2003 Dodge Ram 3500 cold start at -24F

[romerofan123]

That sir is a high idle.

[OFFSHORERACEING]

thats why i love the truck its ready when you are

[bigbad98ram]

was it plugged in or no

[BeltDrivenMadness]

@bigbad98ram No, it says so in the description. 

[11223344559575]

Anyone who likes ford and shitty chevy needs there head examined

[mostcanwait]

Optima batteries?

[javaleira]

i once started my dodge cummings in -450C and it started right up!

[1021raul]

Cant imagine how it is being that cold man, down here it got to just 24F and people were freaking out haha!

[BlueRollinCoal]

Gotta love the power steering pump noise... LOL.

[kyle51895]

@BlueRollinCoal Like he said, those were warming the glow plugs so that it could start.

[tbrebel72]

@kyle51895 not sure about the new dodge but 12vs dont have glowplugs i think the new ones dont either

[CumminsForumHelp]

@kyle51895 Cummins never had glow plugs

[bgpapaz99]

yeah cummins have a grid heater the duramax and powerstroke use glow plugs they are pretty much the same thing though

[CumminsForumHelp]

@bgpapaz99 they have the same function but arent the same thing... how many times have u ever heard oooh i gotta replace my grid heater....how about vice versa??.... exactly

[bgpapaz99]

@CumminsForumHelp exactly why i said they are PRETTY MUCH the same thing i know what the difference is man

[RM250D8rzr]

@bgpapaz99 same purpose but totaly different

[atasirudy]

@bgpapaz99 grid heaters warm up the intake air with an inline "toaster coil" filament, glow plugs are in the cylinders and create a hot spot to assist in fuel combustion, so, no they are nowhere close to the same thing.

[Jthumper]

Where I live people feak out when the temps dip into the teens. your video is amazing! -24F is nuts- I sure hope you have 5w40 oil in it as 15w40 would take a few hours to reach the top end

[choppertriker33]

thats a cummins for ya hell yea

[30301500]

dodge gets you home, ford gets you killed

[bughouse100]

Live doge it is so cool wish I had that truck

[mowat440]

love dodge 18yrs old and would onle need like 1500 

[DionysiosA76]

@mowat440

I'm 18 and I own an 07 2500... you can do a lot with a 1500, but the performance from a 5.9 cummins is unbeatable. if the price is right, definatley go for a diesel... although i do not tow real heavy currently, in the future i know i can, and im not making 600 to the rear wheels (although i would like to :P) right now, i know in the future i can. A 1500 can never do everything that a 2500 or a 3500 can. Go for the diesel, burns nothing while making 1000lb. ft. with little mods..

[NJFordPops08005]

awesome video!

[tuffguy707]

For one ford owned less then 20% of cummins back in the early 90's but cummins bought it back because it wanted to be a private company again which it still is today. Second sterling. Is owned by Daimler not ford. They bought them from ford back around the merger with Chrysler also that is why they changed the name from ford to sterling.

[dryice0002006]

@tuffguy707 we have a bunch of sterling trucks at work and there is ford symbols all over them on various parts, I am a mechanic and they are always broke so I work on them enough to know lol. all the same with the way stuff is today I still wouldnt be surprised to find out daimler owns sterling. I know on our trucks with mercedes engines all our suport comes from detroit diesel and the ECM program is detroit to and there is daimler chrysler tags on parts of the engine's.

[erdoganog]

wow it started right up pretty easily! ..... man i want a diesel truck one day

[mark9021]

@erdoganog Dont let this video fool you. Up in alberta where it gets this cold for months we have a ton of diesels and some are not this lucky. Then again..... cummins is the way to go.

[TUFFGUYS1]

sounds like u were amazed by its sexy sound

[MrGizmo757]

were you running a block heater on this or was it dead cold?

