-31 Cold Start

[s154x4]

Man I love my cummins I would never do that to it. BTW master I'm Canadian and 18btw and Always use the grids and plug it in. don't go stereo typing Canadians. I can think of a few about Americans to. You guys sure are war hungry for one and for some odd unknown reason think your better then the rest of the world.

[CrawlinB2]

@s154x4

we are blood thirsty...... like warriors.

and we are better. Land of the free home of the brave.

[s154x4]

@CrawlinB2 I really don't think Americans are better then Canadians. Or people from any other country for that matter.

[mare710]

@CrawlinB2 what about health care?

[xIpodTouchGoeroex]

i use no block heater or plug in or whatever and my jeep starts with -20C without a problem lol

[MasterTenku]

Why do Canadians love showing cold start videos? Why not just heat it up first so you can start it without damaging the fuck out of your motor?

[f100swb]

@MasterTenku What exactly do you mean by heat it up first? It IS plugged in in this video, Are you implying I should be tarping the thing and sticking a herman nelson under there for a few hours every time I start it in the cold? Yes, a Webasto or Espar heater would work much better than the electric immersion heater, but, there is no justification in putting a $1500 heater on a $300 truck.

It gets cold here, and life doesn't stop because it's cold, get over it.

[f100swb]

If it was "damaging the fuck" out of our engines, then why do I not own a truck with less than 175K miles(the one in this video is the lowest) and they all with the exception of my gas engined truck have factory installed engines that have never had any major work? My 96 F250 has 222K miles, my 96 F350 has 227K, my 92 Dodge Cummins has 466K, and my gas truck had 279K on the oem engine when I did a performance build on current one. With the proper lubes and fuels there are no issues.

[4strokesruleme]

@MasterTenku so you mean we should keep them runnig all winter

[MasterTenku]

@4strokesruleme YES! precisely

[Countryboy830]

The key here is where he said it was "of course plugged in" which means the coolant and block is hitting around 100 degrees. Of course it would start easy.

[dodgeguy102]

@Countryboy830 Thank you for ending the argument of why it started so easily!! If people could just read a description before mouthing off...LOL the outside air temp may be -30 something but the block isn't, f100swb is just trying to make his 6.9L IDI last longer, smart move IMO!! BTW nice video but next time get a shot of the exhaust...lol or the engine bay..lol

[samsungfan1041]

im not a big diesle guy, but why does it do this. glow plugs, fuel gell? what gives?

[f100swb]

@samsungfan1041 Diesel combustion theory is quite a bit different than that of a gasoline engine. With no actual ignition system, they rely soley on the superheating of air by the compression stroke to ignite the fuel. Glow Plugs and Grid Heaters exist to preheat the air to make it easier to start the initial explosion, in the intake in the case of a grid heater, in the cylinder in the case of glow plugs.

[yamahonkawazuki]

@f100swb i always thought the glow plugs, inititated hte combustion. " lit it off" for lack of a better term. then compression took over. somewheres aroudn 20 to 1 Eh?

[f100swb]

@samsungfan1041 In the case of fuel gelling, fuel oil contains wax, with summer blends containing more. As temperatures go down, the wax will crystalize and drop out of suspension, thus plugging up filters and small passages in the fuel system. Lighter grades of fuel oil(diesel is #2) contain less wax, but also less BTU value(energy.)

Winter blend fuels mix #2 diesel with #1, or even go as far as straight #1 mixed with lighter fuels and anti gel additives in some ocations(I get that here.)

[smoranc28721]

where do you get the cover that entends past your cab a lilttle i want one

[MegaMouseSEC]

I have a 1998 dodge ram diesel that has a block heater installed. It helps out big time when the temps get too cold. Although I havent used it due to living down south. But it is nice knowing that I have it installed if I ever go up north.

[ARTmmx]

ну и че такого ??? в россии ещё холодней

[goffj77]

I have an 86 F-350 with a 6.9L diesel,when I first got the truck it was missing one of the battery's and only 5or6 of the glow pugs were working at the time , but it started at -21f with no problem at all ,, and it's never really plugged in , unless it's below -20...

[Scottiesurfer]

When the snow sounds like that it is DAMN cold.... Welcome to Canadian winters!

[lucasmconcordia]

0:32 mario's coin? 

[toyota420xp]

you can tell its very cold when you walk on snow it sounds like that when it is very cold out

[76POWERSTROKE]

my 94 powerstroke with 250,000 will start with out bing pluged in -15 while my buddys 08 dodge cummins wont start at 10 unless its pluged in and he onley has 98,000.

[erskj123]

love them IDI's

[sstroh08]

gotta love the knocking and grumbling of a older diesel!

[528jkl]

stupidest , ugliest and terifying video ever !!!

[JBPlato]

was that an extension cord leading to it...

[madetthew]

ok playing the bs card i have been a diesel mechanic since 1996 first of all that diesel must go through glow plugs like nothing. second of all the cummins are the best cold weather starters. thrid of all i can tell by how it cranked it was normal crank not a cold weather crank cause the 6.9 needs more crank time in the winter i have owned two of them and use to work on them all the time. our shop is up north and it gets cold. so playing the bs card it was plugged or did not sit long.

