[AT] O/T GM diesel question

[Richard Fink Sr]

Ralph i have a Case 580B hoe loader that has the intake heater and the only 
time it will work is if temp is in the 30s. Other wise i just shoot the 
intake before i get in with either and usually that is enough for it to 
fire right off.
R Fink
PA





At 09:12 AM 12/1/2004 -0600, you wrote:
>Charlie
>A heat light would eventually warm up the engine block but I think it would
>be a long term process. The circulating block heaters we use here are
>usually about 800 watts, although I have a 1500 watt on the Massey 90. The
>small ones take a few hours but the 1500 watt can have a stone cold diesel
>ready to run in less than an hour on the coldest days we get here.
>The space heater I use on the Case 730 is a 90,000 BTU I believe, and it has
>the advantage of being fast and portable. Since this tractor has no block
>heater and even my arms are not long enough to reach the air cleaner with a
>can of ether while I turn the ignition, the space heater is the next best
>option. Its important to make sure the heat is not directed at anything
>flammable or that might melt (wiring , oil filters , etc.) as damage or
>fires could result. Its not the type of system I would walk away from while
>its running.
>Usually ten to fifteen minutes of the space heater gets the engine warm
>enough to start. I don't know how much fuel the heater would burn in that
>time but not a lot I would think.
>
>Ralph in Sask.
>http://lgoff.sasktelwebsite.net/