Mercedes extreme DIESEL cold start compilation PART 2 (-30*C and more) older vehicles #2 

Only good petrol engine. Sorry, standard petrol engine is enough.

Yes, a modern one starts even better. But DO NEVER DOUBLE OR TRIPLE GLOW! That kills glow plugs and - Dang! you are in trouble because next time the engine won't fire up in all cylinders and that will cause you hard and rough cold starts with lots of cranking, smoke etc. And when the weather is even colder, no start at all, only cranking til your battery dies. The 2nd car in this vid was a typical example. Very bad start at 2 or 3 cylinders. The owner was lucky it started at the end. Cold diesel engines need all cylinders (and glow plugs) for a smooth and safe start as well as a strong healthy battery.

@@tukanovarit Petrol Cold Starts are boring , Diesel Cold starts are just satisfying in my opinion , Also This Isn't a petrol vs diesel , it's just the fact that there's glow plug timing as well, But Yes I respect your opinion slightly

I’ve watched a few of these, but I don’t know anything about diesel engines. I definitely noticed that starting them is different tho. Can you give me a quick run down por favor

@@BoatLoadOfSeaMen sure. First, If it’s a manual transmission you’ll need to put the vehicle in neutral and also press the clutch to the floor. From there you’ll want to glow the plugs probably two or three times in a row. Before you turn the key you’re going to press the accelerator pedal all the way to the floor and hold it there. Now mind you this is for extreme cold. You’re finally ready to turn the key to start. You’re going to hold the key in the start position with the pedal all the way on the floor and let it crank. With a gas engine as soon as there is the initial fire you would let go of the key. But that’s not the case with the diesels, you have to stay on the starter while the engine fires roughly. There does come a point where you can let off the starter after the engine appears to be moving past starter speed. That’s the nuance of a cold diesel start, knowing to stay on the starter, and when to release the key. The next piece is bringing the accelerator pedal off of the floor, if you do it too quickly the car will die. If you do not do it quickly enough in the engine will race. That’s the second nuance of getting a cold diesel to start. Good luck!!

My father had a turbocharged diesel sedan from the late 70’s/early 80’s and he ran it on an approx 4:1 ratio of used restaurant cooking oil-to-petroleum diesel fuel and he got over 700,000 miles out of it without ever touching the engine or manual transmission (other than changing oil). The only reason it was gotten rid of was because everything else started dying. They were like the Lexus of their day.

nostalgia bias. Ever tried to buy a brand new mercedes benz in that era? They cost three times more than they do today. Go ahead, imagine a standard diesel C class you buy for 120 000e today.

@DublinDutch - Of course the accountants don´t stand above the engineers and vice versa. However, if you build cars that you don´t earn anything on, then - as a company - you will seize to exist in the medium to long run.

i dont like the way u say all old cars are so much better.. no they didnt.. i got w204 and a w206 (brand new) never had problems with my w204.. besides problems that didnt cost me anything cus mercedes fixed it by themself... For the Price.. My w204 was 53k Euros back in 2011 and my w206 was 55k Euros at the end of 2021.. so they didnt really got up in price... If u pump them full with all shit.. yea u can pay easly 70k Euros.... But anyways.. I like to drive my cars a long time when i buy them.. doesnt matter if they are new or old.. but after almost 11 years i just wanted something new and i saved money for it.. so

Yeah. Here in serbia gypsies drive this car

What’s so amazing? 90s Camry will start even faster.

@@User-cb4jm haha yes! How could I forget that! And no chance of any problems like other vehicles!

@@User-cb4jm Japan cars is shit.

Yup

So does virtually every other car manufacturer

With diesels it's more about the fuel not freezing anyway.

They should use "Winterdiesel" for a better start.

​@heinzketchup4558 LIAR. Ever seen a Ford or a early model cummins cold start? How about my Toyota diesel, took two weeks to start. Cummins came back with an intake heater, I have it on my 8.3. Starts better than any gasser ever. Good for a million miles, literally. The turbo on it is a tall as a 3 year old toddler. 35' all hard wood, basement, Spartan semi chassis, NO RENT, pacific Northwest, 3-dogs, no wife and a .45.

