Fellow Minnesotan here (born and raised). I came here for the video, and heard the crunch of the snow. That's how you can tell how cold and dry that weather was! Great video!
@@zaneeturner397 I can't speak for the newer models. They're okay, but I prefer everything pre-2005, all the way back to the days of the D150 and the Power Ram. First and second generation Ram's were probably the best Dodge ever made.
It's awesome you're racking up the miles. I think it's cool once in a while to see people get up in the millage. Should be proud that you can keep a truck nice looking and in good running shape with high miles!
Now that is how a diesel engine in a truck should start no matter how cold it is. I had a 1998 12 valve Cummins and I never plugged it in the only thing I would do is cycle the glow plugs 2 time's and it would fire right up.
As long as itz agood way....u might have dodge owners so upset about it that they might go about the day worrying that u laughed in a bad way.Then what?
@@Oreo_5oh Not sarcasm.. made video to demonstrate cold start. Doesn't represent what I do with the truck every time it's cold out. Sometimes you park in a place with no electricity or a shop near bye like up North snowmobiling and cold start can't be avoided.
@@Oreo_5oh a plug or a heated shop might not always be avaiable. I can't pulling my truck in at work. They have cold weather starting aids for a reason
There were times my 2010 2500 would be outside cuz I could not get it in the garage and did not plug in or was at work at - 10 or so here in Colo. it would fire up as the intake heater helps! My 1994 would start but it struggled just like all the old manual pumps did. The electronics help these new ones!
Painful cold. I live in St. Louis where it will routinely get into single digits and teens or overnight lows in January and February and at least a couple days a year it will dip below zero but minus 17 is a once every 100 years event. That seems like a regular winter day in MN from what I have heard and read. Minus 22 in the record for StL set in 1884. I remember minus 15 in 1982. Coldest ever for Missouri was minus 40 in Warsaw in 1905. Enough mindless ramblings about winter weather. That diesel seemed to start as well as any gas engine and with well over 200K on the clock even more impressive.
How does your coolant and oil temps reach high 30s 2 minutes after starting in -17? Mine reads low 20s in 15-20 degree weather and takes a few minutes to get in the 30s.... That's with 05w40. Seems like the truck had been started earlier in the day. Trans temp was reading -1. Not throwing shade just asking if had been running like a couple hours before?
where are you located that you only had -17? I am an hour north of the twin cities and we had -40 on several neighbors thermometers and a -38 by another guy. my 15 had some gelling issue. I plug it in so starting is a non issue. talked to our fuel guy at east central diesel and he says they have a baldwin filter that has a little bigger micron rating then stock so its less sensitive to gelling. my 2003 would pop off at -20 without an issue at all.
As a fellow Minnesotan I knew it was around that temperature. How? The sound of the snow when you moved around. All I am think of is when I walked to school years ago and I remember sticking my face inside my coat and listening to that crunch.
Hell I remember that crunchy powder snow in Ohio going to school as well. I’m sure not as often as Minnesota but down here in Tennessee even a hint of single digit temps they cancel every school, and god forbid they have an inch of snow in the forecast here.
He must drive that truck a lot! It looks pretty new for 220,000 miles on it. My dads 2004 suburban just hit 215,000 and he drives that thing for a living.
Great vid. I also have a 15 3500 srw ram. My seat heater works awesome. Never compared with a chevy, but they seem to work great! What did that do for your performance and mileage with the delete kit?
Performance might be a little better... MPG is about the same. My reason to delete was to stop choking my engine/turbo/grid-heater with carbon and get rid of the DPF. The 70,000 mile service for the 6.7 is $800 around here to clean the carbon. My DIY delete was about $1500 including my MM3 programmer so I made my money back quickly avoiding the carbon-cleaning-service and buying DEF fluid. **The dealer doesn't clean your grid heater when doing the 70K service, make sure they clean it as it'll get completely clogged eventually. OR do it yourself
Interesting your comment on the seat heat. My 03 Laramie with stock seat heaters on hi will feel heat in a minute and in three minutes you are cooking.