[bighunterman77]

damn common rails w/ their variable timing...my 12 valve starts about that good at +30 lmao

[GlobalAwareness2525]

Hmm, it was 1 degree over night in Colorado, my block heater does not work in my 96 Dodge Cummins and it won't start. It cranked pretty fast at first. The preHeater does work. I have a fuel additive in the tank that says it has anti gel properties so now I put a hot plate under the oil pan. I just think that running 20w 50 oil is wayyy too thick in cold temps. I was wondering if I could safely run a much lower weight oil... and yes I will be ordering a new block heater.

[deejdvs]

@GlobalAwareness2525

same prob on 03.5 cummins in colorado. re-torque your injector tubes and it will fix that problem....my truck fired this morning no prob....

[JRFFRB]

@GlobalAwareness2525 i use 15 40 and i have no problems starting my 24v. even when its like 0 degrees out.

[jmanwild]

@JRFFRB me too!

[skidoo712]

please for the love of your truck plug it in

[cornraker]

sure are loud when cold! my 05 6.0 ford makes a hell of a racket

[Thunderchicken1997]

Very impressive cold start! Sounds like the damn thing was ready to fly apart!

I understand diesels. I was in the military for 23 years. Our old trucks still had ether

injectors.

[gerardoqaz]

nice!!

[CreRay]

Wow, starts up great!!! It doesn't get better than this...

[volvofunclub]

like train

[2URBO2]

@valv507 Damn, instruments look cheap.

[frosty9595]

pretty damn good

[PowerInMN]

*waves to valv507 from another 507*

[teamcummins]

holy crap dude i bought my pickup from you a 2001 dodge haha

[snorkelinatv08]

Thats a true truck right there. Not even plugged in like a powerstroke would be.

[strumem90]

@snorkelinatv08 you can start a powerstroke with out plugging it in...you just gotta fill the bed with deep cycle batteries, hook em to the two under the hood and your good!...lol I will admit, this starts up a lot better than my '08 F250...im very impressed with the Cummins motors...i just dont like Dodge :P

[jmanwild]

@strumem90 2008-2010superduty + common rail cummins+6 speed allison= too perfect.

[strumem90]

@jmanwild I think you just built my dream truck, but id rather have a gear smasher instead of an Allison....

[jmanwild]

@strumem90 ya but how much city driving do you do? and racing an allison with a 6 speed manual would make you look pathetic

[strumem90]

@jmanwild well, I think that would be up to me there bro eh...and I can shift, believe you me....a stick wont slow me down.....Allison wouldn't be my first choice in an automatic tranny though..give me a cracker box that I can have control over both gear and clutch, not a manual shift auto....thats my pref bro

[jmanwild]

@strumem90 fastest shifter in the world cant shift faster then modern automatics. standard diesels belong at work, or on a dyno. automatics are all purpose. imo

[kawirider206]

@jmanwild Why ruin it with the superduty?

[jmanwild]

@kawirider206 i like the looks and the drivetrains are tough.

[kawirider206]

@jmanwild I like the interior, but the looks I think the new dodge has hit the jackpot, and the drivetrains on all three domestic trucks are tough I think

[1tonyota]

i love to hear a diesel on a cold start. its tough choice between an f350 and the dodge 3500 for my next truck.

[jt4265]

@1tonyota are you buying new or used? both are good new, but used dodges take the advantage. in my opinion tho. the 7.3 is a good motor too tho.

[1tonyota]

@jt4265 i want something dependable. ive put my toyota through hell and back with out replacing critical components such as bearings rear and trans. and its nvr left me on the side of the road once. but i would like to have a truck for the really big loads and 1 for the not so big loads 3000 and less. i mainly want dependability and good gas mileage. horse power dosent do much when your broke down on the side of the road.

[jt4265]

@1tonyota hahaha very very true. i would recommend the 12 valve dodges with a 5 speed. they are possibly the most reliable trucks on the road. just make sure you tab the kdp and you're good to go. aside from that, add a 4k gsk kit, tune the afc, add a fuel plate, a boost elbow, and you will have a fun rig. they suck to drive stock but the 200 bucks you spend on those mods will really wake it up. the trucks will pull almost anything and get about 20 mpg if you keep your foot out of it too.

