Plugging in at night
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Plugging in at night
So I read on here the most people only plug their PSD in for a few hours before leaving. With gas engines I have just left plugged in all night without any problems. This is my first diesel and first winter. Why would you not just leave plugged in all night?
On a side note, it is interesting that when I start it, the water temp goes up then right back down once the coolant starts circulating. Never happened with my gas engines.
On a side note, it is interesting that when I start it, the water temp goes up then right back down once the coolant starts circulating. Never happened with my gas engines.
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Some plug in all night others only do it for a few hours; however, I've never plugged mine in so I'm not much help here. I do know that all ambulances have the block heaters tied into the shore line connections. Any time they are plugged in the heaters are on.
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It doesn't hurt to plug all night, It just saves on the power bill if you put it on a timer. I generally don't need to run my block heater more than 3 hours to do the job. As for the coolant level, it's just the way the thermostat works. It helps it warm up faster.
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by using 5w40 syntetic oil i only set my timer for 2 hrs and she fires rigtup i also dose the old girl with a small bottle of wallys tc-3 2 stroke and fill the wally bottle with power sevices silver for the cetane boost she loves it and purrs like a powersroke
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Yeah, I just changed my oil with 5/40 Rotella synthetic this morning (amazed how much quieter the engine is now). It was 15 degrees when I woke up this morning and going to be a little colder tonight. I did not know that, so the last tank I put the grey bottle of diesel kleen. The white bottle goes in next fill up.
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The block heating element on the 6.0 works very well.. within 30min the block well start to feel warm to the touch.. Any longer than a couple of hours before crank time is just a waist of current=$
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Tuned
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I plug mine in for 3 hrs. I just don't see the need to run the heater that long. just trying to extend the heater life. Just me.
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