| redbull |
| (Body Damage is Cool) |
| 03/23/07 04:19 PM |
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Re: Info on a 4D56T in a daily driver...? some short trips, etc
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Warm up info will be tough to provide, since it will depend on ambient temps, idle speed, etc.
Letting it idle too long is bad IMO, these aren't Peterbilt's running refrigeration units, like all my Cummins pickup driving neighbors seem to think. Some of them idle theirs for up to an hour in the winter!
Anyway, I start mine an let it warm up until the idle is smooth, then I drive away. If it's lumpy due to the cold start, I use the fast idle lever to keep it at 1000 or so. It will climb as it warms up.
Short trips (engine doesn't reach full operating temp) are hard on any engine. So, yeah, try to avoid them, but don't let the occasional short trip get you paranoid.
On starting, once it's warm, this thing starts better than any gas engine I've owned. 1/4 crank and it's running.