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I have conventional oil. Block heater plugged in all night. I don't have a timer for it yet. Batteries had plenty of juice. Lot of white smoke. It's Iowa, so it's only going to get colder eventually. I have to park it outside. What things can I do? High idle did kick in after I took this picture but it took about two minutes after starting.
I think u need to check your block heater. The few times its been butt cold here and I plugged in overnight, the temp gauge slightly moved off Cold. The block heaters and cords do go bad overtime.
On tuesday it hit 17° over here in las cruces nm and my truck started just fine wothout block heater. You have to check your glow plugs, glow plug relay, glow plug harness and make sure you batts are up to par.
Good luck
As far as I know it's all original. I've only owned the truck since July. I was wondering about that heater. I will test it tonight and see what if it's even working. I might try an oil change next and run synthetic in it.
I'd be inclined to check, as another post suggested, block heater, GP's, GP solenoid. Mine starts pretty well to 0f without any aid other than the GP's....using 15w-40.
I have about 400 miles before my next oil change, and I'll go 10w-30.
Have you laid a screwdriver over the large post on gpr for 1-2 mins??
Then try to start. It will spark on intial contact. But this is basically bypassing the gpr.
Synthetic oil in the winter for sure - you can't always plug in (parked other than at home).
If you have a multimeter, start troubleshooting your glowplug system - everything from the relay to the connections to the plugs themselves. If the GPs work OK, give 'em time before cranking. They will run up to 2 minutes when that cold, and cycling the key will add another two minutes - if you have good batteries.
Your block heater should get the block up to about 60-80 degrees in those temperatures - if it's working. The plug itself frequently fails - inspect it closely as a first step. Stinky's plug was corroded on one occasion, and I had one broken conductor in another instance. Replacing the plug with a weather-proof plug fixed it both times. I did lose the original factory heating element once, and had to order a new one from Ford.
If everything above is squared away and you still have a stubborn cold start, the last link in my signature needs a visit - before you even think about looking at injectors.
Tugly...heres the bet. I'll run dino 10w-30 all winter here...Minneapolis, and mine will start at least to 0 degrees without being on the umbilical cord.
Tugly...heres the bet. I'll run dino 10w-30 all winter here...Minneapolis, and mine will start at least to 0 degrees without being on the umbilical cord.
17 degrees above is not cold.
Your injectors are shiny, my friend. I have no problem off the cord either... but I just prefer Stinky's winter behavior on the plastic stuff. I never know when I'll get slapped around with minus 20 degrees far from an outlet.
