Joe Hickerson
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Sounds good Brian. Let us know the initial test results. By the way, where does the temp sensor connect? I should check my connection....
That's not a bad idea. A heat gun and a shot of starting fluid should get things going on those extra cold days.I've also used a heat gun to warm up the air going into the air filter/ intake. That is sort of a PIA but does work when the engine just needs to get going!
On my 22, it's on the side of the thermostat housing at the front of the engine where the top radiator hose connects. I assume it's the same on the 25.Sounds good Brian. Let us know the initial test results. By the way, where does the temp sensor connect? I should check my connection....
Sounds like a great opportunity to use "waste heat" from heat pump systems to provide "ecology points". ;-)I use block heaters 24/7 on the diesel generators.
OEM was a inexpensive freeze plug heater that averaged 2-3 years.
I went to in-line and only replaced once in 7 years.
Hospital standby generators start full throttle and must transfer load within 10 seconds… everything bad for longevity.
Having the block at temp makes a world of difference even where temps seldom drop to freezing.
Ok, with an ambient temp of 22F in the shed and engine block temp of 18ish (it got down to 13F last night), I ran the Kats 16400 heater for 1.25 hours this morning and it raised the block temp to 45-50F as measured just above the freeze plugs and 90-100F at the water pump and thermostat housing. Only negative thing was it did warm things up enough for the coolant sensor to tell the ECU to not run the glow plugs, and the tractor still didn't want to start with just the heater alone. So after cranking for way too long, I unplugged the temp sensor which allowed the ECU to power the glow plugs and I cycled them two times and the engine fired right up and ran smooth like it was all warmed up.Sounds good Brian. Let us know the initial test results...