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ihbase · 10-28-2012, 01:34 AM

What is the coldest temperature at which you have started a 335d and how long did the glow plug light stay illuminated? Note: Anything above 10 degrees F (-12C) does not count as cold.

DnA Diesel · 10-28-2012, 02:14 AM

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Originally Posted by ihbase

What is the coldest temperature at which you have started a 335d and how long did the glow plug light stay illuminated? Note: Anything above 10 degrees F (-12C) does not count as cold.

-28ºC (-18ºF)...about 1/2 second then turned right over.

rvladescu · 10-28-2012, 06:35 AM

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Originally Posted by DnA Diesel

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Originally Posted by ihbase

What is the coldest temperature at which you have started a 335d and how long did the glow plug light stay illuminated? Note: Anything above 10 degrees F (-12C) does not count as cold.

-28C (-18F)...about 1/2 second then turned right over.

Same here

Ryebread · 11-06-2012, 08:29 PM

what does the glow plug look like?
someone take a pic!

FormerRotor · 11-06-2012, 09:34 PM

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Originally Posted by DnA Diesel

-28ºC (-18ºF)...about 1/2 second then turned right over.

That about sums it up, doesn't it? :-)

DnA Diesel · 11-10-2012, 07:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Ryebread

what does the glow plug look like?
someone take a pic!

Light on the dashboard?

It looks like the pic below, but centred in the OBC's display area between the tach and speedo.

335dM · 11-11-2012, 07:26 PM

I've seen -42 Celcius last winter here in Montreal

))
Gotta love almost 90 degree centigrade difference between summer-winter

jtp335d · 11-18-2012, 07:04 PM

The coldest I've started mine here in Calgary is -30C. I took a pic of the display as its the coldest it has ever read. I've never seen the glow plug light come on. The engine just starts. Amazing! None of the Trucks I've driven could touch that. The Ford will not even turn over.

SomeRandomer123 · 11-24-2012, 06:38 PM

-19c for my 330d. 0.5-1s glow plug alert, crank, brum!
Sweet as a nut.

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11-11-2012, 07:26 PM	#7
335dM Captain Drives: 335d m package Join Date: May 2011 Location: montreal Posts: 612 iTrader: (0)	I've seen -42 Celcius last winter here in Montreal )) Gotta love almost 90 degree centigrade difference between summer-winter

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jtp335d New Member Drives: Black 335d Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Calgary Posts: 5 iTrader: (0)	The coldest I've started mine here in Calgary is -30C. I took a pic of the display as its the coldest it has ever read. I've never seen the glow plug light come on. The engine just starts. Amazing! None of the Trucks I've driven could touch that. The Ford will not even turn over.