, it varies on the engine. I found Internationals and Cat engines would start in -15 or so with out trouble, Mercedes engines had to be helped along. Older Internationals needed to be plugeed in around -5 or so. > Should plugging in the block heater make a difference? Yes plug it in. > Can glow plugs be flakey? Yes they can be flaky, our rule of thub was to cycle the glow plugs at least 3-4 times before attempting to start iyt when it got to -5 or so with out a plug in. Yes Wabasto heaters in the newer Internationals and Thomas built buses are a god send but they break down a lot. I ran mine off a timer set 30 min before i arrived at the bus. Dave > > If there are any diesel wonks on the forum, your thoughts would be > appreciated. > > thanks > > bill > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
