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Old 10-23-2011, 08:10 AM   #4 (permalink)
Diesel_Dave
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Originally Posted by puddleglum View Post
I added a oil pan heater to go along with my block heater last winter and I think it has helped a bit. Diesels are cold blooded at the best of times since they are a more efficient engine. I'm sure anything you can do to warm it faster will help you out. Have you added a front belly pan? It would help keep the heat in and help the aero. as well.
No, no belly pan yet. That definitely is on my to-do list though. Eventually I want to do pretty much a full belly pan. The truck has a huge amount of area down there that looks very bad for aero. I think it's probably even worse than it is for a car too, because my truck sits so far off the ground there is much more air flow too.

Eventually I should get around to it. Every so often when I'm under the truck, I find myself looking around--hmm, I could attach here and here and...
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