[spartan2221]

What's Ukraine ?? He, he, he

[Bibazavr]

@spartan2221 Part of the former country which was killing your ancestors in ww2.

Lol, owned :)

[Bibazavr]

Its 25F you yankee pussies. Man up already. Google Russians starting their cars when its - 40F. You look like ladies when you say that -25 is even cold. Its a normal temperature even in Ukraine. It got -35 last winter and people did not give a shit .

[Ohyawellfuku]

@Bibazavr .....you just ranted and raged of a 15 degree diff....Wow, what a big man you are. So when you complain about 95 degree weather, how would you feel if a centeral african called you a little pussy because he lives in 130 degree temp...

dumbass. its called geographical differance, we are acustomed to different climates so stop acting a fool.

[Bibazavr]

@Ohyawellfuku Umm. Its a lot more cold. I mean 40 is almost 2 times more then 24. I just find it really funny when people try to make an ordinary life situation look like something heroic. "Oooo,im starting a car in -25F!!!111"

Its not even a semi-hazard situation so its kinda dull.

[MrWeezy1976]

@Bibazavr

Yank your pussy little girl! Im from Minnesota. Ukraines lowest temperature recorded was -43.4 degreees farenheit in Luhansk on 02-08-1935, Average winter temp in the Ukraine is -6 celsius (+21F). Minnesotas record low was -60 degrees farenheit in Tower, MN on 02-02-1996, average winter temp. is +6F or -14.44 celsius. Your average temperatrures are warmer. Maybe you are confused between celsius and farenheit. Because -25F (-31.66celsius) is cold dumbass.

[Bibazavr]

@MrWeezy1976

Lol boy, Im Russian, so dont you tell me about "extreme" cold temperatures. I just live in Ukraine at the moment. This country is kinda funny tho. It can be -40 C in the winter but its fucking +40 NOW in the summer and that makes me dead. I want to kill somebody.

[Titliest07]

thats a shit ton of miles for an 03. where the hell do you drive hahaha

[MrKomets20]

@Titliest07 yeah lol looks like a company truck, i went to a dealership today here in new orleans, and they have an 07 cummins 3500 with 160,000 miles cause the guy drove from new orleans to houston everyday hauling cars and horse trailers!

[StopDropandLOL]

rofl @ your bearings getting no oil. 

[Jthumper]

I bet that heavy 15W40 oil took some time to turn from a solid to a liquid!

[StopDropandLOL]

@Jthumper exactly, that's why i laugh at these retards that try to prove these points on youtube with their cummins motors. yea, the heater grid will always make the motor start in cold weather, but that doesn't mean their bearings are getting any oil.

[toyota9007]

That was amazing gotta love a cummins best motor out there. That was sick

[SuicidalFurby]

South central Minnesota? Me too! Le Sueur is fucking boring lol

Gotta love the winters! and the floods...

[kvnlod]

-24 is the window temp

[Vandorskee]

we had to start our work truck up in -43C and she wasnt plugged in (couldnt plug in out in the middle of nowhere) and damn she started up as soon as the gp light shut off pretty much no problems, gotta love em cummins. but yeah -31C is still damn cold tho too.

[95chevyboy]

@Vandorskee yea cummins doesnt have glow plugs...intake heaters are all she has

[bulldawgsmvp6]

233,000 miles?!?!?!?!?!

[Stickman0884]

@bulldawgsmvp6 that many miles on a dodge...a diesel at that is nothing...it'll go another 200k if he takes care of it.

[2004JETTA]

That's pretty freaking cool

[Steagan]

Yeah Minnesota baby!

