Engine Operation - Except 4.5L Engines Cold Weather Operation CAUTION: DO NOT use starting fluid on engines equipped with air intake heaters or glow plugs. Ether injector starting fluid is highly flammable and may explode, causing serious injury. TS1356 –UN–18MAR92 DO NOT use starting fluid near fire, sparks, or flames. DO NOT incinerate or puncture a starting fluid container. Handle Starting Fluid with Care Engines may be equipped with intake air heaters, coolant heaters, fuel heaters, or ether injectors as cold weather starting aids. Later 4-valve cylinder head engines are equipped with glow plugs as an automatic cold weather starting aid. Starting aids are required below 0 ° C (32 ° F).
They will enhance starting performance above these temperatures and may be needed to start applications that have high parasitic loads during cranking and/or start acceleration to idle. Using correct grade of oil (per engine and machine operator’s manual) is critical to achieving adequate cold weather cranking speed. Other cold weather starting aids are required at temperatures below -30 ° C (-22 ° F) or at altitudes above 1500 m (5000 ft). RG11521 –19–10JAN01 1. Follow steps as listed under STARTING THE ENGINE, earlier in this section, then proceed as follows according to the instrument (gauge) panel on your engine. Cold Weather Starting Guidelines 2.
275-Series Engines Without Air Intake Heaters: Manually activate ether injectors. Continued on next page RG,RG34710,5050 –19–25FEB03–1/2 19-9 021604 PN=107