I have a 94 250 idi turbo and I have to say congratulations on keeping at least your dash and gauges clean and pristine. It blows me away to see how many elderly ford IDIs are filthy dirty and scummed out keep mine as you keep yours. I bet the rest of your truck looks the same.

@ReindeerBork

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I do try to keep a clean vehicle.

Props for those batteries and starter!!! Mint!!!

I love the extended cranking! Like the sound of the starter when you are cranking it!

@watchingbased784

Жыл бұрын

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Great video! Love to see more like this 👍🏻 hard starts are awesome

@ReindeerBork

2 жыл бұрын

Haha thanks!

zip ties n bias plies has the best cold starts on youtube

@ReindeerBork

Жыл бұрын

He’s also in AB

thats a good starter

94' 7.3 IDI-T..... anything below 40° Fahrenheit and I keep her plugged in. I've started her cold at 10°F before.... but she comes to life and runs so much better when she's warm already. Every 7.3 I've ever had is this way..... even power stroke 7.3's

@ReindeerBork

Жыл бұрын

That would be ideal, that’s what I usually did with all my diesel trucks. We’ve downsized so my partner can go back to school and the place we live now has nowhere to easily plug the truck in. That said it usually just doesn’t get driven if it’s cold out, we’ll use the Audi instead.

@afterwork5953

Жыл бұрын

@@ReindeerBork I made a suitable extension cord with products bought at a local home depot, and just ran it from a plug in the garage. Just close the door over the cord, it won't hurt. Then she'll cheech right to life each morning with ease my man, it's worth it, highly recommended. Cheers.

I always cycle my glow plugs a few times, pedal to the floor and it usually starts pretty quick or I use ether.

@ReindeerBork

2 жыл бұрын

Provided it’s not -20C or below it starts up in an instant. Re-did glow plugs this spring because I was doing valve cover gaskets anyway. Only found one bad one. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

@sabre6986

Жыл бұрын

Either can really fuck these engines up try WD40 next time

@2ndspingarage

Жыл бұрын

Ether is fine on an idi

That's how you warm one up on the starter

when you said hes angry about it i died laughing lol

@ReindeerBork

Жыл бұрын

Haha, I’m glad.

were you holding the pedal down?

That was a resurrection

@ReindeerBork

5 ай бұрын

Hitting -30C here for the first time this winter here next week… Gonna be me again soon haha!

@alexanderstevens739

5 ай бұрын

@@ReindeerBork hell yeah man. I’m getting my 94 7.3 idi turbo back soon and I live in northern Maine, the cold starts are gonna be awesome 😂

Hello there, could I use a part of your video for my cold-starting compilation? of course I put a link to your original video in the description, increasing the original’s popularity too. Thank you for answer in advance :)

@ReindeerBork

Жыл бұрын

Sure haha.

Please don't tell me you were pumping the accelerator 😂 Nice start though

@ReindeerBork

5 ай бұрын

More of an OCD thing like hitting the lock button on a remote a million times. You have to push the pedal down a little to get the cold advance to engage and I do it often because in my brain if I don’t it could be broken or not working or who knows. Never a rational reason for repeating actions haha…

Engine needs new injectors, glow plugs and to get timed. I got a 6.9 that starts in -40 easy cause of those things 👍

How long does it take to start in freezing cold weather when it's been left longer than four days? How long does your Audi take in freezing cold weather?

@ReindeerBork

2 жыл бұрын

Up till -20C it will only take 2-5 seconds after sitting, if it’s only been a day at -20C almost instantly, below -25C and sitting is when it starts to take a while. The Audi starts in 1-2 second always except in extreme cold like this vid then it’ll take 2-4 seconds. Both have brand new batteries though

Change to electric pump helps a ton

@ReindeerBork

2 жыл бұрын

Starts faster than my Audi parked next to it in anything above -10C haha. Think the biggest issue is just the cold.

