Starting a Frieghtliner in freezing conditions

Your husband shouldn't have any problems getting it started. My cat is direct injection no glow plugs no grid heater. Howels or power services at each fill up and shut her off and it should start in the morning. It'll crank slow and there will be a lot of clinking and clanking but my rig has always started. Even when it wasn't plugged in. I can go crank mine over right now at 12 and after sitting for 2 weeks and shell fire up.

It'll start hard and a can of WD40 isn't a bad idea to have just in case it doesn't want to start but it should fire up. We don't have much trouble getting our trucks started in the winters in Nebraska and it gets pretty cold here as well. Plugging it in is advised but not required my block heater on my tractor doesn't work and if it does it doesn't worn very well but she always starts. He should be fine I wouldn't worry about it ididling all might and make a big deal out of it. Try leaving it sit for a cold night and see how it starts in the morning and go from there.

 

leave it run at the truckstop and go home

 

first of all tell him to use winter fuel and if he runs from warm states - add antygel

Keep spare fuel filters in sleeper. Use hot water to heat filter before start.

Keep batteries charged well, do not let them drain lower 11.8V when truck sits

If you use starting fluid - do it throught hole in air intake manyfold (closed with plug 12" cone thread)

let starter crank engine before you apply fluid

 

Use plenty of anti gel additive and dont forget! That thing gels up on ya it is a BIG pain in the azss, get a block heater and offer to pay 50-100 a month to a local coop or even a big truck repair place if u can park ur rig and plug in during the winter, its worth it. If u do these 2 things u will have no issues and can shut off truck and go home. Or even park trailer somewhere and just bobtail home plug it in driveway
No way would i not use a block heater and start my truck cold with wd40 like that all winter long, f that.

And if gets in -'s just leave it run

shoulda asked but u guys own the truck and buy the fuel? If not ur truck then screw it just let it run lock the doors and go home like little cat said above.

 

I have started mine in the single digits without any problems. If your charging system is up to spec you won't have any problems. If your really worried you can plug in the block heater when 10 or below. Started mine up Sun morning at 25 deg and it fired right up.

 

U can use devices with self starting. keep engine idling, it shuts off with idle times but starts up by battery voltage, cab tempearature ore coolant temperature.

 

I use to start trucks in Edmonton, to start a unit that is cold, without starting fluid, from 0 F crank for 15 seconds, if it does not start wait for 1 minute, Wd40 or even a little either. and I mean a Little, then start it, waiting alows the heat from the compression to heat the cylinder and the fuel, Cats are the hardest to start Detroits the easyest, If you are parked aways away from home, buy a small generator, 1/2 hour with a block and oil pan heater does wonders. Do not turn on you lights, some generators have a battery charging feature that is also a bonus. An APU is the cadillac of set ups.
Just a thought!

 

new WD40 usless for starting.. but propane!