2000 Amtran Cold Start in Minus 2 degrees

Will the DT466E start in negative 2 degree Fahrenheit weather?

[@Busdriver139]

Dont wait for that gauge to sweep in the cold. You have to start quickly as possible. Thats how i got 140 started. The longer you wait the more strain goes on the battery.

[@JohnPitt920]

One way to start it that may sound crazy. Pee on the injectors. The warmth in the pee will make it start right up. Works every time.

[@vegibenz]

My grandfather used to know a guy who would pee on his Model T carburetor on cold mornings to help get it started!

[@FBHSswimmer2006]

I noticed there was no "Wait to Start" light. Does it not have glow plugs?

[@yellowbusguy]

They do, just no wait light.

[@TechOut]

The Dt466 doesnt have glow plugs

[@eldoradoboy]

the DT-466 mechanical has no plugs.. the DT-466E does have a grid heater

[@WolfpuppyGaming]

if you held it down for a little more on the second attempt it wold of started

[@sammyhakimvlogs5608]

Well, at least you gave it your best shot.

[@abram7117]

The DT466 was only rated to start 10 unaided, the T444E,VT365 and Maxx7 are rated at -20 as they have glow plugs, the DT466 have grid/intake heater even though the dash may show a glowplug symbol

[@yellowbusguy]

The '99 that I drove for 5 years would start down into single digits, but it hadn't sat for two weeks prior to those temperatures. Thanks for the info!

[@hunter7476]

i used to drive a 3800 t444e wayne 1991 or 92 bus

[@christchurchbusfilmers6523]

I drive a 1983 Volvo B10M, that thing can be a prick to start sometimes! Usually have to pre-ignite for sometimes up to 10 minutes.

[@TH-hy7ot]

Want to cook your breakfast on that starter?

[@catdieselpower193]

sniff of Startin fluid she'd fire rite up!

[@yellowbusguy]

Probably so. It was just on the edge of starting.

[@PatrickBaptist]

That's not bright at all, by all means do it plenty. Loads of mechanics need another engine to rebuild.

[@sunny-420]

You do know how to glow Diesel's in winter weather right??? Tip you glow at least 3 full glow cycles before trying to start at that temperature

[@yellowbusguy]

The DT466E does not have a wait light nor any requirement to cycle anything. We were just screwing around seeing if it would fire at all.

[@TuningDutchy]

@@yellowbusguy i saw the waitlight here in the Netherlands, how can't u see it while in front of the steering wheel?? Eye check is not bad for you mate,,, And btw give the diesel a time to start,, 2x attempting won't do it

[@yellowbusguy]

@@TuningDutchy Those were not the only attempts. The glow plugs were cycled at least three times without cranking. We are not used to weather like that, it never goes below zero in Kentucky but once a decade.

[@TuningDutchy]

@@yellowbusguy alright but cucling them for 2 seconds is tok less,, my uncle had a 3,3l turbo diesel patrol from 1989 and even with a good engine after 3x cycling and starting after 2 seconds per cycle it won't work, just because the spark plug don't get the time to warm up

[@TuningDutchy]

Alright the busses may be newer but these engine are still pretty big and rough to start so yeah more time is never bad

[@usa_usa_usa4573]

More like cold crank.

[@ryanbarker5217]

i get that you don't plug them up in KY, we do here in OH, though. we're spoiled, our mechanic sometimes starts them up for us on blisteringly frigid days.

[@yellowbusguy]

We have startup crews that go in early and get them started when it's below 20F. Below zero is very unusual for us.

[@ryanbarker5217]

@@yellowbusguy we're board owned and situated on high school property, have two mechanics, and i'm guessing about 30-35 buses, give or take, so we're not a huge, unwieldly fleet. i don't expect them to start the buses, but it sure does make it nice when they do. they'll usually do that once it gets in the teens.

[@hunter7476]

dose your bus plug in to a heater to warm it up so it starts better???? ours have that we plug em in in the winter

[@yellowbusguy]

I generally doesn't get cold enough here to need those heaters. The temps in the video were very unusual. We had cancelled school because of the cold.

[@hunter7476]

oh it does in our district we have heaters

[@brevinabrams6374]

Is 1048 in the shop?

