Attention: TDR Forum Junkies For those of us in the northern, cold climates...
This morning in Duluth, Minnesota I started my '02 without aid of a block heater with an air temp of -2 degrees F.
Cycled grids once, started fine, idled up with the fast idle TSB, jumped over to 3 cylinders, and warmed up fine while waking up all the neighbors.
We've talked about BHAFs, and the downfall of them pulling in hot air off the turbo and exhaust. I don't have a BHAF, but I have removed the airbox shroud that connects the airbox to the fender wall. I noticed faster warm up times this morning due to the intake air temperature being higher than 0 degrees. Prior to removing this shroud, I also noticed that after getting the engine up to full temp, if I stopped and let it idle (normal slow idle) with the cab heat on high, the engine would loose so much heat that the needle would peg out on the bottom of the temp guage. This morning, my truck was able to maintain good engine temp at idle with the cab heat on high. Very nice, but to appreciate this you'd have to experience watching the cab and engine rapidly get colder as you do the same. The intercooler and efficiency of the CTD is just too good for cold climates!
Just a thought and idea for those of us striving for winter drivability.
This morning in Duluth, Minnesota I started my '02 without aid of a block heater with an air temp of -2 degrees F.
Cycled grids once, started fine, idled up with the fast idle TSB, jumped over to 3 cylinders, and warmed up fine while waking up all the neighbors.
We've talked about BHAFs, and the downfall of them pulling in hot air off the turbo and exhaust. I don't have a BHAF, but I have removed the airbox shroud that connects the airbox to the fender wall. I noticed faster warm up times this morning due to the intake air temperature being higher than 0 degrees. Prior to removing this shroud, I also noticed that after getting the engine up to full temp, if I stopped and let it idle (normal slow idle) with the cab heat on high, the engine would loose so much heat that the needle would peg out on the bottom of the temp guage. This morning, my truck was able to maintain good engine temp at idle with the cab heat on high. Very nice, but to appreciate this you'd have to experience watching the cab and engine rapidly get colder as you do the same. The intercooler and efficiency of the CTD is just too good for cold climates!
Just a thought and idea for those of us striving for winter drivability.