My Duramax needed some badly needed TLC. Money being an issue it was neglected, shame on me. It wouldn’t start even at zero. Did all the needed TLC and now it starts on the coldest days. A well maintained diesel will start on the coldest of days. Cummins although do start well in those subzero temps. As far as seat heaters, my diesel ones heat way faster than my Avalanche ones.
Dodge Diesels are notorious for starting in cold weather lol, never had any problems with mine compared to my friend that had a Ford his truck would fog up the street he lived on.... I be like DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMN LMAO
Do these newer trucks do 3-cylinder idle? The later ECM flash programs for the 1998-2002 24 valve trucks had that capability. It was noisy as hell, but it worked well to warm up an extremely cold engine.
I have a 97 f350 7.3 powerstroke here in michigan. I bought an apcm for my truck so i can idle up. Never had it plugged in since i bought it 1.5 yrs ago. Replaced glow plugs and glow plug relay this year last year did the relay. I found out the glow plugs were bad when hit 40 degrees out and almost didnt start. Friend at work i towed his 99 over to the building cause wouldnt start after work without block heater. He hasnt driven it since to work until he fixes it wiring for glow plugs
Highball is so right. It'd have taken 20 minutes of cranking and probably a jump start after you kill the batteries the first time around to get an old mechanical diesel started in those temps.
could be the pressure regulator as far as your fuel pressure issue goes. if thats the case thats a new fuel rail as the regulator is built into the rail.
It's awesome as long as the transmission is the Aisin. RFE stands for Run the Fuck Elsewhere; everyone I talked to who owns them says they've been through multiple transmissions.
As a kid we had a 4cylinder dasher diesel. Never got above freezing on cold winter days. North of Thief River Falls to you. I see guys running snowplows with a diesel pickups, seems like a waste of money considering how diesels hate sub 0 conditions
Nice video! How long have you had the truck deleted for? I have an 18' 3500 with 11k miles on it and I want to delete it? Also what tuning do you run ?
The exhaust brake doesn't do anything in park. It only activates when you are in gear and let your foot off the accelerator pedal. Read your owners manual it will explain it in more detail
Vanes on turbo change position for variable geometry. (VGT) Exhaust Brake technically is only when your moving.... but the turbo does the same thing to put more load on the motor when warming up. So, speaking of reading... look for the diesel supplement manual and find the passage " "Engine idle speed will automatically increase to 1,000 RPM and engage the Variable Geometry Turbocharger at low coolant temperatures to improve engine warm- up"" VGT = Exhaust Brake = faster warm ups.
@@tedwardo123 Well, I guess I learned something new! Guess I should have done my homework before commenting, I will blame it on being an old-school diesel guy .....
You could hear the exhaust break engage shortly after starting. The high pitch whining is not heard without the exhaust break engaged during warmups. It makes a huge difference in how fast the motor warms up.
Nope. MN gas stations sell #1 diesel mixed with #2 diesel at certain mix ratios depending on time-of-year. Diesel sold in TX would need antigel most likely.
Trucks at 352,000 miles as of now 9/2022... Engine brake is actually the turbo with turbo-vanes moving to put a load on the engine. It's auto so you don't turn this off or on. It's normal to have white smoke when cold...
Imho the companies should give catalitic coverters also with delete pipes , the problem with trucks is DEF, EGR and DPF , not good catalitic coverters. My diesel car has only cats on and works fantastic
I'm surprised your oil pressure is only showing 53 psi on a cold start like this. I think on the earlier trucks oil pressure can easily hit 100 psi with non-synthetic 15w-40 oil on such a cold start. I know nothing about the newer trucks, so maybe they have some kind of bypass circuit to ensure full oil flow?
That exhaust brake sounds absolutely insane, like a jet
Fellow Minnesotan here (born and raised). I came here for the video, and heard the crunch of the snow. That's how you can tell how cold and dry that weather was! Great video!
220k+ miles. You've been working the hell out of it.
Goddammit. For a gas that would already been close to retirement age.
