This actually happened to me years ago, in a very nice suburb too. Felt like am idiot. I suggest using one of those club wheel locks or similar if you are worried about itI warm up my car every morning before work. At 4:30am, the thing I fear is I walk out after grabbing my coffee and the car is gone!
Cummins has a recall out for their emissions, youtube has some great info. on it . Idling is for sure no bueno, soot in the egr and turbo is going to cost you. My old 2006 superduty ate itself from soot, turbo egr etc to the tune of $8000. They are not made like the old days .I always warm things up, the only one that has me wondering is newer diesels with intact emissions equipment- idling is no bueno. I still let my superduty warm-up though, It was beat into my head from a young age.
Several years ago we spent the night in Sheridan, WY. The next morning it was something like -20. My 7.3L started up, but was NOT happy about it. One of my daughters said "Daddy, the truck doesn't sound very happy". I replied "No it does not, just like me when I'm cold".I will say though, my 6.7 starts like gasser in cold weather unlike my old 7.3 that was very grumpy when it got cold ....
Yep, mine would "lope" really bad for 10 - 15 seconds then smooth out. The 7.3 is a great motor, I had 350,000 miles on mine when i sold it last Sept.Several years ago we spent the night in Sheridan, WY. The next morning it was something like -20. My 7.3L started up, but was NOT happy about it. One of my daughters said "Daddy, the truck doesn't sound very happy". I replied "No it does not, just like me when I'm cold".
I've had factory 2 rims crack on my F150. Both times during sub zero temps and the vehicle was parked for extended periods then driven. Nearly identical hairline splits on the inner lip.For extreme cold........of course I have an engine heater and a battery heater but once the engine is started, I then shift the transmission into neutral from park to circulate fluids and continue the warm up period. If you are running stiff tires, you may have to install tubes as you roll off the flat spot, the bead can separate........happened last night at -50F.
Good point from the heavy equipment perspective, I spent my career in the heavy construction industry "Operating Engineers", and although not in a severe cold climate area warming up 5 + gallons of engine oil and 25 + gallons of hydraulic oil was a must.On my heavy equipment, a half hour warmup is important as metal gets brittle below -40. At a number of the mines, other than servicing they never shut down for weeks to months at a time.
yes, it slowly progressively becomes less of an issue as the engine slowly warms up, and that is the argument that the people who put out these articles are trying to push, combustion temps get hotter quicker, and engine warms up quicker being worked. No argument there, but I think the negative effects of warming up slowly are overblown, and the these articles leave out the many more positive effects of the engine warming slowly.Ok, but the second the engine is turned over it eventually begins heating up, which would progressively mitigate the issue. It’s also unavoidable. The engine by nature cannot run cold.
He’s including labor. Some vehicles you have to pull the entire dash to get to it. It’s not an easy or fun job to do.How is a beater core 2k? I got one for my wife’s Xterra, it cost like 140.00, me and my buddy spent a few hours installing it. It’s like a long aluminum pipe thing.
not really true. without getting into it, basically if you have oil in your cylinders you have bigger issues.Because engines running cold can have some incomplete combustion, leaving fuel on the cylinder walls. This fuel washes away oil on the cylinder walls. This is the theory, and for sure does happen on some scale.
yes, it slowly progressively becomes less of an issue as the engine slowly warms up, and that is the argument that the people who put out these articles are trying to push, combustion temps get hotter quicker, and engine warms up quicker being worked. No argument there, but I think the negative effects of warming up slowly are overblown, and the these articles leave out the many more positive effects of the engine warming slowly.