mine takes awhile to warm up but its cooooold here. today with the windchill is -48 C outside!! I let my truck idle for a good 20 mins and the edge usually shows 115 F on the guage

 

so let me get this straight. I live in Los Angeles, temps here are about 50 at night in the winter would I have any trouble starting or keeping the truck warm?

My commute is 2 miles to work.

I don't have the truck yet, I'm thinking of a 2010 Cummins

thanks.

 

you wont have a problem at all.... i use mine as a daily drive, this morning it was -32F i had the truck plugged in it started, let it warm up for 20 mins... you will have NO problems bud! haha

 

That truck is gonna run like crap in short order.

You'll never get the temps up enough for the truck to use passive regen mode and your DPF is going to clog up quickly.

Do you have anything to tow?

Do you do anything that would require the diesel?

If not, you're not gonna be real happy with the mileage and performance that you get under those driving conditions.

These trucks weren't meant to do those little short trips and not be brought up to full temp.

Every truck I see that has problems are the ones that get driven like that.

Not trying to discourage ya, jsut telling you what you're gonna have happen.

 

I have been looking for a way to cover mine without having some stupid snap type covers on it. What kind of material is that and where did you get it? Do you leave the upper right one uncovered for a reason? A buddy of mine said it was ok just to cover the whole thing because the cooling system was large enough and it would get enough flow going down the road.

 

It's fine to cover the whole thing, I leave that one open because it's a direct shot to my intake.

It's just a 24" x 24" sheet of polycarbonate from Home Depot and some wire ties.

Just use some cardboard to cut out the template and transfer it to the poly and you're golden.

And yes, the cooling system on these is so over built that you aren't gonna make a dent by just covering those up. Just helps a little with the warm up.

 

Genos sells the coldfront and block heater cord. Both will shorten warmup time alot. Idling to warm up doesn't work well and is bad for our motors in the long run. Roll out after getting good oil pressure and drive easy til it warms up.
Mike
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i have the fia system on mine, summer bugs, winter quilted, works great, i also bought another sweater and gloves.

 

Coal Train, Good looking winter front!!!

 

I wish I could claim that it was my idea, but it wasn't.

This was 100% a product of "Mayfair Designs"