At 259,000 as of this morning.... 12/17/2018
Grizz 2 262,000 on my 5.7 hemi
@@tedwardo123 dang man what do you do for work?
tedwardo123 that's so awesome man
@Max Steel I believe in the video he says it's a 2015 but you'll have to check to make sure.
220k+ miles. The truck still looks like new. Dam I’m surprised
Ram's are solid trucks, contrary to popular belief.
@@InfiniteSith136 Ford= Ford owner's recommend Dodge😎
Yea because the resolution is shit!
The Joker I will say, I love my ram but on my 17 the paint seems to be ungodly thin. 😕
@@zaneeturner397 I can't speak for the newer models. They're okay, but I prefer everything pre-2005, all the way back to the days of the D150 and the Power Ram. First and second generation Ram's were probably the best Dodge ever made.
-17 in texas if it got that cold the state would shut down
Quinn Ey seriously, a bunch of snowflakes down here
Depends on where, the panhandle sees single digits every year so -10 wouldn't be too much out of the ordinary
But Houston? Holy shit haha
@@forc3ofxf3ar51 Utilities would freeze they don't bury them deep in the warm states
Negative 17 Farenheit?? That's cute.
- A Canadian
We had -60 up here last year
The sound of a cummins on a cold start is definitely the best
It's awesome you're racking up the miles. I think it's cool once in a while to see people get up in the millage. Should be proud that you can keep a truck nice looking and in good running shape with high miles!
I have to say that's really impressive. Started up as good as a gas engine. Well, done
The only thing I learned from this video, is to no live in Minnesota
that an if you dont feel like dickin around with your vehicle to start it dont own a diesel
😂😂
-4 here right now lol
@@smutgod6125 🤯🥶
I would love to live up there, I hate everything about warm weather. But I love Georgia too much just not the weather
It's so cold your camera went into potato mode to conserve energy!
Minnesota is cold....nice truck can't believe mileage in 4years . Great video👍🏻🇺🇸
Now that is how a diesel engine in a truck should start no matter how cold it is. I had a 1998 12 valve Cummins and I never plugged it in the only thing I would do is cycle the glow plugs 2 time's and it would fire right up.
Actually that's pretty impressive
Next winter I'm hoping to video a start up near Ely, MN when it's minus 40 or 50 F
My dad had a hunting cabin in Ely. Coldest Ive started was -42f a couple hours away in Glennallen AK.
@@tedwardo123 ok, it's next winter, lol.
@@tedwardo123 ok it's next winter
@@tedwardo123 patiently waiting
You know it’s cold when the snow crunches like that while you’re walking 🥶 nice truck!
@@username8644 thanks for the analysis weatherman
Best cold start I've seen in years
When the snow crunches like that...you know its damn cold. Awesome truck!!
That thing starting up legit made me laugh out loud (in a good way). It sounded like the damn polar express
dude me too haha
As long as itz agood way....u might have dodge owners so upset about it that they might go about the day worrying that u laughed in a bad way.Then what?
Scott try the Barbie camper express trucks....they are painted pink and won't hurt anybodys feelings.
For a minute it sounded like it was a runaway
I love diesel ⛽️ ❤️
Wouldn't it be better for the engine if you plugged in the block heater? Super cold starts are the major wear on engines.
Yes... better if I put in the heated shop behind the truck in the video OR plug it in over night.
tedwardo123
Well why didn’t you just say you had a heated shop in the description? Your sarcasm is not appreciated.
@@Oreo_5oh Not sarcasm.. made video to demonstrate cold start. Doesn't represent what I do with the truck every time it's cold out. Sometimes you park in a place with no electricity or a shop near bye like up North snowmobiling and cold start can't be avoided.
Good luck
@@Oreo_5oh a plug or a heated shop might not always be avaiable. I can't pulling my truck in at work. They have cold weather starting aids for a reason
i love that this is 240p with a 100k+ truck, roger that.
Can you update us on the miles, if you still have the truck ?
Read the description he has a update
1987jeepyj thanks
Sweet music to my ears 👂
This is why my dad has only bought Dodge/Ram diesel for central MN winters for almost all my life.
