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91 IC a little cold on startup.

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Old 12-28-2010, 09:33 PM
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Default 91 IC a little cold on startup.

My 91 IC with bigger injectors took about 10-20 sec to crank over today. It was around 20-25 degrees though, it has bigger injectors, and hasnt been started in around a week. Since, im new to diesel is this normal or no? But once it started it ran great!
 
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Old 12-29-2010, 01:27 AM
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Yes that is completely normal. Diesel trucks and cold do not get along well. You might wana consider keeping it plugged in at night... Unless you don't have a block heater.
 
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Old 12-31-2010, 02:02 PM
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Make sure you wait for the 'wait to start' light to go out. It will heat up the intake heater for easier cold starts.
 
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Old 12-31-2010, 10:54 PM
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Or you lost prime, mine starts on the 1st crank in 20*F weather till i developed a leak at the VE, fixed it today and back to normal, i dont plug it in either being in norcal, but latley its been just cold here at night and never have a problem. It starts better than my DDEC III freightshaker.
 
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