[f100swb]

@madetthew Did you not read the description?

Glow plugs like nothing? The set in that truck currently have been in there since 2005.

My 6.9 starts no harder cold than it does warm, at -30, I have a nice solid 4 hour window that it will start without glows if it even ran long enough to move the temp guage.

As for the Cummins being the best cold weather starter, I would have agreed with you 3 months ago, but, my work truck (08 LMM Duramax) starts the same at -30 as it does at 32, easily

[f100swb]

@madetthew Diesel mechanic since 1996? just the way you type, combined with your lack of ability to read and comprehend does not represent you as being old enough to possibly have been a mechanic for the past 15 years. Besides, according to your profile, that would mean you've been a mechanic since you were 6...

[Barnekkid]

@f100swb they start them young up north.

[vegoildieselguy]

@madetthew You just have to know what brand of glowplugs you need to put in these diesels

[zachthemanism]

no the way that ran it was cold but being he put the cam down i say cheated with the ol either they dont start that easy at o let alone -32

[f100swb]

@zachthemanism No cheating here, no ether, with good glows, good oil, and enough timing and fuel, they do start that easily. Check my other vids of it, they're warmer ambient temps, but not plugged in. I personally maintained 2 other 6.9's for a good period of time, all of them behave the same.

[MegaMouseSEC]

@f100swb In the description it clearly says he has the truck plugged in. For most of yall that means he has a crankcase heater installed. Which in most northern states is a very good idea. What a crankcase heater does is keeps the trucks motor oil and coolant warmer than the surrounding temps. Which can give you some nice fast starts. Glow plugs help to start a cold engine by acting like spark plugs, and igniting the fuel at teh right time. Damn i wish some people would do some research.

[dodgeguy102]

@MegaMouseSEC Well actually the glow plug heats the air inside NOT the fuel. I am sure that is what you meant, as this is why a grid heater works because it heats the air.

[MrYas33n]

@madetthew my perkins engine 1004-4t starts at -30 without heater

[BlueBirdTC2000RE]

@madetthew  my 1985 6.9 started this good at -25 yeah its not -3 but it still started great

[Bamboocha08]

sounds like a tank!

[95cumminsman]

what a good girl



[chevylover9340]

I see a Sirius!!!!

[JonnyJinx85]

vebastoooo

[Copenhagen383]

where the heck do u live man?

[miketheredneckable]

your know its cold when the frozen snow becomes frozen over again!

[Vicsonvee]

I wonder how long it took your oil preasure to get up at that temp? That is if you didn't use a block heater.

[f100swb]

@Vicsonvee Not very long, I run 0W40 Full synthetic in everything... We're getting into overnight lows in the -20F range now, and I still have yet to plug in my 96 powerstroke or my Dodge.

[elfishgrin]

block heater?

[Narrcotics101]

i dont understand the point of this vid it was plugged in for probs all night so of course it will start right up so whats it prove here?

[welkedangvdwel]

strange that all windows are free of any ice at that temp...?

[f100swb]

@welkedangvdwel Ice on the windows requires precipitation, generally when it gets that cold it's very dry and there is none, past about -20 or so scraping a windshield off is just something you don't worry about.

[KaptenOstkrok]

@welkedangvdwel

the existance of ice on the windows pretty much depends on air moisture. as long as theres a dry cold theres no ice on windows..

[EliteDefenseInc]

impressive it started right up.

[10mcguire1]

you can tell its cold outside when the snow makes that squish sound

[2003m36sp]

i love the sound of snow like that

[LtSplatter]

i hate that sound of crunchin snow. hate it soo much

[Dman199118]

what was that sound, after you turned the key it was constant, sounded to me like a pump of some sort.

[f100swb]

@furfman You can hear right after I turn on the key I killed the heater, the sound in the background is the fuel pump.

[walkingfreak]

@f100swb i thought it was the fuel pump thats noisy!

[mrfish1991]

mmmm gotta love the cruchy/squeaky snow

Im from MN so I know all about the cold starts

[dilauroj94]

its so cold that snow doesnt even wanna be outside

[chevydmax04]

You can tell it is cold by the way the snow is crunching!

[YamahaR62008Raven]

Not really here in michigan about 3 weeks ago the snow was making that sound and it was hardly cold enough to snow.

[MrFubs]

where at in michigan r u from im in brighton

[wiliminawinstar]

how do you bypass the contoller?

[boxer3main]

electronics still worked, pumps lively...it aint cold. its cold when thermometer is broken, gadgets have no screens, and you got a fire warming the diesel jelly....and a v8 diesel wins anyway...

[desktop100]

The good ol fords. I dont know too many that still start using the key / glow plug controler from inside the cab. lol.

Tough trucks back then

[minivan442]

Amazing it started. Diesels hate the cold.

