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Originally Posted by Goldenstate
I can remember my father speaking of building a fire under the oil pan of his father's hand crank Fordson tractor just to bring the oil temperature up to the point where it could be cranked and started. This was in Nebraska where it gets real cold in the winter.
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I witnessed some of this fancy pre-heating work years ago on forestry equipment. This was an old Timberjack skidder with a 353 Detroit diesel in it.
I don't find 40-50 degrees to be cold...but I am in Canada, so our definitions of cold are obviously going to be different. In the winter, I normally keep my garage heated in the 40 degree range when not in use, and bump it up to 50 or 60 when I am working out there. Depending on what I'm doing, I may even turn the temp down to 50...if I'm doing any real work...lol.
I don't think it's going to make much difference to the car if the ambient starting temps are 40-50 degrees...but then again, I certainly no expert...lol.
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