I had mine installed and I am so happy I did. My 82 is a hard start and my 85 is an easy start. I live in Maryland and if it is 0 degrees in the AM the 82 would not start. The 85 would but it just didn't want to. Now I plug the 82 in and it starts immediately.
My John Deere tractor is a diesel. I put my shop light next to the lift pump and put a tarp over it for about an hour. Starts right up.
Boyd
From: Steve Parolin <stevenparolin@yahoo.com>
To: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2013 8:39 AM
Subject: [diesel_mercedes] Re: No Start - Block Heaters
To: diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2013 8:39 AM
Subject: [diesel_mercedes] Re: No Start - Block Heaters
My car does not have a block heater and I dread what might happen if I pull a freeze plug in a 30 year old car.
Its cold now and do not have use of my garage due to another project and the quickest way to get a block heater is with one of those magnetic ones.
Any one have any experience with the magnetic block heaters ? Do they work as expected ? Do you need to pull them off before driving ?
I had a car with an inline tank heater, boy that thing got hot, unfortunatly, that was all that got hot so I dont want to go that route.
Thanks
Steve
--- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, Max temple <jasperezra@...> wrote:
>
> I've used summer diesel at well under 20 degrees lots of times. Diesels can
> get very hard to start when the temps drop. Most of these cars on this list
> are old with worn engines which leads to hard starting in cold weather. Get
> a block heater, these cars love them. Plug it into a timer so it wont run
> all night. They use 400W, at 500W around here it would cost .05 a hour. Max
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 10:12 AM, Michael E. Williams <attymw@...>wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Well its at last night in the garage heated up and it started fine this
> > morning. I also got the white bottle and put that in the tank.
> >
> > Oddly the Kroger company was unable to tell me what type of diesel they
> > have saying it is a proprietary interest?
> >
> > Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android<http://overview.mail.yahoo.com/mobile/?.src=Android>
> >
> > ------------------------------
> > * From: * Max temple <jasperezra@...>;
> > * To: * <diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com>;
> > * Subject: * Re: [diesel_mercedes] No Start
> > * Sent: * Tue, Nov 26, 2013 2:43:11 AM
> >
> >
> >
> > You dont have jelled fuel unless maybe it's been below 20 degrees for a
> > few days. But when it gets below around 35 degrees diesels can get harder
> > to start. Depending on many things. Best thing to do for a diesel in winter
> > is get a block heater. If you live where it gets into the 30's and below,
> > first line of defense is a 400 W block heater. Put it on a timer to run the
> > hours you will need to start. 30 degree temp. only a couple of hours. -20
> > all night. Block heaters is the best friend of old diesels unless you live
> > in LA, then 60 degrees is cold. Max
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 11:35 AM, <attymw@...> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> Well winter is here and I did not get the white bottle. I think I have
> >> gelled diesel fuel.
> >>
> >> I tried the hand pump and the fuel comes out the hand pump like it is not
> >> getting any further past it. Clogged filters or something.
> >>
> >> Jumping the car did not help although battery was way down from so many
> >> attempts to start.
> >>
> >> Car worked fine this morning.
> >>
> >> Mike (71 220D)
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
Its cold now and do not have use of my garage due to another project and the quickest way to get a block heater is with one of those magnetic ones.
Any one have any experience with the magnetic block heaters ? Do they work as expected ? Do you need to pull them off before driving ?
I had a car with an inline tank heater, boy that thing got hot, unfortunatly, that was all that got hot so I dont want to go that route.
Thanks
Steve
--- In diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com, Max temple <jasperezra@...> wrote:
>
> I've used summer diesel at well under 20 degrees lots of times. Diesels can
> get very hard to start when the temps drop. Most of these cars on this list
> are old with worn engines which leads to hard starting in cold weather. Get
> a block heater, these cars love them. Plug it into a timer so it wont run
> all night. They use 400W, at 500W around here it would cost .05 a hour. Max
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 10:12 AM, Michael E. Williams <attymw@...>wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Well its at last night in the garage heated up and it started fine this
> > morning. I also got the white bottle and put that in the tank.
> >
> > Oddly the Kroger company was unable to tell me what type of diesel they
> > have saying it is a proprietary interest?
> >
> > Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android<http://overview.mail.yahoo.com/mobile/?.src=Android>
> >
> > ------------------------------
> > * From: * Max temple <jasperezra@...>;
> > * To: * <diesel_mercedes@yahoogroups.com>;
> > * Subject: * Re: [diesel_mercedes] No Start
> > * Sent: * Tue, Nov 26, 2013 2:43:11 AM
> >
> >
> >
> > You dont have jelled fuel unless maybe it's been below 20 degrees for a
> > few days. But when it gets below around 35 degrees diesels can get harder
> > to start. Depending on many things. Best thing to do for a diesel in winter
> > is get a block heater. If you live where it gets into the 30's and below,
> > first line of defense is a 400 W block heater. Put it on a timer to run the
> > hours you will need to start. 30 degree temp. only a couple of hours. -20
> > all night. Block heaters is the best friend of old diesels unless you live
> > in LA, then 60 degrees is cold. Max
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 11:35 AM, <attymw@...> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> Well winter is here and I did not get the white bottle. I think I have
> >> gelled diesel fuel.
> >>
> >> I tried the hand pump and the fuel comes out the hand pump like it is not
> >> getting any further past it. Clogged filters or something.
> >>
> >> Jumping the car did not help although battery was way down from so many
> >> attempts to start.
> >>
> >> Car worked fine this morning.
> >>
> >> Mike (71 220D)
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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