There were times my 2010 2500 would be outside cuz I could not get it in the garage and did not plug in or was at work at - 10 or so here in Colo. it would fire up as the intake heater helps! My 1994 would start but it struggled just like all the old manual pumps did. The electronics help these new ones!
Can always depend on your Cummins.👍🏻
Dane Boro Bobby turned gay and bought a power stroke
At these temps I would definitely invest in an oil pan heater.
I don't miss the brutal Minnesota winter's at all, not much better here in North Iowa either
Painful cold. I live in St. Louis where it will routinely get into single digits and teens or overnight lows in January and February and at least a couple days a year it will dip below zero but minus 17 is a once every 100 years event. That seems like a regular winter day in MN from what I have heard and read. Minus 22 in the record for StL set in 1884. I remember minus 15 in 1982. Coldest ever for Missouri was minus 40 in Warsaw in 1905. Enough mindless ramblings about winter weather. That diesel seemed to start as well as any gas engine and with well over 200K on the clock even more impressive.
Could listen to that turbo all day
That’s his engine brake
Put your mudflaps back on, man. I had to replace my grill and the AC condenser because a dually without flaps kicked up a 2" rock...
Thanks... did put the mud flaps back on a few months ago. Need to have them or your trailer will get dented on dirt roads.
@@tedwardo123 I feel your trailers pain, lol. Thanks, man
231mac don’t tailgate people then
Damn, small world, you're that guy that got mad over the GToger drumbeats thing on a dashcam channel.
@@ixionn563 Lol I just came from that video
Skip too 2:50 for engine start
How does your coolant and oil temps reach high 30s 2 minutes after starting in -17? Mine reads low 20s in 15-20 degree weather and takes a few minutes to get in the 30s.... That's with 05w40. Seems like the truck had been started earlier in the day. Trans temp was reading -1. Not throwing shade just asking if had been running like a couple hours before?
The best cold start videos are of trucks from before the dash would tell you the temperature....
A deleted truck and that thing is a nice rig buddy! 👍
where are you located that you only had -17? I am an hour north of the twin cities and we had -40 on several neighbors thermometers and a -38 by another guy.
my 15 had some gelling issue. I plug it in so starting is a non issue. talked to our fuel guy at east central diesel and he says they have a baldwin filter that has a little bigger micron rating then stock so its less sensitive to gelling.
my 2003 would pop off at -20 without an issue at all.
As a fellow Minnesotan I knew it was around that temperature. How? The sound of the snow when you moved around. All I am think of is when I walked to school years ago and I remember sticking my face inside my coat and listening to that crunch.
Hell I remember that crunchy powder snow in Ohio going to school as well. I’m sure not as often as Minnesota but down here in Tennessee even a hint of single digit temps they cancel every school, and god forbid they have an inch of snow in the forecast here.
My 37s would never survive this lol. California is its home.
He must drive that truck a lot! It looks pretty new for 220,000 miles on it. My dads 2004 suburban just hit 215,000 and he drives that thing for a living.
Nice truck dude
Drives around the world for a living.
Great vid. I also have a 15 3500 srw ram. My seat heater works awesome. Never compared with a chevy, but they seem to work great!
What did that do for your performance and mileage with the delete kit?
Performance might be a little better... MPG is about the same. My reason to delete was to stop choking my engine/turbo/grid-heater with carbon and get rid of the DPF. The 70,000 mile service for the 6.7 is $800 around here to clean the carbon. My DIY delete was about $1500 including my MM3 programmer so I made my money back quickly avoiding the carbon-cleaning-service and buying DEF fluid.
**The dealer doesn't clean your grid heater when doing the 70K service, make sure they clean it as it'll get completely clogged eventually. OR do it yourself
Interesting your comment on the seat heat. My 03 Laramie with stock seat heaters on hi will feel heat in a minute and in three minutes you are cooking.
You never plug in the block heater? Works wonders.
*I have 2008 dodge 2500 turbo diesel I can not complain is it amazing dude*
That's the BEST and easiest cold start I've seen for a diesel. Impressive.
