ericinmich
Bronze Member
I have a '01ish 29D that I bough used over a year ago. This was my first winters use and I had a question on how mine starts. Also, being my first diesel anything, I'm not sure what to expect.
To preface, I usually shut the tractor off at a throttle setting of about 1400 rpm. This seems to be a good place for the next start. Also, the tractor is not outside, so the coldest start it's seen is about 20deg F.
I key on and let the glow plugs time out, then crank. It usually fires up right away (0.5 sec), but it seems to be not running on all for a few seconds. What I would call partialling. After the few seconds are up and it's smooth, I throttle down a bit and let it idle to warm up the fluids.
My question is if the 'partialling' (is it a word?) is normal. If not, should I worry, or start looking do to some preventitve maintance (inj pump cleaner, etc?).
Thanks in advance,
Eric
To preface, I usually shut the tractor off at a throttle setting of about 1400 rpm. This seems to be a good place for the next start. Also, the tractor is not outside, so the coldest start it's seen is about 20deg F.
I key on and let the glow plugs time out, then crank. It usually fires up right away (0.5 sec), but it seems to be not running on all for a few seconds. What I would call partialling. After the few seconds are up and it's smooth, I throttle down a bit and let it idle to warm up the fluids.
My question is if the 'partialling' (is it a word?) is normal. If not, should I worry, or start looking do to some preventitve maintance (inj pump cleaner, etc?).
Thanks in advance,
Eric