Posted by Bob M on February 27, 2014 at 07:48:59 from (74.67.191.209):
In Reply to: Cold weather start posted by Why Worry on February 27, 2014 at 07:08:16:
You could do it. But idling that long in extreme cold is HARD on a diesel - and especially to an air-cooled one. You're gonna get all sorts of condensation, soot, possibly some unburned fuel, etc. in the oil. It will also "wet stack" badly, slobbering nasty black gunk out the exhaust. And you'll be burning 10+ gallons of diesel per day. That's NOT cheap ($3.99 for ag ("red") diesel in western NY right now...)
Also should the tractor happen to run out of fuel you now gotta go through and purge the air from the fuel system to get it running again. Not a pleasant job in extreme cold!
A better strategy is to preheat the engine for an hour or two with a torpedo heater when needed. Or place a 500 watt halogen work light aimed directly at the intake manifold for a while before attempting a cold start.
This post was edited by Bob M at 10:32:40 02/27/14.
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