Gotta love dodge for their factory remote start, it’s so clutch
Cash m ford chevy and dodge all have them depending on the options you get.
Al Bar I know, but this is dodge video so that’s why I didn’t mention ford or Chevy😂
Cash m Right.. but it kind of made it sound like you were saying only dodge has it, that’s all.
Like the dodge ram I have two 3500 and there the reason why I got them like you video
known good batteries (two years old or less), quality fuel and fresh filters are critical in winter time starts
Downside on mine was when i deleted it it took a lot longer to warm up... made me want an Espar
Love the sound
My Duramax needed some badly needed TLC. Money being an issue it was neglected, shame on me. It wouldn’t start even at zero. Did all the needed TLC and now it starts on the coldest days. A well maintained diesel will start on the coldest of days. Cummins although do start well in those subzero temps. As far as seat heaters, my diesel ones heat way faster than my Avalanche ones.
Dodge Diesels are notorious for starting in cold weather lol, never had any problems with mine compared to my friend that had a Ford his truck would fog up the street he lived on.... I be like DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMN LMAO
ike fun are you just mad your 7.3 wont start?
@@MikeHunt-ru2ol LOL my friend had the 7.3 I had a 6.7 dodge diesel started everytime no matter how cold it got here in Montana
ike fun lol are you mad that you’re brand loyal to brands with garb engines?
ike fun hey dumbass you do know international makes powerstroke and Isuzu makes Duramax
Bret Phillips before you call someone a dumbass the 6.7 powerstroke is all ford. No more international.
Great look truck sounds good too
I have a 014 Ram 2500 full delete and started in pretty cold weather and never had that much smoke. Just a little if any at start and goes away
Looks like new pal
Do these newer trucks do 3-cylinder idle? The later ECM flash programs for the 1998-2002 24 valve trucks had that capability. It was noisy as hell, but it worked well to warm up an extremely cold engine.
I have a 97 f350 7.3 powerstroke here in michigan. I bought an apcm for my truck so i can idle up. Never had it plugged in since i bought it 1.5 yrs ago. Replaced glow plugs and glow plug relay this year last year did the relay. I found out the glow plugs were bad when hit 40 degrees out and almost didnt start. Friend at work i towed his 99 over to the building cause wouldnt start after work without block heater. He hasnt driven it since to work until he fixes it wiring for glow plugs
tractorboy31 six in a row ready to go 8 in a v you probably sit down to pee
Cold start yes but the intake grid heater was cycled twice🤔
Not “full delete,” but good enough. Ha
@@lahoozer6694 deleting grid heaters is stupid and doesn't net power gains, neither does the other deletes unless you're building a track queen.
Highball is so right. It'd have taken 20 minutes of cranking and probably a jump start after you kill the batteries the first time around to get an old mechanical diesel started in those temps.
Wrong
MY EARS MY FUCKING EARS
could be the pressure regulator as far as your fuel pressure issue goes. if thats the case thats a new fuel rail as the regulator is built into the rail.
220k for a cummins thats just broke in. You wont see a duramax or a powerstroke in a tractor trailer.
jason lee but you will see internationals or Detroit’s soooooo
Absolutely fords biggest mistake was building there own diesel. Should of stayed with international.
jason lee international designed the power stroke thi
just gonna put this out there I have a f350 6.0 and its almost has 800k miles. you probably won't give a fuck but oh well
slerb ster no you don’t don’t lie its unbecoming
If I ever own another diesel I will power up the block heater. Well worth it.
It got -41 in Algona Iowa I think -17 fine. Everyone in Minnesota say “oh we can handle cold weather.” Bet
I love that sound ... This is my first winter with my 2017 2500 with the 6.7 I'm ready for some cold weather ...
Good 2 know about how quickly seat heaters work....compared 2 chevy no less.
Wish I could be behind the exhaust pipe and inhale the exhaust fumes when you cold start:)
Bunch of haters here. I think that Ram is awesome !
It's awesome as long as the transmission is the Aisin. RFE stands for Run the Fuck Elsewhere; everyone I talked to who owns them says they've been through multiple transmissions.
