Hey all,
I have an 05 CRD. It's been pretty cold here the last few days (got to -14f last night). I've had the block heater plugged in every night, but it's been stalling after shifting into Drive.
This morn, I started it up, let it warm up for about 5 minutes backed out of my driveway and when I shifted from Reverse into Drive, the Jeep died. When I tried to start it back up, the battery was dead.
I replaced the battery this evening. It now cranks, but won't start. I plugged the block heater back in for about an hour and it started, but as soon as I shifted to drive, it died again.
I have some diesel thiner in the tank to try and keep it from gelling up, but the Jeep still seems to have problems staying running when it's cold.
Is this an issue with too cold of ****** fluid? Or is there something else going on here that I've missed? Is my transmission oil pump going out?
Thanks,
I have an 05 CRD. It's been pretty cold here the last few days (got to -14f last night). I've had the block heater plugged in every night, but it's been stalling after shifting into Drive.
This morn, I started it up, let it warm up for about 5 minutes backed out of my driveway and when I shifted from Reverse into Drive, the Jeep died. When I tried to start it back up, the battery was dead.
I replaced the battery this evening. It now cranks, but won't start. I plugged the block heater back in for about an hour and it started, but as soon as I shifted to drive, it died again.
I have some diesel thiner in the tank to try and keep it from gelling up, but the Jeep still seems to have problems staying running when it's cold.
Is this an issue with too cold of ****** fluid? Or is there something else going on here that I've missed? Is my transmission oil pump going out?
Thanks,