Best idle practices?

Amen , at the same time I'm starting it up I'm already flooring.

 

Thank you to the U.S. EPA and batsh** crazy, liberal/progressive tree huggers.

 

Ol' fella in a rattle trap heap Feightshaker parked beside me at the Hopi Travel plaza in AZ the other night.
I was up the next morning going through my "get sexy" ritual when he awakens, fires the engine and FLOORS IT.

That old bucket of bolts jumped and smoked , spewed white smoke , coughed and heaved , and he just held the hammer wide open from the get go.

I'm sure that was probably HIS truck... but if he were a company driver I would've fired him really fast were I his employer.

 

Best warm up/cool down idle practices...

Steps 1 through Done..

1: Start Truck
2: Immediately mash fuel pedal to floor to bring engine to max RPM.
3: Leave it there until proper air pressures are achieved. This shouldn't take long, as you're on top of maintenance and your air tanks drain to 0psi within 10 minutes of shutting down.
4: Grind the transmission into gear. You follow good driving practices and use the clutch brake to try to help slow the vehicle to a stop.
5: Blast out of your parking area while bouncing the engine off of the governor before upshifting
6: Hammer down in the hammer lane for 11 hours. No need to stop, you have a 64oz coffee mug and you believe in "recycling".
7: At the end of the day, whip into your parking space at the 'Hook like ace ventura.
8: Just shut 'er down so you can sprint to the buffet like Usain Bolt on crack.


For bonus points, when you bring your truck into the shop because "It's got a funny noise coming from under the hood thing", argue with the mechanic for 15 minutes when he tells you one of the "bang holes" is dead. You've got six months of driving experience and you know everything about how your truck was engineered, assembled, and runs.

 

GiantBeard... you seem to have a good attitude and the will to learn and ASK questions from us seasoned hands that have been doing this for a while.

I applaud you.

Keep it up and you will soon be a seasoned hand as well.

Never stop learning. Never think that you know it all. I've been out here 27 years and every once in a while a newb will come along that'll make you take notice.

I think you stand a good chance.

 

"bang holes"!!!! HHAAHAHA.

 

If anybody ever came up with that and tried to go public they'd have a bullet in their head before the day was up!

 

I'm from the old school train of thought. On a warm day, I'll let it idle for a minute or 2, then kick it up to about 1100. By the time you fill out your logbook you should be fine. On our winter mornings, I'm letting it idle for about 3-5 minutes, then I'll kick it up to around 1100 or so for 5 or 10 minutes. IMO the worst thing you can do to a diesel is let it run at idle for extended periods or run the bag off it right after it airs up cold.

Shutting down I'll kick it up to around 1000 with the fan on manual for 2 or 3 minutes, this gets the coolant temperature down. Then I'll kick the fan out and let it idle for 30 seconds or so before shutting it down.

 

^^^^ Very good stuff !!