6.9 IDI diesel straight piped cold start

This is a cold start of my 1984 Ford F-250 6.9 diesel. It was about 30 degrees out and had been sitting three days.

[@tinnytomcat]

Black clouds of smoke out of the exhaust makes me love American even more.

[@user-xg8yy7yl1d]

Sounds like slave lake

[@youngillinoisan4270]

Miiiiiiint! 👌

[@jesse2174]

look at the cheech

[@hilljackzack7284]

6.9 idi is very similar to 7.3 idi. I believe the 7.3 idi was just the 6.9 stroker.

[@themonkecrusade2023]

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[@yesno.idontknow.587]

@@hilljackzack7284 bored out actually I'm pretty sure

[@ThatGuy-rf8de]

I've always loved the sound of the old IDI diesels, they sound like a mix of a diesel and a big block gasser.

[@odiferouzx]

anyone else get a huge smile on their face when it fired up around 1:15?

[@Aqua350Lt1]

Max 916 na I was just like 😑

[@joecaughtligma6917]

I was like just buy a dodge

[@odiferouzx]

@@joecaughtligma6917 already got a dodge... just appreciate the sound and smoke of an old motor lol totally pre emissions

[@joecaughtligma6917]

Max 916 😂

[@volvodude101]

I guess this is how sports fans feel hen their team gets a point.

[@josephfoster3819]

I Love how these sound

[@tigolbitties8352]

On mine the glow plug controller is bypassed, and I added an electric booster pump,so now it runs straight to a button, and all I gotta do is push it in for 8 seconds and then crank it and she fires right up

[@wopalongcassidy]

Mine starts on first click. Course its warm outside. Maybe better glow plugs?

[@wholelawyer]

In Montana it gets to -19°F during the winter which most trucks can't get running even with block heaters and glow plugs

[@KF422TX]

Did I hear the pumping of the petal at the beginning? Love the IDIs!

[@rpaddict5285]

Zip Ties n Bias Plies PUMP ITTTTTT

[@KF422TX]

@@rpaddict5285 my exact thoughts....but wanted to be a smartass

[@TestECull]

nah that's the transmission. Going into neutral.

[@zubrickadvisors6742]

Yes you did LOL

[@gearhead9943]

Please make more cold starts but show us what you're doing inside the cab with the throttle

[@bkcamaro]

Gearhead kzbin.info/aero/PL6q4kWFQAEMNLEV09JIMOxCUqEhy69SAf

[@psd28]

No. Gayass pervert

[@WillGrooverII]

Literally sounds amazing bro

[@extremesheep5986]

You know he treats the ole girl well when it's caked in dirt 👌👌

[@tinnytomcat]

My 87 fires right up tho the glow plugs work, straight piped love the sound

[@tomlord5652]

Looks like your truck needs a bath badly. Great diesel cold start video.

[@ClassicTVMan1981X]

1984 was the second and final year that the 6.9L diesel used the Delco-Remy 27MT direct-drive starter motor, but it was replaced long ago.

[@rpaddict5285]

Zip Ties n Bias Plies 0:13 PUMP ITTTTT!

[@salgonzalez908]

My truck will not I repeat NOT” start if it’s below 30F. I’m sure if I let the glow plugs run a bunch or keep trying till the battery dies, I rather just not abuse it since I don’t even drive the thing it’s more of a cruiser then anything.

[@alexweedon3444]

Plug it in lol

[@user-xg8yy7yl1d]

Cosby sauce

[@mmsharp]

6.9L 420ci

[@owenwilliams5388]

Morgan Sharp Good one 😂😂

[@nash-xn1no]

nice

[@josephfoster3819]

Nice

[@GiordanDiodato]

nice

[@RippinRaz]

Nice

[@RandomPerson-te5rz]

Bud you hear how rough that starts off you gotta keep her plugged in otherwise the oil doesn’t circulate fast enough you get metal on metal I got a 86 if you take care of your rig it should last you for damn near forever

[@RandomPerson-te5rz]

Thinking about it now if you can’t do that when it’s cold swap in a different oil in Summer you should run 15w40 and winter 10w40 (synthetic) really once it get gets to +5 Celsius and colder you want to get that done

[@TestECull]

@@RandomPerson-te5rz With multi-vis oil you don't have to do that. A 10w40 is going to flow like a 10w oil when it's cold and a 40w once the engine warms up. This means you can use it any time of the year, even in the winter. You'd have a point if single viscosity oils were used, but that's generally not the case these days. This is, quite literally, why multiviscosity oils were invented in the first place.

[@ofoosy]

Lol you should add an intermittent on switch to the glow plugs so you can time warmups yourself + keep them on during crank and warmup

[@ofoosy]

@@GrantVogel Ah! I hadn't thought about that at all, thanks for the info. Next time I pull my glow plugs I'll have to inspect them for that.

