Re: Super M winter starting advice

Posted by Hugh MacKay on January 09, 2004 at 19:23:20 from (209.226.106.130):

In Reply to: Super M winter starting advice posted by bob on January 09, 2004 at 07:37:24:

Bob: Lot of good advice in this thread, interesting part is only a couple of guys remotely touched on the most important one, namely block heater. During my farming days these became a must if you were running diesels in winter. We did however use those block heaters for the wrong reason. That being only to get them started. Since roughly 85% of all engine wear occurs in the first 5 minutes of a cold weather start, gas or diesel. Then it only makes sence to install a block heater, thus cutting down on that cold weather wear. In my opinion the circulating tank type about 1200 to 1500 watts was best as you only had to plug it in an hour or so before using tractor. The low wattage other type are fine if using tractor daily. I really believe you can reduce your engine wear substancially with a block heater. I know it feels great to have one of those macho tractors that will start at 30-40 below. It also feels great to keep engine rebuild cash in your wallet.

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