Mine was sitting in the 30s for probably a week and a half and it started in like 10 seconds

@ReindeerBork

Жыл бұрын

30’s or Negative 30’s? Fahrenheit or Celsius? Cause mine starts in about 0.5-3 seconds up 30°F (-1°C) this was below -30°C (-22°F)

An obs that can do 180?

@dinoca5534

Жыл бұрын

that's in kilometers

Time to upgrade that starter. Mine spins much faster with a new starter

@ReindeerBork

Жыл бұрын

So does mine when the batteries aren’t frozen and the truck hasn’t been sitting in -30C unplugged haha. Starter is working fine, if you go watch my other video that’s about how easily it starts up until -20C unassisted

I have a 91 IDI non turbo. You're being entirely too nice to your starter. Crank it until it lights up if it's that cold your starter won't overheat

U need to let them glowplugs heat up longer before you try and start it

Was it plugged in?

@ReindeerBork

Жыл бұрын

Awe heel nawww

@grndiesel

Жыл бұрын

@@ReindeerBork Then it's legit. I've seen 7.3 powerstrokes give up at -20C. MVP award goes to the batteries though.

@ReindeerBork

Жыл бұрын

@@grndiesel replaced the batteries the spring prior, they’d barely get it turning when below freezing.

Hooooly fuck, look at all the cheech! Big how dare you right there! My Mitsubishi won't even start below 5 degrees without ether

@ReindeerBork

Жыл бұрын

Haha, it actually does pretty well cold starting up to -20°C but after it can get tricky and usually I just don’t unless it’s been plugged in or pre-heated somehow. Just wanted to try in this vid to see how it’d do.

Did you say minus 30 degrees?? Why are you outside? 😆

@ReindeerBork

Жыл бұрын

Lol, places to be, people to see! Haha it’s normal in Canada. Sometimes we go do shit in -30C for fun even ;)

poor thing. looks like my 6 liter at 45 degrees above 0

@ReindeerBork

Жыл бұрын

My 6.0L always started like a champ in winter thankfully. Blew a heater core in -30°C tho which sucked, had to drive home with my windows down 🥶

Still didn't take as long as a Cummins.

@ReindeerBork

2 жыл бұрын

Lol I mean it starts pretty reliably considering it needs some things

Is that an idi it sounds like 6.9 idi

@ReindeerBork

Жыл бұрын

7.3 IDI factory turbo

Better off using ether save the starters lol 😆

@ReindeerBork

Жыл бұрын

I usually don’t drive it when it’s this cold. Just decided to try for the “Fun” of it this time.

@thegman4759

Жыл бұрын

@David ahh yes it actually started pretty well considering I have a 12 valve cummins it's fun to cold start

So its really only a -31 cold start. Machines don't care about windshill

@ReindeerBork

Жыл бұрын

Yep! But -40 sounds cooler (literally) and I’m still cold lol

@miata73

Жыл бұрын

Gotta get that KZread clickbait

Mine doesn't idle under 900rpms

@BLAZE13011

2 жыл бұрын

My 460 idles at 500 and its a gas lol

@ReindeerBork

2 жыл бұрын

Check your throttle screw?

@2ndspingarage

2 жыл бұрын

@@ReindeerBork its not even touching

@ReindeerBork

2 жыл бұрын

@@2ndspingarage where does it sit when it cold idles (high idle)

@2ndspingarage

2 жыл бұрын

@@ReindeerBork it's the setting inside the injection pump. There's 2 actual settings on these pumps. The external and internal. The piece on the inside can get bent over time. 900rpms ain't going to hurt it any. It was a bucket truck ordered from Ford, so it's probably set like that from the factory.

Definitely some bad glow plugs...

@ReindeerBork

2 жыл бұрын

I’ve got one or two haha new ones going in once I have time also have to do my fuel return lines cause I’ve got a couple leaky caps which I’m sure don’t help.

@aaronkeiser6349

2 жыл бұрын

@@ReindeerBork Yeah I just did the fuel return lines on mine. Really easy on the NA 6.9. Made a huge difference on startup. I'll be doing a set of glow plugs once funds allow. Here in AZ they aren't crazy necessary but I like things to work like factory.