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Old Jan 18, 2012 | 11:26 AM
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Red face cold start pic

-25 this after noon and have not ran it in few days.

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Old Jan 18, 2012 | 11:28 AM
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Damn thats cold! No pic attached though
 
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Old Jan 18, 2012 | 11:34 AM
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don't see it..................
 
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Old Jan 18, 2012 | 12:56 PM
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He edited it to see pics now. thats some massive smoke. Did you have her plugged up?
 
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Old Jan 18, 2012 | 07:03 PM
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Wow. Just wow. Gonna be in the 70's here tomorrow. I can't imagine -25. The smoke doesn't look too bad to me. I figured my breath would smoke more than that at those temps.
 
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Old Jan 18, 2012 | 07:07 PM
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Mine does that when the temp is around 0*. Only for a short while though and it clears up.
 
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Old Jan 18, 2012 | 07:24 PM
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Mine started in this today ...........the wifes volvo wouldnt however.
 
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Old Jan 18, 2012 | 10:52 PM
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Mine started in this today ...........the wifes volvo wouldnt however.

Good gravy thats cold. And to think I plug mine in when its any colder than 50F to avoid "cold start" oiling problems!!!!!
 
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I drove my truck for 5 hours yesterday and today I went to start her in our -30 weather and I couldn't quite get her started. I have new glow plugs sitting here and I plugged her in tonight so I can run her around and charge the batteries tomorrow.
 
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Good gravy thats cold. And to think I plug mine in when its any colder than 50F to avoid "cold start" oiling problems!!!!!
At that temp there is no gravy. Just frozen brown blobs which USED to be gravy.
 
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