[@yellowbusguy]

It was while we were off for Christmas break. We go back to school tomorrow morning.

[@PatrickBaptist]

If you would give the GPs 30-45 secs to heat up cycle key off and on and another 30 for the plugs again and then crank up it should have fired up.... You simply didn't give the plugs enough time to preheat the cylinders.

[@yellowbusguy]

Those were not the first attempts. I cycled the plugs 3 or four times. It was simply too cold.

[@grantboi116]

They make block heaters and starting fluid for a reason DUH!

[@yellowbusguy]

Starting fluid in a DT466 will cause a explosion and fire, so there's that and it was the coldest it had been in nearly a century. We don't use block heaters because it just doesn't get this cold here. Schools were cancelled due to the extreme cold that week.

[@PatrickBaptist]

Ether is horrible for these, but loads of mechanics like me thank you for giving us more work!

[@djsteveize]

it is out of fuel also

[@Critter0817]

Steve Geidel dial doesn't work

[@keithstringer8652]

Put fuel in the tank gas gauge is reading empty

[@UltimateManager]

I heard the sound that sounds like the censored low pitch. then I heard the usual instrument beeper. why is the usual instrument beeper sounding.

[@yellowbusguy]

One tone is the key on signal, and the beeping is low air pressure alarm.

[@hunter7476]

That sucks did u get it started

[@yellowbusguy]

Nope

[@hunter7476]

oh

[@briangrant1798]

was the gas gauge broken? it looked like it was saying you had little or no fuel..

[@yellowbusguy]

The gauges don't really work properly while cranking. Policy is to always park buses with a minimum of a half tank. It was just too cold to start that day.

[@briangrant1798]

I knew the bus I rode as a kid, driver told me sometimes it had cold starting issues.. it was an older bus, not sure of year, but it was a 1700 series International..

[@briangrant1798]

oops I meant 1800 series

[@yellowbusguy]

Newer buses with computer controlled injection don't have any problems in the cold, at least in Kentucky. Back in the day, on cold mornings, the compound would be so smokey you couldn't see the other side. Those old buses would chug and puke out clouds of smoke till they had run for 5 or ten minutes.They had mechanical systems that could not adapt to temperature changes that modern ones can. It's rare to see any smoke now and it usually means something is wrong with the bus.

[@briangrant1798]

that's how this one did. driver told me she would have to let it warm up at least 15 mins before she even tried to move it... otherwise she'd have to restart it atleast once.

[@sketchy579]

gas is helpful

[@fabianbradley3337]

nice postal hold the starter if it's alright uh store that's good I tried to start

[@yellowbusguy]

What?

[@Critter0817]

yellowbusguy I tried to translate it for you but halfway through it didn't make sense. He did say "Nice post!" Though

[@kevinpohlod9768]

Ether

[@lamboguy8601]

hey hey susie q

[@kj4ilk]

so is this how you get views? show us two start attempts then call it a fail for a 1:23??

[@yellowbusguy]

You are correct. Thanks for watching.

[@ox6942]

lololololol you fucker! you get a thumbs up for your shitty but accurate and polite attitude.

[@shermanhatch1916]

Yellowbusguy start ya vicious bastard! 😂

[@maxpenrose9480]

i could of goten that started

[@fernandogoyanes2023]

max penrose

[@greggthunderburg7294]

The fuel gauge is on empty.of course it won't start.and it's not the same bus you showed it picture. Very deceitful.

[@paulsehstedt6275]

Low on diesel...

[@vetham100]

negative 2 degrees? do you mean 2 below 0? THEN SAY THAT

[@yellowbusguy]

vetham100 Tomato, tomahto. Six of one, half a dozen of the other.

[@elikristiansen8272]

minus 2 is nothing

[@yellowbusguy]

It not nothing here. Below zero rarely happens here.

[@mmmontague9048]

Dude come to Canada that was bullshit you gave up to easy and its called a cold "START" for a reason so start the thing and dont waste our time

[@garyewen8920]

Agreed make a stop in Winnipeg in January

[@bradystanga7688]

Click bait

[@yellowbusguy]

Thanks for clicking. Maybe read the description to avoid disappointment in the future?

[@Critter0817]

yellowbusguy ah I see. You made it a question in the description. That definitely makes it a okay