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Attempt to Start Bobcat T180

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Cold Starting a diesel engine-is it too far gone?!?

What happens here

The plow truck arrives at the location of the Bobcat T180 skid steer, which is heavily covered in snow and appears to be stuck. Alex attempts to start the Bobcat. They decide to connect jumper cables from the Ford truck to the Bobcat's battery, which is difficult to access. While one person manipulates the cables, Stanley enters the Bobcat's cab and cycles the glow plugs multiple times, as indicated by the 'GLO' display on the dashboard. He attempts to start the engine, but it only cranks without firing. They discuss the frozen starting fluid and the need for more charging time for the battery, cycling the glow plugs numerous times.

Goal: Upon reaching the snow-buried Bobcat T180, the crew tries to start it using jumper cables and repeated glow plug cycles, but the engine remains unresponsive due to the extreme cold.

Tools and materials

  • Bobcat T180 Skid Steer
  • Jumper Cables
  • Plow Truck (Ford F-series)
  • Starting Fluid

What they say

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she just went oh man i can't believe she did it that well new tires guys and we're gonna test that all right deep in the woods in an upcoming video i think i need my i should be alive just hold on we just got no room to get in there and they got the battery right down on the bottom where it's the clothes which is just freezing i'm gonna try to pop it every now and then okay so this is what we got going on we still got glove plugs going right there nada so we're going to turn it off we'll turn it on what we want to do is we want to cycle through the glow plugs put my secret code in turn it on all right just let just let me let go through this glow plug cycle i've gone through that about 15. yeah just let me go through the glow plug cycle real quick all right here we go and that was it hold on okay yeah yeah i'm gonna go through another glow plug cycle though i'm not letting that stop oh your starting fluid is froze up i think that's what i did i just heard them i think it's a can malfunction even starting fluid doesn't want to start when it says cold fire wait let me get through the glow plugs you're not supposed to use glow plugs and starting fluid at the same time that's not good make sure you guys know that all right that was all we had on that one so what i'm doing is i'm just sitting in there what you don't see in between is i just cycle cycles yeah i'd say let's let her charge for five ten minutes and the starting fluid kind of evaporates i know but i can smell it inside here oh yeah yeah i like that smell you guys like that smell yeah i do too all right so i'm not alone because i'm like i like the smell of gasoline and i like the smell of starting fluid once in a great while i like the smell of diesel fuel well not very often though [Music] i also like the smell of silage horse manure all right that's all she wrote on that one let's let her charge i think we might get it if we uh have some patience i don't like the smell of chicken manure or pig manure no way horse manure okay here we go dang it that's the closest we came out no i've cycled through the glow plugs at least 45-50 times nope we're gonna let her charge for a

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