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Hi y'all, It's 32 degrees down here in South Texas and I just turned my truck on after sitting for a ten hour shift at work. I think I know the answer to this question but I wanted to ask seasoned vets since I am new and willing to learn. I turned the key to on, waited for the grid heater...

So I’ve driven my grandpas diesel for years off and on, now I have it during winter. 2001 ram 2500 and I can start in mornings fine now that I got a cord for the heater. But after work I’m having trouble getting it started bc I have nowhere to plug in at work. Is there an additive for fuel I...

My 95 12v has recently started giving me troubles starting periodically in the mornings after a rain or temp change. Temp hasn't gone below the low 70's though. It will crank and fire whats left in the injectors, but then would die. I've kept cranking and even floored the gas. It would gain...

When driving to work this morning (-24f) and the other morning (-26f) I noticed the turbo was pushing too much boost with very little throttle, both times I had allowed the truck to heat up for 10-15 minutes and had the block heater on all night. Ect temp was 130-160 and trans temp at 45-56. It...

QUESTION: Was idling my truck in sub freezing temperatures doing severe damage to my engine / parts? QUESTION BACKGROUND: My truck is a new 2020 RAM 2500 Cummins Diesel engine. Currently my wife and I are pulling a large travel trailer and we were caught in a snow storm at night where we had to...