Zeus1987

These were taken around 00:30. I have never seen my truck thermometer this low. The truck ran different and it sure didnt like starting up even after being plugged in for a couple hours. it also ran kind of like crap, i guess it is because of the intake temp being so low. i also had cardboard covering the radiator along with a front cover.

ofcmarc

Add a bit more anti gel and give the Block heater atleast 4 hours unless you have an oilpan heater and something for the battery. You'll be fine. Might want to keep a spare fuel filter and the nessisary tools in the truck in case you gell up and need to chang it away from home/shop.

Zeus1987

yea i had it plugged in for about 8 hours +/-. I started it up to bring it into the shop to warm up. And it made all sorts of weird noises i have never heard before. Radio screen was all messed up and i couldn't read anything on edge monitor. i gave her a bit of the white power service. I also put those foam beer holders on the air dog fuel filters. I bought one of those prop rods from the the Mac guy to put between the go pedal and the seat, man those are nice put the truck up to 1300 rpms for about 20 mins. This is supposed to be the coldest night in 5 years around here.

patdaly

LOL, -20 on mine this AM..... I left her plugged in all night, still did not have heat by the time I got to town.

She is setting inside here at work, I will be putting some cardboard in before I venture back out.

Zeus1987

I hear it is supposed to get around -25* tonight. yay. there were reports from the alexandria area of wind chills -50+ below.

rogers259

Not to far from that...we were at -15* up near Cardington OH this morning. Had the truck plugged in all night and started fine but took along time to warm up.

jrs_dodge_diesel

I've found that the power steering pump makes the most racket when cold. If the engine is cold too (not plugged in) then it makes more interesting noises.

old dog

Up Here In Northren Mi. Its Been In The - Column For A While.
Last Night Got To -18 + Winchil Which Probably Pushed It To -35 Or-40
Since My 92 350 Is 2w I Just Park It In The Winter -besides I Dont Want To Get It In The Salt-
Spent 2 Months Cupple Years Ago Redoing The Hole Body - Looks Like New And Intend On Keeping It That Way.
I Have A Snow Armered Perosenell Carier -THAT I DRIVE IN THE WINTER AND SO FAR IT HAS STARTED FLAWLESSY . AND BEEN ABLE TO JUMP ALL THE OTHER VEICLES HERE.
OH DEFINATION OF SNOW ARMORED PERSONELL CARIER ( 1991 FORD RANGER -235X75X15 SNOW TIRES AND YES IT IS 4X4 ) HONESTLY ITS THE ONLY TIME IT GETS DRIVEN - IT SITS ALL SPRING -UNLESS I GO FISHING WHERE ITS MUDDY - SUMMER - FALL -UNTIL HUNTING TIME - GIVE ME A BREAK I`M NOT GOING TO DRAG MY DODGE THROUGH THE BRUSH .
OLD FORD DON`T MATTER -AS LONG AS I KEEP MATINANCE ON IT IT WILL PROBABLY GET ME THEOUGH 5 OR 6 MORE WINTERS AT LEAST .
YA TALK ABOUT COLD YA CAN TAKE A GLASS OF WATTER THROW IT UP IN THE AIR AND ONLY ICE CRYSTOLS HIT THE GROUND ( WOULDN`T HAVE BELIVED IT UNTIL I SEEN IT ) KIND OF NEAT!
WE`LL YOU BOYS KEEP WARM OUT THERE .
CLAUDE

Fronty Owner

All the diesel owners at work have been parking near the three power poles we have, shop doors, and anywhere else they can get their extension cord.

durasmack

below -5 or so I find a battery charger is a nice addition to the block heater... helps keep the batteries fully charged

Zeus1987

Tonight was worse

thats a shot of -29* i saw 30 below a couple times but the roads were too bumpy. As you can see i was having a hard time keeping my intake temps up they were starting to drop to 35 degrees so i slowed down and kept the boost down to bring the temp back up. I hate this truck makes all kinds of weird noises, mileage goes down the drain, and truck just doesnt run good. this is supposed to be the last night of this crap, tomorrow they are saying a high of +6* !

ofcmarc

If it makes ya'll feel anybetter, it is still +50*- in Fairbanks AK. I've been cruisin' with the windows down.

For the noisy Powersteering, try thinning the fluid with some aviaton hydraulic fluid.

Also for those of you who drive to work with an empty truck, They WILL NOT get warm in the sub zero temps unless you put a load on them. Nature of the beast. I pull my fan off when the temps go down and staydown. It helps a bit...

olddodgetrucks

-35 p/s fluid looked like stp. pour some 20/40 oil in a glass and see what it looks like next day.

usmc2311

Here is an article from Foxnews. Says it was colder in Alabama today than Alaska. Lopsided weather we're having. But it's still 66º here in SoCal today. I'll take my strong Santa Ana's as opposed to the bone biting wind chills the eastern part of the country are experiencing. Ya'll bundle up out there, ya hear?