From: Stephen & Jeanne Keith (cckw@comcast.net)
Date: Sun Dec 07 2003 - 05:02:17 PST
Back in the early 70's here in NH, my plow truck (46 Chevy 1.5 ton dump)
didn't like to start when it was around 0 which it was a lot those years. I
tried a number of things and finally found the answer:
I would take a 1 pound coffee can and put about 1/2 inch of gasoline in it
and light it (with great difficulty) and set it under the oil pan. Because
the
engine was a gasser, I would watch it for a while and keep it away from the
fuel pump side. Coming back in 1/2 hour, it would start like it was
summer time!!!!
Disclaimer: Yes this is somewhat dangerous, though have you ever tried
to light gasoline in a can like this? If the match touches the gasoline, it
may
just as well be water as the match will go out. If you had to do this with
kero or diesel and your life depended upon it, choose the gun it is
faster...
Steve AKA Dr Deuce
----- Original Message -----
From: "jonathon" <jemery@execpc.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 07, 2003 2:32 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] Deuce Engine Heater
> :
> >Has anyone had experience with the "oil pan pad" type heaters? This
> >company offers a 1000 watt unit that is supposed to bring the oil temp
> >from -40 to +60 F in a couple of hours. Their reasoning is that it is
> >better to warm the oil, and let the heat rise, than it is to warm the
> >engine, and allow it to start with frozen oil. It seems to make sense to
> >me that warm oil is much better than frozen oil. Certainly the
> >installation of these heater pads is far simpler than any other method.
> >http://www.engineheaters.com/advantages.htm
> >Do the hot water heaters actually warm the oil?
>
> Yea but it seems to me the bigger problem with starting a cold diesel is
> that you need to warm the head (actually the fuel in the injectors that
are
> in the head) for the engine to start. Issues of oil being cold and such
> would seem to be seconday. You may want to run multiple heaters then. But
> then that's just my opinion, your mileage may vary.
>
> je
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