Cold Weather Operations
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Cold Weather Operations
Last year on the coldest day it was -23 F and I got stranded on the way to work due to diesel fuel gelling. Later that day, once it had warmed up a bit, it fired up like nothing had happened.
After that incident and this winter I install the front grill cover, pre-heat engine block on a timer that comes on at 4:00 am and add an additive to diesel fuel tank. The SD truck will not fit in garage, so it sleeps outside, and it was -2 F last night again and winter has only just started.
But – it still seems like the transmission (or something) makes a terrible groaning/blowing sound for the first couple of miles before it warms up and then operates normally and this weird sound goes away.
What is this groaning/blowing (difficult to describe) sound that I hear for the first few miles ?
Any heating kit that will help this ?
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After that incident and this winter I install the front grill cover, pre-heat engine block on a timer that comes on at 4:00 am and add an additive to diesel fuel tank. The SD truck will not fit in garage, so it sleeps outside, and it was -2 F last night again and winter has only just started.
But – it still seems like the transmission (or something) makes a terrible groaning/blowing sound for the first couple of miles before it warms up and then operates normally and this weird sound goes away.
What is this groaning/blowing (difficult to describe) sound that I hear for the first few miles ?
Any heating kit that will help this ?
Thanks
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No - I dont think it is the clutch fan, becuase it doesnt do it when stationary and the pitch changes when trans shifts while on the move.
So I think it is coming from the transmission.
Are there belts in there that are getting cold, and possibly slipping or brittle/hard from the cold that could be making this sound ?
After about 2 miles the sound goes away.
Its not a high pitched "Screaming" sound like an alternator belt slipping. More like a low groan/blowing sound - could it be the turbo's ?
So I think it is coming from the transmission.
Are there belts in there that are getting cold, and possibly slipping or brittle/hard from the cold that could be making this sound ?
After about 2 miles the sound goes away.
Its not a high pitched "Screaming" sound like an alternator belt slipping. More like a low groan/blowing sound - could it be the turbo's ?
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