Snobdds
Elite Member
Why would anyone do that? Surely I've never said anything to that effect, but quote me if I did.
GC cold weather start ??
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Why would anyone do that? Surely I've never said anything to that effect, but quote me if I did.
Egon
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Yup; weak, that happens when the head get's banged too often!
not2old
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A few years back, I parked my GC2610 out back away from electrical power for one winter. Anytime I tried to start it when below -5 C I ran the battery dead and had to jump it. When the block heater is plugged in for a couple of hours, it would start right away without using the glow plugs. All I know is what works for me.
I am on record, that if you need a block heater to start your tractor, be my guest.
I have also said, that if I lived somewhere that gets extremely cold, all the time, perhaps I would use one.
My principal complaint is, that it is constantly suggested that these tractors need, or have to have, a block heater. That is not necessarily true.
In the 12 years I have had my tractor, I have not ever needed a block heater. And, it's gotten below 0F.
You do have to learn how to start it. Yes, it's done differently.
Thinking, that because you can't start it, when it's cold, without a lot of issues, it's must not be possible, is incorrect. Perhaps it's the one thing you aren't good at.
Cranking it until the battery dies, does not ever work.
Thinking that you need to crank a long time, when cold starting is wrong. In fact, it often does not necessarily crank any longer than when it's not cold out.
Also incorrect, is the thinking that a cold diesel engine will chug, shake, run rough, and and billow smoke, when it starts. That can happen, if you don't start it correctly, or you have mechanical issues. It does not have to happen.
You can argue the virtues of using a block heater. But, I suggest you still know how to start it without killing the battery, for when you can't, or don't plug it in.
I have also said, that if I lived somewhere that gets extremely cold, all the time, perhaps I would use one.
My principal complaint is, that it is constantly suggested that these tractors need, or have to have, a block heater. That is not necessarily true.
In the 12 years I have had my tractor, I have not ever needed a block heater. And, it's gotten below 0F.
You do have to learn how to start it. Yes, it's done differently.
Thinking, that because you can't start it, when it's cold, without a lot of issues, it's must not be possible, is incorrect. Perhaps it's the one thing you aren't good at.
Cranking it until the battery dies, does not ever work.
Thinking that you need to crank a long time, when cold starting is wrong. In fact, it often does not necessarily crank any longer than when it's not cold out.
Also incorrect, is the thinking that a cold diesel engine will chug, shake, run rough, and and billow smoke, when it starts. That can happen, if you don't start it correctly, or you have mechanical issues. It does not have to happen.
You can argue the virtues of using a block heater. But, I suggest you still know how to start it without killing the battery, for when you can't, or don't plug it in.
buickanddeere
Super Member
Tell us your secret and it had better not be ether .
buickanddeere
Super Member
April 3rd at 3:17PM. It took a while to realize that you were pulling our legs and shooting the bull for entertainmmet value rather than being honest about how cold diesels are started .
atsah
Elite Member
Do you "need" a block heater, no, does it make sense to use one in cold climates, yes. Is it better to use one than not, yes. It's hard to believe anyone would suggest that we don't know how to start a tractor if it runs like crap without using the heater. I think by now we all know using the block heater when it's cold is a good idea, I prove that every time I start my tractor when it's cold. This thread has gone in the ditch.
Snobdds
Elite Member
If you can't get the tractor started, and proceed to kill the battery, when it's only -5C or 23F, then you're the problem...not the tractor.
I have posted it in numerous threads, including this one.
I do not use ether, or any other staring fluid.
It's not that difficult.
My wife has started ours.
Egon
Epic Contributor
The illusion of knowledge is only obscured by lack of knowledge!
