Question for you people with diesel in freezing temps

[racer]

Up here at farm shows where there is like 1000 farmers truck's sitting there.

 

Another thing to is if you are running 2 stroke oil in your diesel,make sure NOT to use the red 2 stroke oil. This will leave the red die colour on your injectors and they will assume you are running died diesel. So make sure to use brown or blue 2 stroke oil!

 

Dinner

Thats what I have heard about them doing here, checking farmers tanks at shows. Just like checking registrations of boats on the beach.

 

Why run 2stroke oil in your truck?

[Dinner]

is that in canada? that sucks ive never heard of anything like that i dont know how they would get to ur injectors, being that they are in the engine and nowhere near the tank. but i dont think ill have to worry about that. i live in a very small town and i know all the cops and they dont even know the diff between gas and diesel. my friend convinced one of them that he had inline cat. converters built into the pipe. so im not worried. two diff worlds

 

Yea I'm in Canada. The reason they are going to the injectors is because the died diesel will well dye your injectors. So they will pull one of your injectors, and if that dye shows up, they will nail you. And it sucks because the died diesel will stay on the injectors for a good couple of years.

 

Thats what I have heard about them doing here, checking farmers tanks at shows. Just like checking registrations of boats on the beach.

 

Why run 2stroke oil in your truck?

 

Running 2 stroke oil in your Diesel will quiet them down and help provide lubrication. I'm not 100% sure about the guys with the Duramax's or the PSD, but with the 2nd gen Cummins, and even the new 3rd Gen Cummins guys will run it to help lube everything. And anyone that has owned a 2nd Gen 24 Valve Cummins will know all about the VP44 and how much lubrication helps it out. Because if your VP44(Injecter Pump) goes, well be prepared to bend over So every fill up guy will put a little amount in to give the fuel better lubrication for the VP44, Lift Pump, Fuel System, and will quiet down the injector knocking a bit.

Edited January 19, 2007 by Dinner

[okbeast]

So basically Dodge sucked at designing their fuel system lubricatoin :biggrin:

[Dinner]

So basically Dodge sucked at designing their fuel system lubricatoin :biggrin:

 

Not really, it's just adding 2 stroke oil adds lubrication, prolonging the life of the VP44, etc. Some people get lucky and their VP44's last as long as the truck, others arn't so lucky. Sure Dodge sucked at designing their fuel system, i guess Ford sucked at designing the whole entire 6.0L engine :shoothead:

[scooter]

ive never heard of adding 2 stroke oil to diesel thats new to me. i can say the vp44s have been improved and updated . if your buying them from dodge your getting screwed . im a parts man at a cummins dealership and i can get them much cheaper for genuine cummins parts i would be glad to help out any bhq members out with cummins parts just let me know

[Bansh-eman]

ive never heard of adding 2 stroke oil to diesel thats new to me. i can say the vp44s have been improved and updated . if your buying them from dodge your getting screwed . im a parts man at a cummins dealership and i can get them much cheaper for genuine cummins parts i would be glad to help out any bhq members out with cummins parts just let me know

ill keep that in mind if mine shits the bed

[AKheathen]

don't have time to read all the replies, but i am a meachanic at red dog mine, alaska -60 below sometimes. first off plug it in! you should have or get a block heater and a pan heater. 20 degrees or below. at 20-30 below your oil is the consistency of silly putty. more like vasilene at 0. second NEVERuse ether (starting fluid) third, the gas stations should switch to winter fuel below freezing, they also sell anti-gell if you have summer fuel in the tank. other than that, dont put anything else in your tank and let your glow plugs work. the only other special trick if you have a problem starting any diesel in etreme cold is compressed air direct into intake manifold if you can.

[Bansh-eman]

don't have time to read all the replies, but i am a meachanic at red dog mine, alaska -60 below sometimes. first off plug it in! you should have or get a block heater and a pan heater. 20 degrees or below. at 20-30 below your oil is the consistency of silly putty. more like vasilene at 0. second NEVERuse ether (starting fluid) third, the gas stations should switch to winter fuel below freezing, they also sell anti-gell if you have summer fuel in the tank. other than that, dont put anything else in your tank and let your glow plugs work. the only other special trick if you have a problem starting any diesel in etreme cold is compressed air direct into intake manifold if you can.

Although it wont matter anymore, because I am not moving to where it freezes now, I appreciate the info. If in the case I do endup moving later, how big of a bitch is it to buy a block heater and pan heater after the fact and put it in?

 

BTW nice find on an old thread lol

[jbooker82]

Although it wont matter anymore, because I am not moving to where it freezes now, I appreciate the info. If in the case I do endup moving later, how big of a bitch is it to buy a block heater and pan heater after the fact and put it in?

 

BTW nice find on an old thread lol

 

Pan heater is a pice of cake. Most of them you just slap on the bottom of the oil pan. They are like a magnet.

 

There are a couple different styles of block heaters. The best ones require you to knock out a freeze plug in the block. (round silver plug) Your truck should already have one installed from the factory. It might not have the cord on it though. Look on the side of the engine block where the freez or frost plugs are. There should be one that has a place for a cord to plug in.

 

Here in nebraska does get -15 to -20 deg some nights, and there are plenty of diesls running around.

 

josh