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- From: Frank.Mallory@f417.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Frank Mallory)
- Sender: Uucp@blkcat.UUCP
- Path: sparky!uunet!blkcat!Uucp
- Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
- Subject: Production Delay (Was: Re: reliable cars
- Message-ID: <715158073.F00001@blkcat.UUCP>
- Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 21:55:32 -0500
- Lines: 23
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- DT> >Don't forget the hard starting in winter as you sit there shivering
- DT> >while the glow plugs make enough heat to get the thing going... :-(
- DT>
- DT> Well, yes you do have to wait 5 to 10 seconds, but then it will start
- DT> immediately and run. It seems a lot of folks with gas cars need to
- DT> crank and fiddle with the accelerator for as much or more time to get
- DT> things going in cold weather.
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- The problems related to starting Diesels in cold weather are not related to time
- required to bring the glow plugs up to operating temperature (which generally
- must be done for cold starts in summer as well as winter). One problem is that
- the current draw of the glow plugs combined with increased starter current draw
- due to high engine compression necessitate a much more powerful (larger and more
- $) battery than needed for a gas car. Also, the higher jell point of the fuel,
- exacerbated by typical diesel fuel contaminants, make starting at very low
- temperatures very marginal.
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- One advantage of the Diesel in extreme low temperature environments is that once
- you get it started, it is feasible to let it run all night long (assuming
- adequate security and compliant neighbors!).
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