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Figured I'd post a little video of my truck in 3 cylinder high idle. It was -13*F when I shot the video. I did not use block heater and the Cummins still fired up without much hesitation.

 

 

Back to normal idle after about 15 minutes of 3 cylinder high idle and 20 minutes of 6 cylinder high idle.

 

 

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    I used the 3cyl idle at work one day, a coworker came in and said your truck is rattling an awful lot.  I told him it was only running on 3 cylinders and left it at that.  The next day he comes to me

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1 minute ago, Mopar1973Man said:

Couple of winters I've been really close to the idea of buying a gallon of kerosene for anti-gel.

 

Which is basically a very dry version of #1 Diesel. Can you not get #1 up there?

I used the 3cyl idle at work one day, a coworker came in and said your truck is rattling an awful lot.  I told him it was only running on 3 cylinders and left it at that.  The next day he comes to me and asks, "is it safe to be driving it like that?"  :lmao:It was then I explained why it was running that way.