Thanks for the Block Heater Cord, Ram

[Alan Reagan]

Jeepers that's cold. Was 41 deg C here Monday. That's about 106 F.
Nice and cool today, only going to be 30 C (89 F). Thinking about a jumper ...

I would be in my tear away butt chaps if it was that warm here. At least the wind chill this morning is only 20.

 

[deeselfitter]

Not too tropical here this morning either

 

[mwilson]

Seeing how we have drifted and made this kind of a cold weather thread I would like to share this..

I worked late last night and I got a call from the second shift supervisor at the Houlton store. My delivery truck was sitting outside idling (-15 or so at that time) while the salesman was loading it up with parts for the next day. The truck has a Mercedes 900 engine for power. Dennis looked under the truck and there was about a gallon of motor oil on the ground. Shut it down, checked the oil. Took 5 gallons of oil to get a reading on the stick. Restarted it, no leaks?????? Told them to get it in the shop, I guess there was oil everywhere underneath it.

Steam cleaned it all off, still no leaks......Then they found the problem........

Any one want to guess what it was?????

 

[mwilson]

And it didn't hurt the engine, the truck should be in Fort Kent making deliveries right now.

 

[Brocky]

Loose fitting on gravity turbo return line

 

[mwilson]

Loose fitting on gravity turbo return line

Good guess but no....

 

[AnOldBiker]

Yesterday it was -4* here with no winds and clear skies when I was having my morning coffee.

So, I don't know who did it, but Thank You. Someone up north finally closed the door they left opened and it's 20*, no winds and clear skies this morning with my morning coffee.
Thank God it's only like living in the upper portion of the refridge and not in the deep freeze.

 

[mwilson]

Our reward for slightly warmer weather is snow.......

 

[DonFitzwater]

Seeing how we have drifted and made this kind of a cold weather thread I would like to share this..

I worked late last night and I got a call from the second shift supervisor at the Houlton store. My delivery truck was sitting outside idling (-15 or so at that time) while the salesman was loading it up with parts for the next day. The truck has a Mercedes 900 engine for power. Dennis looked under the truck and there was about a gallon of motor oil on the ground. Shut it down, checked the oil. Took 5 gallons of oil to get a reading on the stick. Restarted it, no leaks?????? Told them to get it in the shop, I guess there was oil everywhere underneath it.

Steam cleaned it all off, still no leaks......Then they found the problem........

Any one want to guess what it was?????

Frozen crank vent?

 

[mwilson]

Frozen crank vent?

Yes!!!! We have a winner!!!!!

Truck had been running all that day and the vent froze at some point in the afternoon....

Pulled this out of the vent tube....

 

[Brocky]

Looked under my front bumper today just to the center of the pass side tow bar is a wire with a plug protector on it and the wire feeds into a loom and back along the tow bar..If this is my engine heat plug in mine is there from the factory.. Thanks for the info

 

[gsbrockman]

Looked under my front bumper today just to the center of the pass side tow bar is a wire with a plug protector on it and the wire feeds into a loom and back along the tow bar..If this is my engine heat plug in mine is there from the factory.. Thanks for the info

That is indeed it.
#ad

 

[Tryingit]

For rain and snow I relocated the plug end and made it waterproof. It's hidden under the wheel well so I don't have to worry about the weather once it's plugged in.

#ad

 

[JR]

^^^Interesting place to put the plug. Doesn't it get covered in ice?
I had mine in the front of my factory bumper until it got re arranged by Bambi. I now have it mounted here

 

[TCDiesel]

-38 In West Yellowstone MT last week, after a 75 second GH delay fired right up ,NOT plug In, When starting in the cold after it starts wait 2 minutes then hit the TB, after it engages (delayed 30 seconds) Ramp the idle to 1K + with the Cruise buttons, If you have access to WITech you can program many features to help with warm ups, Most dealer Techs have NO Idea how to program these features.

 

[gsbrockman]

If you have access to WITech you can program many features to help with warm ups, Most dealer Techs have NO Idea how to program these features.

Care to elaborate???

 

[TCDiesel]

Ramp Idle, Shutdown, TB, coolant, Safety features, settings, timers, programing, ETC, there all available. many of the features require change of origin, Heck My 13 is currently set at Rest of world. Many changes cannot happen without the Vehicle PIN, for good reason(s).

This can be all within yours hands for about $6K,Setup Techauthority account pay the fee's and build a relationship/trust with a Dealer that's willing to give you the Vehicles PIN.

 

[mwilson]

Think these might have resulted in my no start at -22 below????

 

[JR]

Holy gapness batman!

 

[Cummins12V98]

Think these might have resulted in my no start at -22 below????


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Are those Cummins glow plugs?