I am from the frozen north and wanted to know what options I have for a high-idle (fast- idle ?) during warm-up or extended idle periods in the cold.
I heard about a TSB for a fast idle through the cruise control, however I do not think it is available in my '03.

Looking for suggestions.....


Thank you in advance

 

Does not work on the 03's sorry. Your only option I know of is a stick.

 

Install an espar or similar heater. Keep the engine nice and toasty even at -40, uses less fuel than idling and you can use a remote control to turn it on or a timer.

 

i dont have the high idle feature but my Bullydog Power Pup lets me adjust the idle. i just plug it in and it lets me adjust the idle in 100RPM increments

 

strokethisctd,
after you have programmed your truck with the bully dog, you should be able to set you high idle with the cruise control, with the truck at idle in park, & no foot on the brake, turn on the cruise & hit set & you can adjust it up & down with accel & decel. I know my 04 worked this way after I programmed it

 

well i sure didnt know that. thanks for the advice. ill check it out later

 

Stateline I didnt know that ,but I tried it and it works,thanks
what rpm do you set it at to warm up in the winter?

 

I usually set mine around 1100-1200 warms up nice, also keeps it nice & cool on hot summer days, air cond. works a little better at high idle. a side benefit it may eliminate problems that I've heard people having with DC saying "too much idle time" when they have injector problems

 

wow i tried it today and sure enough it works like a charm.

 

A friend of mine as a device on his powerchoke that allows him to set the idle up. is consists of an on/off toggle switch and a dial that you use to adjust the RPM's. anyone one ever heard of something like this for dodges? i would like to have some way to set my idle up also, wonder if you can "trick the computer into thinkin its an auto and using your cruise????

 

I got mine through a local Dodge dealer, on the box it says dieselservices.com.

It works great, push button to speed up, tap brake to slow, **** for rpm+/-

 

If the intake air temperature is low enough on a 2003, it will fast idle by itself after about 2 min but don't idle any more than absolutely necessary.