Maybe we should have gotten a crankcase heater in the L3940!

[gerard]

I am talking about the electric block heater. On large permanently installed standby diesel generator sets, the block heater and the battery charger are hardwired to commercial AC . The engine is started automatically by an automatic transfer switch when commercial AC fails or is turned off. Sorry if I was not clear on my original post.

OK, that makes a little more sense. Obviously not an issue with tractor block heaters.

 

[Egon]

Every charge of petroluem fuel or oil is separated by a water barrier to segregate the refined petroleum product in order to allow the valves to be switched in time to direct the fuel or oil to the proper storage tank or tanks.

This may not be the case every where. Some folks use a pig between slugs with lead and lag waste time and testing procedures to identify pure product.

The water in a gas engines case becomes one of settling in a fuel tank and eventually being sloshed around and pumped through the fuel line to the engine if it is not frozen in the fuel line as the gasoline is not recirculated using an overflow return system due to the volatility of this petroleum distillate

Seems to me my car recirculates excess gasoline to the tank.

The issue of moisture in a gasoline engine fuel system is referred to as the nozle effect which attracts the moisture in the carbuerated engine and the devil for walk behind snow blowers as the winter engines no longer have paper or oil bath sponge air filtration.
which adds to the amount of moisture entering the Carbuerator.

Gas expanded through the carburetor jets cools and may ice up the carburetor from the moisture in the air if the ambient temperature is in the proper range

Remember the movies where the pilot backfires the engine or hits the carburetor with a hammer to knock the ice off.


"I'm not a Diesel Mechanic" nor am I a pipeline "Scheduler"

 

[RickB]

The one thing about fuel transport via truck is that the driver is allowed to balance the truck he is driving by moving fuel to another tank to aid in maintaining the lower center of gravity as baffles can only do so much as a mobile fluid mass exerts a huge amount of force per square inch against stationary baffles.

The more you write, the worse it gets. No properly trained tank truck driver would split a full or nearly full compartment into two or more partially filled compartments. That is simply stupid and dangerous. It is well documented that the OP does not have a fuel problem, so I am out of here.

 

[Happyman]

When you guys say your L series tractors are starting at say 0 to 20 degrees, are they starting with one glow plug session and on the first try or what?

Yep. Even when it's in the teens (temp) and the glow plug light stays on till the count of 7 or so, the L3940 cranks right over. I keep the clutch in for about a minute so there is no load and the oil (Rotella 5w-40) can get circulating. Never a problem from the first day. It has 450 hrs.

 

[leonz]

The more you write, the worse it gets. No properly trained tank truck driver would split a full or nearly full compartment into two or more partially filled compartments. That is simply stupid and dangerous. It is well documented that the OP does not have a fuel problem, so I am out of here.

You have never been around an oil terminal then and seen the signs telling a driver how how much of what he can split on a bob tail delivery truck.
They have to move loads to maintain a low center of gravity due to the trucks
height at the hatch line.


"I guess if you do like what I post, you dont have to read it either or comment on it but thats up to you".

Unfortunately for me this is the first time I have said the above statement on this forum that I can remember and I am very unhappy in having done so to defend myself.

 

[Groo]

The L2250 from the late 80s has never not started, except when its time for a new battery (every 5-10 years). That includes several -20F and colder days and several times it has sat for several weeks. I used it to plow snow when I was a kid I'd freeze myself good doing it, but it would always start. Even when It needed the antigelling treatment added, it would still start. It just wouldn't run.

ps. the glow plug indicator died a few years back. I turn the key backwards for up to 30 second before starting when its real cold out, but above freezing, it starts without using the glowplugs at all. To be honest, I'm not positive they still work.

 

[dennisgw]

Leonz, I appreciate the many comments that you have given on this board. There are some folks on here with big egos. Just ignore.

 

[Grateful11]

I have a 55 gallon drum that I bring to the dealer to fill. I have a 12volt pump on it with an inline filter. If you have the means I would suggest getting one as it makes for a real easy time filling your tractor over using plastic jugs.

We have a 500 gal. tank with a hand pump and a filter on it.

So that some don't have to look back so far, in this thread, the dealer has already
determined the tractors glow plugs aren't working properly. My wife is going to be
upset if it doesn't make it back today ;-) Old reliable, the IH 574 with a loader, is
doing fine but when it comes to manuevering through gates and into sheds it ain't no L3940 ;-)

 

[leonz]

I hope for your's and your wifes sake the injection pump is positioned at zero degrees and they did not miss it if it was of by 8 degrees or more as some of them have been found to be.

I just hope they taking care of you as a customer as they dropped the ball on this in my opinion only, because even with "the supposed issue with the glow plugs" it should have fired and snorted with Ether when cold as it has a high torque starter motor.

 

[PHILIP8N]

Quote:
Originally Posted by leonz
As I was diesel mechanic involved with the daily maintenace and repair of both high and low horsepower diesel engines that required less than 15 gallons per minute of fuel for thier consumption they performed flawlessly.

The Racor 1000 filter model can be used on any diesel engine size as the fuel plumbing will carry fifteen gallons per minute with the 1/4" piping size so thats a non issue.

What engine did you work on that comsumed 15 gpm of diesel fuel???? Our Cat C32 V-12's only consume around 40 gph. Philip.

Hey Leonz, ever remember the engine you worked on that consumed 15 gpm? Just curious? Philip.