[Reezy71x]

Why the fuck are you guys talkin about global warming on a kick ass cold start? i live in north nebraska n my grandpa been here all his life n says every winter sience '55 it has been -31 at least twice a year

[woodman1241]

I think its interesting that every year when theres a global warming conference thing or w/e in Europe is fucking cold here in New england and we get hammered with snow!

[chaput59759]

my 93 took like 10 tries and another truck to charge crappy batteries on a worn starter but got it going with lots of smoke but the tempt was -35 or so. Montana weather

[kingmike40]

31 below zero. Proof that global warming exist.

[jeep89ltd]

that was the dumbest fucking thing anyone could say. wow

its cold in a lot of places, my god...

People have the right to be stupid, some people abuse that privilege.

[dunn98632]

LMAO!!!! climate change is just a joke people should know that

[sstroh08]

it isnt a joke that the climate is changing, the joke is that we [humans] caused it, the climate has kept changing since the beginning of the earth it never stays the same for too long, all you got to do is pay attention in 5th grade science to know that lol

[woodman1241]

@sstroh08 well hell let's make sure we finish it too with a hellofashitload of good ol' diesel smoke!

[sstroh08]

hell yes!!!!

[drz400e332]

5th grade students will believe anything told to them by their parents/teachers sstroh08

[sstroh08]

same thing applies with liberals and al gore...

[bulegold56]

@sstroh08  WIN! +1

[SoCoMx309]

yeah i agree and ya know what i think we gotta write a letter telling al gore he better do somthin about this so called global cooling HAHA!!! hes a fuckin joke

[yamahonkawazuki]

weird, first it was global warming, then when that was proven innacurate, and temps were going down, then it was changed to , climate change. so i gotta ask, which one is it. global warming OR climate change. also did man cause the glaciers to retreat? cause that in essence was global warming as well

[dunn98632]

@yamahonkawazuki

Ya but they only made us think the glaciers retreated the didn't not according to the ohio state university of global sience. They did but not as much as they made us think and were probly just going into a ice age witch is not man made but just the earth changing . Like you implied .

[yamahonkawazuki]

and i get thumbed down for a valid question. ahh well, lol no biggie. anyhoo back on topic gotta love these old trucks they NEVER seem to die, get more difficult to start yes, but not die

[kingmike40]

I wrote this comment as a joke and I have +7 on the ratings. I guess some people here don't believe in global warming.

[woodman1241]

@kingmike40 why believe in a lie?

[quiteobserver]

@kingmike40 YEP :))

[toyota420xp]

@kingmike40 global warming causes heat or cold



[kingmike40]

@toyota420xp Yes I know I was joking, but the funny thing is that I got 55 thumbs up for the comment.

[smartepants777]

Sweet...has a nice sound to it.

[suprbird]

gotta love fords.

[kingmike40]

@suprbird

Love my F150. 85000 miles and not a problem except for electric windows. I also love the ford stock I bought in feb for 2.00 a share. It closed today at 10.00.

[moe346john]

my 6.9 doesn't start that good at 31 above  :)

[f100swb]

what you hear at 50 seconds is me releasing the hood and opening it.... I assure you, if the battery was dead, it wouldn't have started period, besides, what was I going to boost it off of, the snowmobile thats half buried in the snowbank? LOL

[GearHead1625]

what kind of exhaust did you have on that truck?

[f100swb]

3" straight pipe at a 45 out in front of the pass rear wheel. Nice and simple... LOL

[GearHead1625]

that thing sounds really good i'm kinda looking at an 89 f350 crew cab long box 4x4 5spd but it needs a clutch and is a little beat up but i would love to have it he only wants $1500 american

[mattbjrs]

haha even the car sounds like it's shivering. I love the sound of diesels.

[spoonack]

oil winter 0w40 no prob cold start diesel

[StillenGtr17]

Mechanical Fuel Injection, gotta love that rattle

[Righty736]

You know it's cold when the snow crunches like that

[pilgor87]

love that startup sound somethin outof mario bros vehicle powerup

[schindlerman96]

good cold start for a diesel

[j45007]

Sounds Awesome! And i like the interior of these old ones.

[DieselDude92]

Wow, that started really quick!

[Dieselolds]

Truck is plugged in

[f100swb]

Yep... At those temps, if it ain't, you'd better be ready to walk.... Even with 0W40 in it, good luck getting it to spin over fast or long enough to start.

[Dieselolds]

It sure looks cold.

Is it  minus 31 farenheit ?

[rassclaat23]

.....dumb question.

[tpvalley]

is that plugged in as in a water heater heats engines cooling water or a tank heater heating fuel?

[96f1504x4]

That thing fired right up!

[REBEL2250]

u got a cb radio or something in there?

[f100swb]

Yep, have a VHF 2-Way I swap between trucks.

[goul9898]

nice truck

[allenjanoch]

oh ok i need to know i but some new parts in my 1984 fourd f-250 and it will not turn over and i have two good batts in these put out over 900 amps and i do not know why it will not turn over

[allenjanoch]

what is that sound i hear that something is runing

[f100swb]

That's the electric fuel lift pump