[@ictdpowerstroke4591]

No Cummins cold starts can beat this

[@michaeldoran9647]

Where did you get your exhaust from can’t find anyone that sells it

[@jimbo7145]

Michael Doran probably home made

[@sambo2891]

All you do is saw the muffler off with a saw and then weld a pipe in replacement of it

[@importsstillsuck]

Man...if you can't find it in a store or on Amazon you just don't know what to do

[@Branbran1993]

importsstillsuck 😂😂

[@Jszul2318]

@@importsstillsuck well yeah so what, I'm glad getting a pipe was so easy from mbrp for my truck, not everyone wants to build or rig their exhaust, the man has money and would rather just buy it.

[@matthewbrookey3749]

sounds badass

[@davidsferrazzo]

Matthew Brookey hell yea it does

[@Julsmathieu]

its been about 21 around my property in the mornings and mine starts right up with no heater pluged in or anything

[@michaelbenoit248]

Truck needs glow plugs on a switch or there’s air in the fuel.

[@sambiker8492]

I could not imagine my truck taking that long to start even with a cold start I take such care of my truck that it starts the first turn

[@TestECull]

Old diesel engines, even in tip top condition, are gonna struggle to start in cold weather. It's just in how diesel engines work. The engine in this truck has a fairly low compression ratio by diesel standards...only around 16:1-18:1...which means it's going to be difficult to light off when it's stone cold and the ambient temps are low. Modern diesels have much improved cold starting aids and much higher CRs...22:1-25:1...so they tend to light off a bit easier in colder temps. This engine being indirect injection also isn't helping matters much; modern engines are direct injection which does help with cold starting. Diesel engines are an entirely different animal to gasoline ones, and older diesels still compared to modern ones.

[@sambiker8492]

I understand what ur saying I have a 87 6.9 idi non turbo 350 160k millage and with our plugging it in one cycle of the plugs she fires right up that's all I'm saying i run my truck a lot it's a tow truck and I don't even plug it in

[@TestECull]

@@sambiker8492 Ye I bet if the glow plugs went wonky it'd be a bit fussy to light off. They were good engines, though, not the most powerful things in the world and noisy AF but dependable as can be and reasonably fuel efficient for the torque they made.

[@l1lb1lly32]

@@TestECull my 1982 240D starts first crank in 30⁰

[@TestECull]

@@l1lb1lly32 Old school pre-computer volvo diesel. Checks out. Volvo, being a Scandanavian company, designs their engines to start in positively diabolical winter weather.

[@tracywagers1399]

It’s cursed and jinxed and quadruple hexed to not want to start at all

[@dukelps9132]

Quick shot of ether will speed up the process.

[@samweimer2118]

Duke lps speed up the engines life cycle too 😂

[@dukelps9132]

@@samweimer2118 not at all. Glow plug timer has been acting up on mine for almost 15 years. Been using a quick shot of ether when it doesn't work. Engine still runs perfect.

[@Buckmaster-kw8vd]

Or vapor lock it give or take lol

[@benduffin5727]

Spray ether into it while yelling mint and stomping on it

[@davidstoner3523]

Ether is the worst thing u can do for a diesel

[@WymiataczPlays]

hello, can i borrow a part of your video for my compilation? of course I put a link to your original video in the description :)

[@genwatkens2505]

Dude let the glow plugs restart it well start up faster. Just cranking and stop cranking stop is not gonna work.

[@user-co4no6mo1u]

Dude I got 6.9 idi and mine sound like hot rod and how you get to roal coal

[@carter4627]

Need to change our the glowplugs there bud. And yes I know glow plugs are like a few hundred a pop. Sounds good though

[@shepardoproudfoot9557]

I’d still take 2 of whatever batteries he’s got in her

[@tonywilson6053]

Glow plugs are not a few hundred a pop. You can get a high quality set for well under 200$. 300$ and you can have a mechanic install them. If you pay that much for glow plugs your a chump. They don't do anything special other then get really hot. Now injectors on the other hand lol

[@LR90_200TDI]

@@tonywilson6053 you’d be better off getting good quality expensive glow plugs otherwise you will be replacing them again soon after, not worth buying cheap glow plugs

[@AtomsForFuel]

@@LR90_200TDI a set of Motorcraft ZD-9 beru are $80 on Amazon

[@chevrolet355]

You got a glow plug issue? My 12 valve starts first crank in real cold weather

[@farmerkris423]

Because it’s a Cummings buddy

[@andyreid7274]

@@farmerkris423 Cummins

[@brennanlandaker2981]

You might need new glow plugs

[@DieselJLUJeep]

Let those glow plugs warm up or clean them out😅

[@CrystalMcGhee]

30 degrees...

[@fernhoppertimberworks8037]

Needs glow. Plugs...

[@mattbod]

Sounds like dodgy compression if it is that hard to start.

[@sambo2891]

Mike Graham doesn’t make any sense but I laughed out loud 😂

[@tylerjordon46]

Weak batteries actually

[@jetstream454]

@@sambo2891 Makes perfect sense what do you mean? just not the case

[@charlesjordan7472]

No, its not the compression its just International’s 6.9 and 7.3 IDIs really don’t like to start in the cold period.

[@tracywagers1399]

I cursed and jinxed that diesel to never start