Diesel Freezing ???

[Deleted member 775]

i cannot see any harm in warming up a realy cold engine at all , also a double dose of the heater plugs wont harm the engine, only thing it will do is take a little more charge out of the battery and if your battery is up to the job no probs . only thing i would not use is easy start, as engines can come to rely on it they get hooked on it ,i dont know why but ask any old mechanic not these modern fitters that seem to call themselves mechanics nowadays, or diesel owner and they will tell you the same

 

[Norris]

We must be very lucky then, our old van is a Talbot Merlin running on LPG and it has started without fail every day that I have tried it, and we have had temperature down to -10.

 

[Bernard Jones]

a double dose of the heater plugs wont harm the engine

No but it might melt the heating element in the plug.

 

[Suntor 100]

i cannot see any harm in warming up a realy cold engine at all , also a double dose of the heater plugs wont harm the engine, only thing it will do is take a little more charge out of the battery and if your battery is up to the job no probs . only thing i would not use is easy start, as engines can come to rely on it they get hooked on it ,i dont know why but ask any old mechanic not these modern fitters that seem to call themselves mechanics nowadays, or diesel owner and they will tell you the same

Hi all, just my contribution to the thread, having been in farming and dealing with cold weather starting of old 275 internationals 40 years ago, (newer tractors are much more reliable now) the use of easy start was regularly used and as Mandrake above say's they did seem to become dependant on it, plus when initially fired up would cause engine knock for a quite a few seconds after which could cause premature wear and tear on the engine. Happy new year to you all.

 

[maingate]

Boil the kettle and pour the water on the inlet manifold will do the same job.

 

[Coolasluck]

Bloody Maingate another bleeding expert

 

[masopust1]

Hi,

Just had the same problem with the diesel freezing. Had 7 consecutive days of -11 to -15 and the old motor turned over then cut out. Fortunately it was on the drive at home. Probably the diesel in the pipes, rather than the tank itself. Have experienced this problem in the past with diesel freezing in Northern Germany but then it was -25 regularly.

 

[maingate]

Bloody Maingate another bleeding expert

Sometimes coolie, I wish I was a numpty like you.

My van had not turned a wheel for some time. The tank was nearly empty and what was in was not winter diesel. It started OK and got me to the garage (which is less than half a mile away).

Now I have pre-VAT winter diesel.