clayb
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One thing which was really helpful for me with my 2014 M59 was realizing I could heat it up multiple times with the glow plugs. (Hopefully I'm not burning them out too much more quickly.) If it's really cold (<20 degF) I'll turn the key to the glow plugs, letting them warm up, then once the relay kicks off, turn the key and let them heat up again. Sometimes I'll even do it a third time, if near 0. My poor tractor lives outside but starts up quite a bit more happy than just a single heating.
Either way, I'll give the little diesel credit, it's never not started for me in about 250 hours of use in two years at about 6,200ft in Colorado; just depends on how much smoke and sputtering I want as it warms up. Certainly, don't run the hydraulics until it's warmed up a bit as I understand it can injure the pump -- then warm them up too! I usually let the engine fast idle (~1100 RPM) warm up until I see one or two bars on the digital engine temperature gauge.
Either way, I'll give the little diesel credit, it's never not started for me in about 250 hours of use in two years at about 6,200ft in Colorado; just depends on how much smoke and sputtering I want as it warms up. Certainly, don't run the hydraulics until it's warmed up a bit as I understand it can injure the pump -- then warm them up too! I usually let the engine fast idle (~1100 RPM) warm up until I see one or two bars on the digital engine temperature gauge.