[bonacotti45]

damn wut u putting in it so fule dont freeze

[Seydler3]

probably diesel kleen

[Rabiesthecat]

anti-gel is what you need to put in so the diesel fuel doesn't freeze

[celinamsu55]

you need a block heater for sure! i love dodge cummins motors, id hate to see one blow before 100k miles

[ksuf67]

Nah thats crap. I work for a government agency and as its turning our the duramax is starting to prevail. We had a dodge a couple of years ago that would not start in the cold but we have no trouble with our duramax. Just face the reality Who is the government trusting?..... Chevrolet

[orbitofdoom16]

What goverment agency do you work for?, Im a Marine, I was stationed at Cherry Point NC untill last November, and the only new vehicles we ever got were Fords. We were in the process of replacing our entire fleet of Chevys(1978-2006, 4 Diesels(1 was a Dmax), and 6 Gas vehicles) with newer vehicles, We wound up getting all Fords. The only reason the gov may be buying GM vehicles is because they get them cheap(owned by gov)

[foamybubbles79]

Umm, Who does the government own?....Chevorlet!

[biggestMetallicAfan]

FUCK!!! the government and FUCK!!!! Chevy.

Cummings is and always will be the best and so will Dodge.

[iridecr80]

lol cummins dumbass

[biggestMetallicAfan]

What the hell are you talking about...???

[iridecr80]

u said durashit wouldnt start and fuck chevy then called the engine a cummings

[biggestMetallicAfan]

Because that's what this Ram here has in it...!!

[iridecr80]

ithe engine is called a cummins not cummings

[biggestMetallicAfan]

yeah, What's your point...? i said cumming and not cummins, it's the same word.

[iridecr80]

just pointin it out in case u didnt know

[biggestMetallicAfan]

Trust me, i know

[biggestMetallicAfan]

And a shit duramax isn't gonna start the first time like in the vid.

[thsheaiy]

ksuf67:

You wrote: Who is the government trusting?.....Chevrolet

reply: With a Japanese Duramax? Read ISUZU 6H motor!!! You're not by any chance charged with fixing our national fiscal budget are you?

BTW, I work in Prudhoe Bay Alaska where we have to leave our vehicles running 24/7 in Winter months. Diesel is diesel and glow plugs are glow plugs. The engine with the lowest compression usually wins and amazingly enough, these are usually the old worn out ones.

[Snickmorder]

wow that is impressive

[hayliscape]

you know what the worst thing about it is, your threating somebody on the internet! go lick a few more windows then comment a video again..

[Flowmaster40Series]

Then why are you watching a Dodge video!! lol

[dbone133]

ya know it says to do multiple pre heat cycles if its in sub zero temps mighta helped alittle

[Tralgit]

use the block heater, saves the motor!

[Drmand3]

hey where are u from originally b cuz i hear an accent

[dbz33m]

quit strokin n start cummin!!

gotta love how real motors work.

[Drmand3]

love this quote....fuck powerstroke...lol

[MPLSTORM]

@dbz33m Dodge trucks are the best cummins or not

[mike07gtcs]

@dbz33m to bad cummins is owned by ford!

[colt45pistolpete]

@mike07gtcs to bad the first fords where made with dodge engines

[mike07gtcs]

@colt45pistolpete tousche

[brdalsn]

@mike07gtcs was

[mike07gtcs]

@brdalsn dont quote me on this but i believe they still own part of the company, hence the sterlings use the cummins with either a ford or dodge front end

[superturbodiesel]

@mike07gtcs: What?! Listen dude, Cummins has never been owned by Ford, you moron! Do you research, get yourself educated. Ford only owns some shares in Cummins. Ford uses Cummins engines in some of their medium and heavy-duty trucks. (I'm talking about trucks bigger than a 1-ton, which is still considered a light-duty truck, in the grand scheme of things.)

As for the front ends... They are built by the individual manufacturers, & the 4x4 axles are typically built by the Dana Spicer Corp.

[mike07gtcs]

@superturbodiesel First off i ain't no dude. So I am the moron, yeah what ever. If you want to get on youtube to start pointless arguments you should get a life because you never know who is on the other side of the screen! So I honestly don't care wether I am right or wrong in this case because to me both, well all three including chevy, make damn good trucks and I will drive any one of them. (And read the comments first. I already said I believe they own part of the company)

[Charles2337]

@dbz33m

Lmaoo nice.

