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Perkins cold start - Ernest Ekberg - 11-28-2006 15:16 The temps are supposed to be - 0 here. i have tried to start my Perkins by depressing the stop button- to activate the glow plugs. this seems to make the voltage drop to below 10 and she will crank, smoke, but not catch and start- any clues? Ernie- 83PT40 in dismal cold Montana- getting ready to head home Perkins cold start - davidkerryedwards - 11-28-2006 16:08 What kind of fuel do you have in there? If you dont have a winter fuel in there, I'd put a lot of Power Service in the stop the fuel from gelling. You may need to hit the auxilliary battery switch to get enough juice to fire it up. Those are cold temperatures to get a diesel started. You probably have series glow plugs in the engine and they are just not as efficient at starting an engine as parallel plugs since they lose of lot of energy through the heavy wires connecting the plugs. Also, if you don't have synthetic oil in the engine it is hard to get it to spin fast enough to start at those temperatures. Kerry 82 FC 35 Denver --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Ernest Ekberg" wrote: > > The temps are supposed to be - 0 here. i have tried to start my Perkins > by depressing the stop button- to activate the glow plugs. this seems > to make the voltage drop to below 10 and she will crank, smoke, but not > catch and start- any clues? Ernie- 83PT40 in dismal cold Montana- > getting ready to head home > Perkins cold start - Mike McMahan - 11-28-2006 16:14 Ernie, Try using the battery parrell switch to tie alll the batteries together. This may spin the perkins over a little faster. Mike McMahan 1989 PT40 --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Ernest Ekberg" > > The temps are supposed to be - 0 here. i have tried to start my Perkins > by depressing the stop button- to activate the glow plugs. this seems > to make the voltage drop to below 10 and she will crank, smoke, but not > catch and start- any clues? Ernie- 83PT40 in dismal cold Montana- > getting ready to head home > Perkins cold start - Doug Engel - 11-28-2006 16:16 I started my Perkins the other day when temps were in the 20's and it was a real bear. Had to hit the glow plugs repeatedly, finally resorted to a little starting fluid and it still bucked, farted and smoked like it was burning pine knots for a minute or so. They just don't like the cold. I'd use a magnetic block heater (unless yours has a plug in heater) and plan on an ordeal, unless you can just do without it until you hit warmer temps. Good Luck, Doug Ernest Ekberg - 0 here. i have tried to start my Perkins by depressing the stop button- to activate the glow plugs. this seems to make the voltage drop to below 10 and she will crank, smoke, but not catch and start- any clues? Ernie- 83PT40 in dismal cold Montana- getting ready to head home Doug Engel, Gunnison, CO. 1981 FC35SB "Pokey" --------------------------------- Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Perkins cold start - jim fenn - 11-28-2006 16:24 From your neighbor over in Bigfork, and having to start my diesel Gradall forklift on the job site this morning, forget about any clues in this kind of weather and get out the starting fluid. But the key is to NEVER spray any into the air intake unless you are cranking the engine over. Never spray to a sitting still engine. The other key is to use ever so little, just a tiny little squirt, then add alittle more as needed, ONLY when the engine is being cranked over. Some people just won't uderatand how cold it is here. After you get it started, start the bird and HEAD South!!!. Jim in Bigfork 8135FCRB Ernest Ekberg - 0 here. i have tried to start my Perkins by depressing the stop button- to activate the glow plugs. this seems to make the voltage drop to below 10 and she will crank, smoke, but not catch and start- any clues? Ernie- 83PT40 in dismal cold Montana- getting ready to head home --------------------------------- Cheap Talk? Check out Yahoo! Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call rates. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Perkins cold start - Leroy Eckert - 11-28-2006 17:25 Just a thought. In extremely cold temps diesel fuel can gell up. Do you have an additive in the fuel. Can you start the main engine? Leroy Eckert 1990 WB-40 "Smoke N Mirrors" Niceville, FL ----- Original Message ----- From: Mike McMahan To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 10:14 PM Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Re: Perkins cold start Ernie, Try using the battery parrell switch to tie alll the batteries together. This may spin the perkins over a little faster. Mike McMahan 1989 PT40 --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Ernest Ekberg" > > The temps are supposed to be - 0 here. i have tried to start my Perkins > by depressing the stop button- to activate the glow plugs. this seems > to make the voltage drop to below 10 and she will crank, smoke, but not > catch and start- any clues? Ernie- 83PT40 in dismal cold Montana- > getting ready to head home > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Perkins cold start - erniecarpet@... - 11-28-2006 20:22 Luckily, I put a gallon of Power Service additive in about 2 months ago. We'll see how things go this afternoon after work. Thanks, Ernie Ekberg 83 PT40 Livingston, Montana [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Perkins cold start - erniecarpet@... - 11-28-2006 20:25 Will be heading south Friday. Ernie Ekberg 83 PT40 Livingston, Montana [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Perkins cold start - dthollis1961 - 11-29-2006 01:18 Ernie, How long are you glowing? Usually glow plugs from this era are the slow heating type that are almost impossible to burn out from overheating. I'd glow it for a minute and see what happens. If you only do it for 10 seconds or so, they're just getting started. On my IH Scout diesel, the book shows glowing for over a minute depending on outside temps. David Hollis 84 FC353 Springfield IL --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "Ernest Ekberg" > > The temps are supposed to be - 0 here. i have tried to start my Perkins > by depressing the stop button- to activate the glow plugs. this seems > to make the voltage drop to below 10 and she will crank, smoke, but not > catch and start- any clues? Ernie- 83PT40 in dismal cold Montana- > getting ready to head home > Perkins cold start - Mike Hohnstein - 11-29-2006 02:08 You can't beat the old charcoal fire in a drain pan under the engine for cold start. MH ----- Original Message ----- From: Ernest Ekberg To: WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2006 9:16 PM Subject: [WanderlodgeForum] Perkins cold start The temps are supposed to be - 0 here. i have tried to start my Perkins by depressing the stop button- to activate the glow plugs. this seems to make the voltage drop to below 10 and she will crank, smoke, but not catch and start- any clues? Ernie- 83PT40 in dismal cold Montana- getting ready to head home [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] |