"Ignoramus21704" wrote in message
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On Sat, 25 Jun 2005 23:05:26 -0400, RWL
wrote:

Thanks all who posted. I thought diesels were harder to start in the
cold than gas engines, but that must have been a misconception.

Some diesels ARE very hard to start in cold weather.


I have a small Yanmar diesel tractor (15hp). It starts well in warm weather
but go below freezing and it must be plugged in. Much colder still and I
pretty much also have to use ether. OTOH my Golf TDI starts unheated in
pretty much any low temperature although it smokes and runs roughly for a
minute or two