Max, how near Colville are you?
What I am being told by the Detroit mechanics about idling, is that as the cylinder cools, the walls are washed with fuel, now that there is less sulpher, there is less lubricant in the fuel, thus causing more wear than in the past. Not likely to be catastrophic but increases the wear more.
--- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, "max_stemple" <max_stemple@...> wrote:
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> --- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, "Lost but making good time." <aldridgetony97@> wrote:
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> > The accepted standard for diesels these days, (with low sulpher) is to let the oil pressure come up then drive, but do not drive hard until the temp has come up. In air brake equipped vehicles, drive as soon as you have air. Sulpher is a good lubricant, so it is not recommended to idle diesels for more than a few minutes. Most truckers shut their engines down after letting the temps equalize, or set the engine to fast idle.
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> >But isn't that just for the IP's. Whats the sulpher got to do with idling? Hey, still snowing but since it's warm it's not getting much deeper. Max
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