It really is infuriating to watch them especially the ones that are common-rail. They have quick heating glow plugs so 1-2 seconds is all you need.

the most common stupidty. They even call them cycles:)))))

I've done so many cold starts that I can really relate to these videos, especially the satisfaction of getting it to start and then wait 10 minutes to get the temp above 0C :D

ECU is shit ...... for /8 Diesel your electrical measurement equipment is a 12 V light bulb with soldered leads. You can conect the glowplugs parallel instaed serial or even start in deep cold with 2 batteries in series. Unfortunately, they rusted quickly even though they were thick sheet metal. A lot of salt has been spread where I live. everything mechanical..... once the diesel was running, you couldn't stop it with an electromagnetic autostop system, even if the alternator burned out.

Your sisters dad...

@@maxtrigga9952 something wrong with that?

@@maxtrigga9952 Same mom, different dad

I Agree :)

And the guy is surprised it actually started. Sometimes I‘m surprised how people treat their cars and wonder why they break down.

I suppose he serviced it but might live somewhere where people don’t have an OBD interface to reset it?

@@FuuLLSpeeD Heh you can get an OBD II scanner from Ebay for 20-50 bucks anywhere in the world...

I love it more than any Mercedes

5:09 too!

That's because it uses the pre-chamber diesel injection which is inefficient but makes a smooth running engine...

Joo nauroin itekki pasi päässy videolle

Very happy for you. Toyota kick there butt AD AD

Some of the cars in the video are more than 40 years old.

comparing a modern diesel to old diesel, is like comparing lemons to oranges

До -20, ахахаха!!! А после минус двадцати, когда твоё корыто не завелась, идёшь пешком))))

You are not driving a merc. You moving it.

Learn what your car feels and sounds like when it needs to shift if it’s a manual of course. Not to hard to do

There's no need for an automatic car.

90l

Yea if its older 90s.

Old Mercedes**

Cap

Not the modern ones

He is doing the service by himself or he is one of the people who really exceed the service and wonder, when the engine is not working anymore after 160k km (100k miles).

This car doesn´t need any service ;) its an old mercedes

Audi 😂

its not hard to reset...atleast for someone...

The old ones had less sophisticated technologies and could be trickier even when the glow plugs were working perfectly. I am stunned that the 1976 model proved as easy to start as it is. I have seen somewhat newer ones give more difficulty.

300k? It's basically nothing for a classic diesel Mercedes.

OM606…

A million miles? lmfao what

@@jonathanlee5314 Yes 1000000 miles / 1600000 km YES ! especialy Mercedes / Volvo ^^ , in 2019 i was in moroco , watched and taked photos from a gray mercedes 220D 1982 with 1000000 km !

@@jonathanlee5314 yes my friend had a old mercedes with a OM606 motor it was driven 1593000 thats 7k KM from a Million miles

Pathetic :D

man how do you design a vehicle that shit.

Joys of living in a country with a car built and designed for our hot conditions. Plus it was a GM (specifically a Holden), I'm pretty sure that explains it all 🤣

not the old merc engine. Those need multiple pre glowing in extreme cold

@@blitzroehre1807 I think he means the CDI versions that have common rail..

None of these guys even touch the pedal. Let the glow plugs do their thing and it starts right away.

Хыыыы

Absolutely! but after -15 and colder, i prefer to have Vebasto. One thing is that engine can start, but its not good for its resource in such temperature

@@Шестиклапанныйцилиндр i know u can get them for semi’s, never heard of one for a car, or small truck.

@@Dee12327 Im surprised, that in Canada you dont use them on passenger car. I use as many people in Siberia, Finland, Norway and other northen countries. Its very good device for engine to use when winter comes. Vebasto or electrical warmup devices, which installs in cooling system

@@Шестиклапанныйцилиндр we have block heaters, i plug my vehicles in if its colder than minus 15-20.

@@Dee12327 Fuf) now Im calm for your cars)