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It's cold but you still need to start: this is the time of year when equipment managers of fleets based in cold winter areas show a bit of envy of their colleagues in the warmer climes.

Publication: Fleet Equipment
Publication Date: 01-JAN-05 		Format: Online - approximately 1098 words
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Full Article Title: It's cold but you still need to start: this is the time of year when equipment managers of fleets based in cold winter areas show a bit of envy of their colleagues in the warmer climes.(Equipment Technology)

Article Excerpt
Diesels are wonderful creatures--economical, reliable, strong. They go forever, but sometimes, when it's cold enough to freeze Hades itself, they just refuse to start.

The reason for this no-start when cold may be quite simple and easy to remedy. Or it may take a little more work to get the beast up and running. First, let's take a quick look at how the cold could shut your diesel down before it ever gets going.

Diesels, of course, operate on very high compression, and have no ignition system. They only operate when the fuel and air mixture in the cylinder ignites as a result of the heat generated by compressing it. There are no spark plugs to ignite the fuel in the engine--compression, and the heat it generates, does it.

A diesel engine needs to crank to light the fire, and if its is really cold, it really needs to turn over rather quickly to start. If it is cranking too slowly to generate...

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