doneill127
Gold Member
Just curious. My Max has an MHI SL3 diesel with Bosch Denso Injection. The Mahindra manual says the starting procedure is to put speed control at idle, hit the glow plugs (10 sec), then start the engine, cold or hot. The Mitsubishi SL3 Operation/Maitenance manual says the cold engine start procedure is to put the speed control at full hit the glow plugs and start. Also says to give it a 5-10 min. warm up at idle which also differs from Mahindra's manual.
I've never had a problem following the Mahindra procedure but found it interesting that it contradicts the engine OEM's manual. Was wondering what others are doing and if there's and benefit or harm in opening the throttle to full when starting the engine.
I've never had a problem following the Mahindra procedure but found it interesting that it contradicts the engine OEM's manual. Was wondering what others are doing and if there's and benefit or harm in opening the throttle to full when starting the engine.