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Old 02-13-2017, 11:20 AM   #55
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Originally Posted by North Baltic sea View Post
You could intensify to cover up the heating Cummins flees even if a blanket, so it is isolated from heat go sea birds.

15W40 oil is ok -10 -15 ° C and the lowest pumpability is -25 ° C and it is time for the syrup and hardly not the best lubrication.

You are correct. Cummins says that 15w40 is OK down to -15 C (5 F). It is extremely rare to get those types of temperature where I live and never at the water since Puget Sound acts as huge heat sink.

Again, I don't operate in truly frigid conditions.
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