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Old 09-25-2010, 10:36 PM
PeterJ PeterJ is offline
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Originally Posted by lowlyfzlucky View Post
Just going to throw my 2 cents in on the warm up issue. While I have never owned a Cub diesel, I will pass this along: I built hydraulic excavators and wheel loaders at Caterpillar for years. It is never recommended that a diesel motor is ever started and ran over idle. The engine will "clear" itself out as it warms up and start to idle smoother. Running over idle at start up risks damaging internal parts.
Thanks for sharing your 2 cents. This is close to what I was told when I bought mine (used). I was told to not rev it up until the temp gauge is in the operating zone.
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