1st diesel, 1st post, ever notice...
07-07-2006, 08:34 PM
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1st diesel, 1st post, ever notice...
I've been perusing this site for the past few years and I finally broke down and bought the mighty Cummins. I had a '00 Dakota with the 4.7 that I traded - gonna have to change my i.d.. I still had plenty of equity in it and the deals on the Rams (trucks in general) are amazing right now - couldn't pass it up. Plus I wanted to avoid the new emission regulations for '07. This also is my 1st post (I think -o.k. maybe it's my 8th post - go figure), so I'll try to participate a little more. 
I've go the diesel bug now and there's no turning back!
p.s., I have you noticed that when you drive a gasser, then turn it off, it doesn't shimmy, and then you think for just a moment something's wrong with it? I thought my dad's Lexus was broken the other day until I realized it was just a gasser - guess a few weeks in a diesel reprograms your brain.
I've go the diesel bug now and there's no turning back!p.s., I have you noticed that when you drive a gasser, then turn it off, it doesn't shimmy, and then you think for just a moment something's wrong with it? I thought my dad's Lexus was broken the other day until I realized it was just a gasser - guess a few weeks in a diesel reprograms your brain.
07-08-2006, 11:36 PM
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red 47,
I have noticed in the colder months when I get into a gas vehicle I turn the key on and look for the Glow Plug/ Pre-warmer grid light and wait for that to go off. After I cannot find it I remeber oh yea I am not in a diesel.
Good Luck
I have noticed in the colder months when I get into a gas vehicle I turn the key on and look for the Glow Plug/ Pre-warmer grid light and wait for that to go off. After I cannot find it I remeber oh yea I am not in a diesel.
Good Luck
07-09-2006, 12:09 PM
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I drove a friend's gasser recently and almost killed it every time I pulled away from a stop. I'm so used to my truck and my wife's VW that I expected to be able to let out the clutch without touching the accelerator.
And every time I drive a gasser now I do the waiting-for-the-glow-plug thing (though our trucks don't have them, they still have the wait, and the VW has them).
td
And every time I drive a gasser now I do the waiting-for-the-glow-plug thing (though our trucks don't have them, they still have the wait, and the VW has them).
td
07-09-2006, 03:27 PM
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Thanks for all the kind words. About the glow plugs (heating grid), before I read the manual I was waiting for the security light to go off - thinking it was the wait to start light! Now that I know what to look for, I've noticed the light doesn't even come on in these warmer temps. These newer diesels are great! - not that I have any real experience with older diesels. Now, if I could only get B20 in Tulsa. 
Now that I know what to look for, I've noticed the light doesn't even come on in these warmer temps. These newer diesels are great! - not that I have any real experience with older diesels. Now, if I could only get B20 in Tulsa.
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