Owning a diesel while in an apartment
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Owning a diesel while in an apartment
So we live in an apartment/quadplex place my wife parks her dd under the covered parking and my truck a 2000 7.3 parks down a little ways by my work van. My question is during the winter here in Utah it gets below freezing and where its parked it won't be able to be plugged in very often and its not a dd what problems am I faceing?
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I live in a town house with a garage and a small driveway and then there's on street parking, I also work shift work and it was a pain especially since my glow plugs were shot. It would take 2-5 cranks to get truck to turn over and its not got on starting system. Personally if you know your going to drive it plug it ib a few hours before u do, or cycle the key a few times. You could test your glow plug relay also to make sure it's getting proper voltage. But if you don't plug it in, it'll hurt your batteries, starter etc. From extended cranking
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Last edited by 1999stroker; 09-05-2012 at 05:09 PM.
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Don't matter if its below zero or 30 to me your truck wont start. Trust me especially if its sat for weeks on end with out being plugged in. When I worked 16 hrs straight and mu truck sat from 3pm til 7am the next morning it would take 10-20 cranks with bad glow plugs and even after I replaced them 1-3 when it was really cold. Not trying to be a **** just trying to help
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So we live in an apartment/quadplex place my wife parks her dd under the covered parking and my truck a 2000 7.3 parks down a little ways by my work van. My question is during the winter here in Utah it gets below freezing and where its parked it won't be able to be plugged in very often and its not a dd what problems am I faceing?
sent from my F-350
sent from my F-350
First thing, get your batteries tested and make sure the terminals are clean. It makes a world of difference. Secondly, make sure your glow plugs, UVCH and relay are up to snuff.
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A stancor relay and either synthetic or a diesel rated 10w-30 helps as well.
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Given the fact this is not a daily driver your biggest issue will be keeping the batteries fresh, a trickle charger (solar or plug in) will help with that.
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A properly functioning HEUI system will have no trouble running in colder climates even with 15w40 in the crank case.
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