I warm it up for a minute then move 20 feet out of the shop and let it idle in the drive a few more minutes. You're doing Ok by the engine whatsgnu, by no-stress moving it outside to finish warming up.
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Originally Posted by crabjoe
I don't know what the proper time is but I can tell you that, even with temps in the 70's F, my CK20s idles iradically and smokes a ton for a minute or so.
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crabjoe, I didn't look far back to see if you already had a thread about the exhaust smoke, but mine 'smokes a ton' too for a minute if I start it at 1900+ RPM. So before shutting it down I lower the idle to 1600; when starting next time it fires up quicker and hardly any smoke at all. The JD 'dozer is the same way.
Does erratic idle mean it races and slows down by itself? That might be the TPI in my truck but I don't know (yet) what would cause it in our tractors.
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BTW, is there ever a temp you can start these without using the glow plug cycle?
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It doesn't get hot here so can't say.