Don't give it the 2 preheats, just start it.
As a kid we had a 4cylinder dasher diesel. Never got above freezing on cold winter days. North of Thief River Falls to you. I see guys running snowplows with a diesel pickups, seems like a waste of money considering how diesels hate sub 0 conditions
Looks brand new for 220k+
Super nice truck
I don't comment on videos but this one was good.
Damm, that is COLD!!
Im starting to like the ram
Damn nice truck bud 👌
Very fat friendly weather you have there!
Nonsense... summertime.... there's a guy in Fairbanks -37 I'm going to watch his video!
Cool video THANKS:,).
it sounds amazing
Nice video! How long have you had the truck deleted for? I have an 18' 3500 with 11k miles on it and I want to delete it? Also what tuning do you run ?
A Caterpillar 3406B is always the best sounding engine when it's cold outside.
The exhaust brake doesn't do anything in park. It only activates when you are in gear and let your foot off the accelerator pedal. Read your owners manual it will explain it in more detail
Vanes on turbo change position for variable geometry. (VGT) Exhaust Brake technically is only when your moving.... but the turbo does the same thing to put more load on the motor when warming up. So, speaking of reading... look for the diesel supplement manual and find the passage " "Engine idle speed will automatically increase to 1,000 RPM and engage the Variable Geometry Turbocharger at low coolant temperatures to improve engine warm- up"" VGT = Exhaust Brake = faster warm ups.
@@tedwardo123 Well, I guess I learned something new! Guess I should have done my homework before commenting, I will blame it on being an old-school diesel guy .....
@@JS-pj5sb Old school is good!!!!
You could hear the exhaust break engage shortly after starting. The high pitch whining is not heard without the exhaust break engaged during warmups. It makes a huge difference in how fast the motor warms up.
My 97 12v would not have started near that easy. If she did pop off she’d be one grumpy old girl... puking out a giant cloud of smoke
Does your exhaust brake come on automatically it doesn’t in my 2018.
it's super fast to heat up the water :)
Do you use antigel or anything?
Nope. MN gas stations sell #1 diesel mixed with #2 diesel at certain mix ratios depending on time-of-year. Diesel sold in TX would need antigel most likely.
Is it bad to start the engine with the engine break on ? Is it normal to have white smoke coming out in cold temperatures like that?
Trucks at 352,000 miles as of now 9/2022... Engine brake is actually the turbo with turbo-vanes moving to put a load on the engine. It's auto so you don't turn this off or on. It's normal to have white smoke when cold...
Ayy my dad has the same truck he loves it too
I will never understand why people don't have block heaters!
Those of us that dont have half an hour every morning to let our trucks warm actually use them
Bro I’ve -20 cold started my 12 valve and it wasn’t happy up here in Canada we got down to -40 more northern
I could tell the temp by the sound of the snow crunching under your feet. Source? Fellow Minnesotan, Skol Vikes.
Imho the companies should give catalitic coverters also with delete pipes , the problem with trucks is DEF, EGR and DPF , not good catalitic coverters.
My diesel car has only cats on and works fantastic
Do a full 5" straight or dont touch it at all.
@@f3arful Nah, I know lots of people running DPF /EGR delete and still kats on ,at least 200cell kats.
It has no sense deleting everything.
I'm surprised your oil pressure is only showing 53 psi on a cold start like this. I think on the earlier trucks oil pressure can easily hit 100 psi with non-synthetic 15w-40 oil on such a cold start. I know nothing about the newer trucks, so maybe they have some kind of bypass circuit to ensure full oil flow?
Wow impressive
Started my gas engine in 32degree Fahrenheit....boom What now? My vid got so many views and nobody cares.
Tony Koelsch my old Subaru starts in -40 -50 every day all winter... I’ve never taken video or told anyone. Why?
So what
Beautiful
How did this do when we had the -60 ° cold front move in here in Minnesota?
Have 325,000 or so miles on the truck now. Did fine starting over this past winter even when super-cold.
What oil weight?