What temp idle to prevent gelling?

S M D, do you have a name? I need to tell swift why I thought it'd be a good idea to max out the tach on my new t660 until it blew up while waiting for my water temp to hit 180...

 

I never said anything about starting the truck. It's about preventing fuel from gelling, and it jells at 15°F.

800 RPM is only about 200 RPM more than what most trucks idle at. Not going to make a difference. And I think he's doing that to prevent the engine from stalling, not to max out the RPM's to warm it up faster.

 

I don't know how long truck batteries last, husband drove a volvo in 2008, we had the batteries go out one by one, the bad sulphur, rotten egg smell is a giveaway when they go. IN the winter the truck was good not idling for maybe 6-7 hrs with the cigarette lighter plugin heating blankets from a t/s, the low voltage would go off in the wee hours of the morning and the truck would have to be turned onto bring the batteries back up. We had a small old dorm size refrigerator on, the coleman cig lighter plugin refrig. When I would use the George Foreman grill, or small microwave, or the coffee pot it was better to have the truck idling (this may have been due to the batteries being low).

Now that winter is here and according to how much electrical stuff you have, you may want to watch out running them flat till you know for sure. His international that was only about 8 mo old had to have new batteries put in in Aug.

 

That'll for sure keep that fuel from gelling......Or you worrying about your engine dying from gelled fuel ever again....

 

My fuels never gelled and the coldest I've had my truck in was -30c. Also you don't high idle a truck at night to keep it from stalling. Diesels don't like idling at low idle constantly. I idle mine at 930rpm all night long and if I'm sitting waiting for something 850rpm.

 

I never said it was going to stall, but in order for oil to shoot up which is better for the truck anyway i would boost it up i usually just let it idle at 800, even shakes the truck less when u sleep

 

Ghost Ryder said to prevent the engine from stalling^

 

Relax dude, I just thought that was the reason you were bumping it up 200 RPM.

 

Im.not mad im just saying i wouldn't low idle for a long period of time weather it be summer or winter, we both know its not good on the truck

 

Obvs he doesn't and has been driving for 16 years ^ lol