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Old Dec 6, 2007 | 08:40 PM
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It's rare that the 3Cyl idle even kicks on in my truck here in Illinois. It has to be really cold, usually a few times a year. But the high idle kicks in all the time.
 
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Old Dec 6, 2007 | 09:19 PM
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How far south are ya Uncle bubba?
I don't mind the high idle myself but the 3 banger you know it's cold
 
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Old Dec 6, 2007 | 09:20 PM
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I wanna hear the 3 cylinder idle. Can somebody please record it for me? Nevermind, thanks to youtube I found it. Sure sounds funny
 

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Old Dec 6, 2007 | 09:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Jazz
How far south are ya Uncle bubba?
I don't mind the high idle myself but the 3 banger you know it's cold
Right in the middle of the state in the Springfield area. About 3.5 hours from the Wisconsin border.
 
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Old Dec 6, 2007 | 09:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Uncle Bubba
According to the letter posted some years back from a Dodge Corp rep the way they sound was the main reason the factory turned this Cummins feature off. To many folks got mad cause they're trucks were fallin apart, they thought.

Not exactly, mine did it last winter when it was around 15F, and I have an 05. Just happened to be one time that I forgot to plug her in that night.

I hate to plug the truck in cause if I do the high idle won't kick in and it takes forever for the truck to warm up.
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I wanna hear the 3 cylinder idle. Can somebody please record it for me? Nevermind, thanks to youtube I found it. Sure sounds funny
It is even wilder if it is your truck and you have never heard it. It scared the crap out of me while I was in the house. I didn't know if somebody was stealing it or it was blowing up.
 
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Old Dec 6, 2007 | 09:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Uncle Bubba
According to the letter posted some years back from a Dodge Corp rep the way they sound was the main reason the factory turned this Cummins feature off. To many folks got mad cause they're trucks were fallin apart, they thought.


I hate to plug the truck in cause if I do the high idle won't kick in and it takes forever for the truck to warm up.
Not exactly, mine did it last winter when it was around 15F, and I have an 05. Just happened to be one time that I forgot to plug her in that night.


Originally Posted by 2001shrtbedcummins
I wanna hear the 3 cylinder idle. Can somebody please record it for me? Nevermind, thanks to youtube I found it. Sure sounds funny
It is even wilder if it is your truck and you have never heard it. It scared the crap out of me while I was in the house. I didn't know if somebody was stealing it or it was blowing up.
 
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Old Dec 6, 2007 | 09:51 PM
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wonder what it sounds like on a 3rd gen. the youtube was a 2nd gen. Maybe I need to find a freezer and drive the old man's truck into it and let it sit.
 
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Old Dec 6, 2007 | 09:58 PM
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Old Dec 6, 2007 | 10:08 PM
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yep that's the one I watched Jorge.
 
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Old Dec 6, 2007 | 11:17 PM
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i like the way it sounds, it does sound like a 2stroke detroit
 
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