Warm-up time for Cummins Diesel

From : hober mallow

Q: suddenly without warning napalmheart exclaimed 11/22/2007 1048 pm its 404 est. here in oz its just past 630pm suns just setting. had a nice relative-of-turkey dinner with an aussie twist - chicken cooked on the barbie corn cooked with it with stuffing of course homemade rye bread rolls and vanilla-bread-and-jam for dessert. and a nice shiraz to sip afters. in my family thanksgiving is the traditional day to start listening to christmas music so we are. watching the sunset the nice dinner settle and saying happy thanksgiving to friends weve never even met. hope yall have a great day good food and good friends and/or family to share it with! jmc do the ozians have any equivalent to thanksgiving day ken not really. their history is different. jmc .

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From : steve w

ok i had to replace a faulty thermostat that wasnt closing completely and obviously wasnt warming up as designed. heater still seems to be not quite as hot as i remember. it seems it would just about roast me out of the cab if i left it on full. i flushed the core out and flow seemed unrestricted when i put the new thermo in. and ideas -- ------------------------------------------ laszlo almasi ----cool toys formerly carolina watercraft works ----mack daddy trailers ----ice angels .

From : tom lawrence

suddenly without warning azwiley1 exclaimed 11/23/2007 1017 am on nov 22 458 pm denny wddo...@woh.rr.com wrote gawd.....i ate tooooo much... shut up roy... denny thank god that wabbit suit has a zipper! just finished up myself i am gal turkey is only once a year. too bad that i am not back home though all the guys have headed out to the southern tier for deer! i miss that... yea its opened in upstate ny. mom has gone hunting on her imer jmc .

From : roy

in one of the previous posts it was stated minimize idling and idle smart engines only need 10 to 30 seconds for warm-up how true is this for the 06 cummins diesel motor for the most part accurate. extreme conditions will dictate otherwise but it sounds like you dont need to concern yourself with sub-zero temperatures. i typically warm up for a minute drive very slowly up my gravel road about 1/10th mile til i get to my entrance to the county road and then take it lightly til ive driven about 5 miles. thats fine... rule of thumb is to start it up wait til youve got oil pressure then drive it gently until you see the temperature gauge moving. no foot to the floor driving until that temp gauge is registering... worst thing you can do to a diesel other than run it without oil of course is to feed it a lot of fuel while its cold. otoh my neighbor warms his up for 10-15 minutes every morning. not necessary - unless youre waiting for the frost on your windshield to melt any comments suggestions i live near seattle where it hardly ever gets below the upper 20s. i find that some winter inserts for the grill or a grill cover help with warm-up times. youll get cab heat more quickly that way. normal driving wouldnt overheat the engine but if you go to pull a heavy load you might want to pop some of the inserts out or open up the cover a little more. .

From : mopar doctor

plug in the block heater and you wont have to worry about warm up. .

From : frederick spiegel

in my garage at 40f it takes about 2-3 hours of electric pre-heat to do any good. but it does help and with the cost of fuel so high heater use cost is likely offset. plug in the block heater and you wont have to worry about warm up. .