First Snow

Axle
Remove the air cleaner element and place a small dish of method in the base. Light the metho and it will heat the incoming air and the diesel will start very easily when cranked. After warmed up a little, Replace air cleaner element. Job done.

Fingers crossed for you axle !

Unless you’ve got Alpine Diesel in the digger, Axle, you may need some prep work?

20L of hot/boiling water is handy to pour over injectors, inj. tubes & the injector pump, and maybe get a small fire going underneath the machine to warm up the fuel tank batteries etc. All depending on how much debris is on or in the machine.

Can’t beat a good dose of sunlight on the engine too, but that commodity might be in short supply up there, over the next week or two.

And jumper leads........
Good luck,
Bob

Axle, a petrol-soaked rag held over the intake, makes any diesel fire up rapidly, even at 10 deg below!

Cheers, Ron.

Nothing like the US Candace. :-) Some cars got snowed in with around a 1 metre deep lot of snow on Mt Blue Rag last week.

This early in year a few inches is good where I am Candice.

A meter is a respectable amount anywhere. :)

Personally, I avoid the stuff these days. That's why I live in Las Vegas!

Crank up the diesel heater central heating and pump hot glycol through the engine for a while does the trick.
The diesel heater gets a slug of kero in its fuel tank to keep it liquid.
Cheers,
Peter
OKA196 motorhome

Here's a few shots from the office. What a difference a couple of weeks makes.