[andrehellm13]

does it automatically go on 1000rpm?

[TheTerminator310]

Yeah they have a automatic idler which idles it up to 1,000 r.p.m.'s when cold.

[hayliscape]

usually when it sounds like that, its 3 cylinder high idle. which makes the engine more stressed to run the engine a bit higher to warm up alot faster.

[cmnspwr]

The 3 cylinder high idle is only on the 2nd gen 24v trucks. This is a Common Rail.

[kyler309]

high oil pressure.

[YFZRIDR91]

thats a nice gauge, where did u get it?

[12tdogg]

My 2006 the coldest I have tried is -17, popped right off, no additives. My 2003 Ford wouldn't start anything below 10F above zero, with additives. Had to plug it in everytime once it hit 10F above or below. Always had to cross my fingers with the Ford.

[mcc1327]

sucker fired rite up for havin 230,000 miles on it an no block heater. powerjoke would have never busted off

[orbitofdoom16]

our 97 has 402,123, and on our vacation to Canada(trucks stayed in Georgia its whole life) and fired right up at -18, no block heater, no additives

[bobctx]

this is loudly fan?

[FordGuy100]

I thought you reved it when it started and was going to get on you about that, but I dont think it was you.

Nice, nice start man

[91CTD]

its factory high idle.

[countryrebel22]

3cyl high idle is such a gift when its hella cold

[xxTornadowarrior1xx]

this is why i love dodge. they make excellent quality trucks!

[kid4king0097]

is that a commins diesel??

[PrOaM450]

you mean cummins?

then yea it is

[kid4king0097]

i did mean cummins

[kid4king0097]

i thought i wouldn't start!

[fghjsdhgfrjhr]

dodge makes the shittiest tranny ever!!!!!!!!!! maybe 1 in a 1000 get 200k

[cwillis500]

the autos suck but the stick shift ones are good

[superduck714]

gotta love dodge

[Dieselolds]

You must drive a lot with that many miles om your truck from 2003.

Not bad to start in cold like that.

[KyleTucker1209]

you should hear my 1998....

[ThundareRed]

well the newer cummins diesel's really seem to like the cold, iv got a 2002 dodge 3500 and it starts at 10 Degrees like its in the summer

[cipmars]

Damn, these things will start under water!

[dudechillinathome]

They seem to here, and it gets -40 celcius

[red3recovered]

Should've plugged it in

[woodman1241]

i was rly surpised it started that fast most times cummins don't like the cold lol

[spartus09]

I might be going to UND in grand forks in the fall and am interested in purchasing a truck like this. I hear these don't have glow plugs. Does the truck typically start in cold weather like that?

[TBird100636]

The 2003 and newer are common rail electronic injection, and they start extremely well compared to the previous distributor fuel systems (VP44, P7100). All used a heater grid on the intake, rather than glow plugs. Non-common rails are capable of starting in the cold, just not as easy, definetely plug in the block heater, and have 2 good batteries. Just to be safe, have two jump starter packs, and hook one to each battery (yes, it works, the more amperage, the better the chance of starting).

[91CTD]

I don't even have grids on my 91 and it started in 18 this winter not plugged in. :D

Gotta love cummins, :)

[fxdwings]

Damn. I can't believe it started. haha Nice

[91CTD]

any mods done to the tranny?  has it been replaced? 233,000 miles, wow

[whyzee125]

my dad's 96 12v has about that and it's pulled its hole life and still on the original.

[91CTD]

so is me and my dad's 91.

everyone says dodge makes bad trannies but yet they go 200,000 +

Like to see a ford E40D do 200,000 miles

[dudechillinathome]

and the new trannym the 2010 model is going to be even better than the original

[91CTD]

yea the auto trans behind the 6.7 cummins trucks are 6 speeds. I heard there gonna shift better in the 2010 models.

[dudechillinathome]

Way better, totally different tranny