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East of Broken Bow | We have an IH 685 utility, and that is the hardest starting tractor we own. Looking at the plate, it says Made in England. I sometimes wonder (especially in older tractors) that if the engine was designed/built in a place that doesn't really see real cold weather that they just don't worry about cold starting performance.
I also have a neighbor that has a Belarus tractor, made in Russia. Crude, ugly, leaks oil all over, but that thing will start down to zero or colder without being plugged in. Kind of reinforces my thinking.
Modern engines that are meant to be exported all over the world probably have cold starting designed into them regardless of where it was designed/built, plus modern diesel injection systems do a better job of atomizing fuel making for easier starts, as well. | |
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Engine starting differences
