Auger motor engine heaters

[AC man]

Have had a lot of trouble starting kohler motors at -20 and colder
Put one of those stick on rubber heat pads from canadian tire and works great
Yesterday minus 32 with it plugged in and a couple coats overtop started like summer

Is your kohler a fairly new motor? I have one of the old blue 70’s vintage single cylinder kohlers that starts in minus 30 or colder with out heat. I have 0w-30 synthetic oil in it and have the battery in the heated shop overnight. I rarely used any heat on it. It was common to be called to haul malt barley in minus 30 weather.

[TASFarms]

ATF works good in the cold for hydraulic oil.

[Guest]

Is your kohler a fairly new motor? I have one of the old blue 70’s vintage single cylinder kohlers that starts in minus 30 or colder with out heat. I have 0w-30 synthetic oil in it and have the battery in the heated shop overnight. I rarely used any heat on it. It was common to be called to haul malt barley in minus 30 weather.

Yes newer command pro , all the same , poor starters
But good engines
We always use 0w30, and ATF is very good for cold

[WiltonRanch]

ATF works good in the cold for hydraulic oil.

Geeze I was thinking about frozen hydraulics on the auger and using coal oil and how it’s hell on seals when it warms up, but ATF would solve that. Use it in the steering system on a big truck so why not.