plugging in the diesel for heat in cold weather
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Don't know about your temp gauge but mine only reads down to 140°.
Even though the needle goes down below this it's pretty hard to tell what temp it's really reading or if it even reads accurately down below 140°.
I've noticed when it's warmer, like in the 40s, that my temp gauge is above being bottomed out with the block heater plugged in.
I have an intake temp gauge in my airhorn, when I started my truck this morning at minus 12° the intake temp was 87°, it took a dive to the bottom of the gauge, zero, in about 10 seconds once the cold outside air got sucked in. It it had been plugged in for about 5 hours.
Even though the needle goes down below this it's pretty hard to tell what temp it's really reading or if it even reads accurately down below 140°.
I've noticed when it's warmer, like in the 40s, that my temp gauge is above being bottomed out with the block heater plugged in.
I have an intake temp gauge in my airhorn, when I started my truck this morning at minus 12° the intake temp was 87°, it took a dive to the bottom of the gauge, zero, in about 10 seconds once the cold outside air got sucked in. It it had been plugged in for about 5 hours.
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