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Most of us here just start them and drive them. Proper starting procedure is turn the key to the on position, wait for the glow
plug light to go out depress the throttle about halfway and crank as soon as it starts to light off let go of the pedal. You have to
depress it all the way in below 32*F weather. Don't drive it until its's running smoothly and you have good oil pressure. The
reason it sounds different after you drive it a bit is that there is an internal cold idle advance and fast idle solenoid in the
injector pump. This is supposed to make the engine warm up faster when cold. The cold timing advance advances the injection
timing 2-3 degrees of crankshaft rotation. The fast idle solenoid bumps the idle up from 650-750 which is the normal idle to
around 850-1000rpm. If you want to wait for it to warm up you could just wait the few minutes until the fast idle kicks off.
Except in really cold weather it doesn't take all that long maybe 5-7 minutes. You'll notice a marked drop in RPMs when it does
if it's working right.
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If I'm showing oil pressure, I'm good to go.

In the winter (I live in Minnesota) I give it a few seconds (less than 30) to quit rattling so much, then I'm off. I'm in my third DuraMax, and
around 300,000 miles on the bunch.

You'll find that diesels never warm up just sitting idling..... they need some "work" to heat up.

This time of year, I probably idle for 30 seconds or so to make sure i have good oil pressure at the turbo. Then I drive off (conservatively).

In the winter if I'm using the block heater I still am less than 1 minute. If I'm not using the block heater and temps are near ZERO, then I let it idle for several minutes until the motor starts to quiet down.

I never let the RPM's get too high until I start seeing some temp in the engine.

If it is really cold out I would suggest you use your block heater to help with start up. With my trucks, I let them idle for a minute or two then drive gently for a few more minutes then drive like normal. IMO do not
let the engine warm up by idling alone. As I'm sure your aware, when an engine is cold it goes into a "warm up mode" to get the engine up to temperature as quickly as possible. When it does this, it raises the idle
speed by injecting extra fuel. This extra fuel can wash the oil off the cylinder walls as well as pool in the engine oil (ever notice the oil on the dipstick smells like fuel when the engine is idling cold) limiting the oils
ability to lubricate. The engine can only burn off this extra fuel in the oil if it gets to a high enough operating temperature. All this can lead to extra wear and tear to your engine. On top of this, if you idle the
engine to warm it up, when the engine gets to temperature, the rest of the drivetrain (most importantly the transmission) is still cold. Plus, when you are idling, you are getting 0 MPG's and at $5 a gallon, I
wouldnt want to buy more then you need. Like others have said, a minute or two just to get the oil circulating is ok, after that, your just wasting fuel. If you need more information I would check out yours owners
manual. Good luck with your beautiful new truck.