Temps around upstate NY we're close to zero yesterday morning and I was moving firewood with my B2620 and happened to notice my temp gauge reading lower than normal Anyone else who lives in a frozen Tundra like I do experiencing the same thing?
B2620 temp guage
- Thread starter mike paulson
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Normal running temp for summer is 3 bars but in cold weather it is usually one bar and it takes a while to get there.
Personally, I really don't like diesels running cold and one way of preventing this is to partially block the radiator air flow. This is what works well for me. Just zip tie the thin plywood to the screen for the winter and remove once it gets looking like winter is on the way out. Make sure you have a temperature gauge to keep track of the engine temperature.
The BX23 runs a little under half scale when snow blowing in cold weather.
The BX23 runs a little under half scale when snow blowing in cold weather.
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You're not working it hard. Unlike a spark ignition engine whose peak gas temperature remains nearly constant, a diesel doesn't hit it's peak gas temperature until it's at max power. So running around 10% max output at really cold temperatures isn't gonna' give you a fast warm up.