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Originally Posted by oil pan 4
Mine starts up fine but I built it knowing these engines don't like to start cold, I put in duel 650 watt block heaters (which I haven't needed yet even on a night where the low was -2'F), file fitted piston rings, putting 6.2L non-turbo heads on a 6.5L turbo block gives me about 1 more point of compression, I made a 0000gauge starter cable with 2ga grounds off each battery and not having a belt driven fan allows the engine to crank faster. So I say "what cold start problems"?
The 6.5L takes about 6 quarts of oil, just like a gas engine, when I built my new engine and filled it with water for the first time it took just shy of 5 gallons and thats with a few extra feet of radiator hose due to the electric pumps.
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Yeah, had an argument the one time I went to have my oil changed :
"OK $29.99 oil change, wait........ that's a diesel, $79"
"What it only takes 7qts with the filter?"
"Sorry sir, its a diesel"
Changed my own oil ever since. Buy 2 gal of Rotella and big filter.
Pour 1qt into an empty and dump rest down the filler neck.
Job is done before you can jack up a car.
Oilpan, what rear gears are you running? Tire size ?