Battery Help Please
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Battery Help Please
If I change one battery at a time will my settings remain or will they go away and have to be reset?
Also - what do you guys use for max CCA batteries on a 6.7 diesel 2012 F350 ?? Mine has 3 yr old Motorcraft, had the block heater plugged in last night and it wouldn't start this am. Plugged trickle charger in and it said 80% charge but still wouldn't crank at all....
Also - what do you guys use for max CCA batteries on a 6.7 diesel 2012 F350 ?? Mine has 3 yr old Motorcraft, had the block heater plugged in last night and it wouldn't start this am. Plugged trickle charger in and it said 80% charge but still wouldn't crank at all....
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Does it crank?
Did you wait for the glow plug light to go out before cranking? Turn the key on and wait for the yellow glow plug light to go out then crank, if less than 30 seconds cycle again at least twice and then crank. You likely need new glow plugs. They only help the engine to start when cold.
Did you wait for the glow plug light to go out before cranking? Turn the key on and wait for the yellow glow plug light to go out then crank, if less than 30 seconds cycle again at least twice and then crank. You likely need new glow plugs. They only help the engine to start when cold.
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From: Eastern Missouri
Does it crank?
Did you wait for the glow plug light to go out before cranking? Turn the key on and wait for the yellow glow plug light to go out then crank, if less than 30 seconds cycle again at least twice and then crank. You likely need new glow plugs. They only help the engine to start when cold.
Did you wait for the glow plug light to go out before cranking? Turn the key on and wait for the yellow glow plug light to go out then crank, if less than 30 seconds cycle again at least twice and then crank. You likely need new glow plugs. They only help the engine to start when cold.
Tuned
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AGM
Have you ever used AGM batteries? I had one in my Excursion and just put 2 in my 2005 F-350. Spins the starter crazy fast even in the -30° we had last week. They are 750CCA. I have seen maybe 800CCA in a flooded battery, but AGM seems to last longer for me. I got Diehards at Advance Auto.
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If I change one battery at a time will my settings remain or will they go away and have to be reset?
Also - what do you guys use for max CCA batteries on a 6.7 diesel 2012 F350 ?? Mine has 3 yr old Motorcraft, had the block heater plugged in last night and it wouldn't start this am. Plugged trickle charger in and it said 80% charge but still wouldn't crank at all....
Also - what do you guys use for max CCA batteries on a 6.7 diesel 2012 F350 ?? Mine has 3 yr old Motorcraft, had the block heater plugged in last night and it wouldn't start this am. Plugged trickle charger in and it said 80% charge but still wouldn't crank at all....
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