Predictions of the "coldest weather in years" mid to end of next week for the East.
(Pittsburg Weather but cold south too)
Wednesday Jan 14 Partly sunny and colder Low: -18 °FHigh: 6 °F
Thursday, Jan 15 Mostly cloudy; windy, frigid Low: -19 °FHigh: 1 °F
Friday, Jan 16 Morning snow; cloudy, cold Low: -11 °FHigh: 11 °F
Saturday, Jan 17 Cold with intermittent snow Low: -14 °FHigh: 11 °F
Sunday, Jan 18More Details Cold with occasional snow Low: -10 °F High: 11 °F
Monday, Jan 19More Details Cloudy and cold with a flurry Low: -9 °FHigh: 12 °F
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Diesel owners use your additives next week!
Started by ct_skidoo, Jan 09 2009 05:51 PM
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Posted 09 January 2009 - 05:51 PM
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Posted 09 January 2009 - 07:07 PM
I hear ya. I run Irving premium diesel,it is usually winter blended . Don't hurt to add something anyway. My diesel pickup is more particular then my big truck. My big truck has heated tanks,the heater hoses have coils [submerged in tanks]attached to them to circulate like a livestock heater and it keeps my fuel warm. plowking
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Posted 09 January 2009 - 07:26 PM
plowking, on Jan 9 2009, 07:07 PM, said:
My big truck has heated tanks,the heater hoses have coils [submerged in tanks]attached to them to circulate like a livestock heater and it keeps my fuel warm. plowking
Wish that was available on my truck.... I guess there is aftermarket stuff.
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Posted 10 January 2009 - 09:12 PM
Updated temps. Ill be leving the NEK just in time to miss the deep freeze. No riding for me in these kinds of temps.
Tuesday Night: Snow showers likely. Cloudy, with a low around 1. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Wednesday: A chance of snow. Partly sunny and cold, with a high near 1. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around -24.
Thursday: A chance of snow showers. Cloudy and cold, with a high near -3. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Thursday Night: A chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around -26. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Friday: A chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy and cold, with a high near -2. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Friday Night: A chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around -25. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Saturday: Mostly sunny and cold, with a high near 0.
Tuesday Night: Snow showers likely. Cloudy, with a low around 1. Chance of precipitation is 70%.
Wednesday: A chance of snow. Partly sunny and cold, with a high near 1. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
Wednesday Night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around -24.
Thursday: A chance of snow showers. Cloudy and cold, with a high near -3. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Thursday Night: A chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around -26. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Friday: A chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy and cold, with a high near -2. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Friday Night: A chance of snow showers. Mostly cloudy, with a low around -25. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Saturday: Mostly sunny and cold, with a high near 0.
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Posted 11 January 2009 - 07:55 AM
Thanks MM. I am sure my wife will stay at the cabin with the fireplace. I have 'polar' fleece that I have not had to use yet as a extra layer. Maybe will next weekend 
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Posted 11 January 2009 - 05:15 PM
ct_skidoo, on Jan 11 2009, 07:55 AM, said:
Thanks MM. I am sure my wife will stay at the cabin with the fireplace. I have 'polar' fleece that I have not had to use yet as a extra layer. Maybe will next weekend
I will be up Friday, we'll have to hook up to ride.
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Posted 11 January 2009 - 06:07 PM
We should be arriving sometime around 1:00 or 1:30. Should be on the trails by 2:30 No chance of rain this time!
I had a little scare last time up with the new GSX. Found coolant on the ground the last morning the day after we used it. What the heck - brand new sled!? I called my dealer on the SAT phone in a panic. They said it just may have been from the overflow. Well doo for 09 put on a black tube for the overflow so I could not tell if it was really from that. The coolant tank was about 1/2" low so I added some BRP premix (I wondered when I would have use that bottle I bought last year "just in case"). Rode some 70 miles, temp was normal, coolant level normal and nothing was on the ground after it set aftward. Of course it was 55 degrees out the next day and we left so that was our last use of the sled.
I go on dootalk and there are all kinds of threads about "POS" clamps leaking on the 09's and some 08's ...great
Recommendations if you find them leaking to replace them with SS hose clamps. Looks like the most common connection leak is right behind the airbox to a "T" fitting. Not fun to be changing clamps in below zero temps next weekend.
Going to use the Trailblazer next weekend to save on a little bit of fuel expense so I hope I don't need to bring the sled to Lemuiex. That SUV is terrible towing my 3 place. Well I am more worried about the -20 plus temps and my diesel gelling or my fuel fliter freezing from water. That is more the real reason to use the SUV this time. I may be more paranoid than needed though. Never had a problem yet up there. I need to do a few things to the 2500HD to make it more winterized for severe temps. There is a aftermarket fuel fliter pad heater that I am going to get. I'd feel a lot better with that installed.
No chance of rain this time!I had a little scare last time up with the new GSX. Found coolant on the ground the last morning the day after we used it. What the heck - brand new sled!? I called my dealer on the SAT phone in a panic. They said it just may have been from the overflow. Well doo for 09 put on a black tube for the overflow so I could not tell if it was really from that. The coolant tank was about 1/2" low so I added some BRP premix (I wondered when I would have use that bottle I bought last year "just in case"). Rode some 70 miles, temp was normal, coolant level normal and nothing was on the ground after it set aftward. Of course it was 55 degrees out the next day and we left so that was our last use of the sled.
I go on dootalk and there are all kinds of threads about "POS" clamps leaking on the 09's and some 08's ...great
Recommendations if you find them leaking to replace them with SS hose clamps. Looks like the most common connection leak is right behind the airbox to a "T" fitting. Not fun to be changing clamps in below zero temps next weekend. Going to use the Trailblazer next weekend to save on a little bit of fuel expense so I hope I don't need to bring the sled to Lemuiex. That SUV is terrible towing my 3 place. Well I am more worried about the -20 plus temps and my diesel gelling or my fuel fliter freezing from water. That is more the real reason to use the SUV this time. I may be more paranoid than needed though. Never had a problem yet up there. I need to do a few things to the 2500HD to make it more winterized for severe temps. There is a aftermarket fuel fliter pad heater that I am going to get. I'd feel a lot better with that installed.
Edited by ct_skidoo, 11 January 2009 - 06:20 PM.
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Posted 11 January 2009 - 06:14 PM
Last weekend, talk to some guys on new doo with the same issue. I think once the heat up and get cold a few times they seal themselves, if not put the new clamp on.
Edited by wigga, 11 January 2009 - 06:15 PM.
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Posted 11 January 2009 - 09:00 PM
wigga, on Jan 11 2009, 06:14 PM, said:
Last weekend, talk to some guys on new doo with the same issue. I think once the heat up and get cold a few times they seal themselves, if not put the new clamp on.
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