[phideauxiii]

my advice would be to install a block heater. these keep the internals warm enough that the iron block dosen't suck the heat out of your autoignition engine.

i have found that a few cycles of the ignition to repeatedly heat the GP's to be marginally effective, though this needlessly wastes their service life.

also, do the diesel purge routine i am making a thread about. do it when you replace both filters every 15K or so. the purge makes cold starting work for me with one cycle of the GPs, even when i can't plug in the block heater, even at 10 degrees fahrenheit.

also, make sure you use a diesel fuel modifier to prevent crystallization of paraffins from the diesel oil, and to boost the cetane a bit to help ignitability on frigid mornings. amsoil has a product called diesel fuel modifier that i find superior to other additives, aside from lubri-moly's offering, and amsoil's cetane boost is excellent as well. a little goes a long way when maintaining your clean system after purging it.

i used two cans of liqui-moly diesel purge in my diesel on the recommendation of well, everybody. the difference afterward is literally like night and day. it should be a part of every inderect-injected diesel's fuel system routine mainenance.

also, it never hurt to do a little "italian tuning" and drive the piss out of your auto once per trip. kick down the gear and blow out all that nasty. ironically, its you slow drivers who need it the most. hammer it once a day. use it or lose it.

cheers,

ryan