Folks, On cold days, is there a way to pre-heat the diesel engine on H336, before starting the engine? I live in Boston area.
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Yanmar
Amir, some engine manufacturers build "glow plugs" to help with the starting process in cold temperatures. Yanmar does not. You can try aiming a hair dryer into the air intake for a few seconds prior to, and during starting. I've found that helps a lot.
Amir, some engine manufacturers build "glow plugs" to help with the starting process in cold temperatures. Yanmar does not. You can try aiming a hair dryer into the air intake for a few seconds prior to, and during starting. I've found that helps a lot.
Yanmar - no capability
Yanmar doesn't have the pre-heat capability of glo-plugs because Yanmars depend on high compression to start them up. Glo-plugs preheat the fuel in the cylinders prior to ignition, whereas, Yanmar uses high compression to ignite the fuel.
Yanmar doesn't have the pre-heat capability of glo-plugs because Yanmars depend on high compression to start them up. Glo-plugs preheat the fuel in the cylinders prior to ignition, whereas, Yanmar uses high compression to ignite the fuel.
Hairdryer
Prop it up to blow into the blower for ten minutes and you'll heat up the oil enough to crank her right up. Amazing stuff, Yankee ingenuity.
Prop it up to blow into the blower for ten minutes and you'll heat up the oil enough to crank her right up. Amazing stuff, Yankee ingenuity.
the hairdryer trick
works better if you heat the air intake rather than the engine block or oil. To raise the temperature of the engine mass you would need to heat it for a long time. Aim the hairdryer in the air intake while you crank the engine. If the engine inhales hot air when cranking it will start much easier. This is the system used on the newer diesel engines in pickup trucks. My cummins diesel Dodge has a intake air preheater, started last year at -25F same as it starts in the summer. You definately need to let it warm up longer though.
works better if you heat the air intake rather than the engine block or oil. To raise the temperature of the engine mass you would need to heat it for a long time. Aim the hairdryer in the air intake while you crank the engine. If the engine inhales hot air when cranking it will start much easier. This is the system used on the newer diesel engines in pickup trucks. My cummins diesel Dodge has a intake air preheater, started last year at -25F same as it starts in the summer. You definately need to let it warm up longer though.
Your Yanmar dealer can sell to you a factory
12 volt heater that fits into the air cleaner. Seems to me I was quoted $300.00. The hairdryer, even run off an inverter, seems to be more cost effective.
12 volt heater that fits into the air cleaner. Seems to me I was quoted $300.00. The hairdryer, even run off an inverter, seems to be more cost effective.
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