Sorry about overthinking things but that's how I am.
The dilemma is what will heat the engine enough to get it to fire. Right now with temp in the thirties it will crank and crank and not fire. Just got a download of the manual which says to have the throttle wide open so I'll try that in a while.
My thought is along the line of the glow plugs and getting the heat in the cylinder first and the oil and water second. I know the oil has to be thin enough to circulate to help it turn over but figured hot water circulating through the block will keep the head, block, cylinder, oil passages, and gravitate down to the oil in the pan and maybe keep the fuel lines a little warm as well. The other advantage of a circulating heater is that the engine will be close or at operating temperature at startup which would be a good thing.
Short term solution would be to put a light bulb next to the block and head area by the fuel lines. That won't work for outside very well. Got an extra stock tank heater I could prop up against the oil pan but don't think that would turn on.
I'll take another look as I don't remember a bypass hose in there.
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