Cold weather issues?
 

I've already read one thread about the doors freezing shut so I figured I'd make a thread regarding cold weather issues.

I'm happy to report I've had none! The mini-battery has been able to fire the Evo up easily even with the FP4R cams and FIC 850cc injectors. After a few seconds of warming up it idles smoothly and drivability is fine. Also, the Redline tranny cocktail is shifting very smoothly in these below-zero temps.

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My door locks were screwed up this morning could not get the car unlocked, at first thought it was frozen shut, but when I came home they worked just fine..I had to get a ride to work and was 5 mins late.

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I can't open my mail box. Our mail boxes are small metal boxes outside that you have to open with a key. I was able to finally get the key in, but could not turn it. Guess I'll have to wait for a warmer day...

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I have none so far and everything running great! A lot of door problems hope no one else has them.

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That was me with the frozen doors. haha, But yea other than that no other problems!

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I'm finally able to park my car in a garage this winter and I love it! It's not heated, but it doesn't seem to get below freezing in there. Most of the snow melts off the car overnight, then doesn't freeze on the floor. No frozen doors or locks for me. The car did turn over a little slowly when I was leaving work, but that's probably cuz I still have Shell 10w30 in it. I'll probably have to change the oil sometime soon.

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I've been thinking about switching to 5W-30 for the winter instead of my usual 10W-30, but after today I'm thinking its not needed.

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This Shell Rotellla oil I'm using seems to be thicker than other types of 10w30 I've used. I get way better oil pressure with this than any other 10w30 I've used.

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I used to use Rotella in my DSM's and noticed the same things. Great oil but probably a tad on the thick side for winter.

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think my battery in the liberty is crap cause when its super cold out its dead

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My bronco wouldnt start at all this morning, I almost missed a final because of it.

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I thought Rotella was mainly for diesels

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I haven't started my car in almost week now, I should probably check to see if the battery is dead before work tomorrow morning. It does have a hard time starting in this extreme cold, like a full 4 or 5 seconds of cranking. However the e70, 1600s, and no FIAV probably don't help one bit.

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My only problem is I seem to have lost my car. I parked it in my lot the other day and now there is a large mound a snow where it once was. Keep an eye out for a purple dsm ;)

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I had a wiper break today from being frozen to the windshield.

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Its designed for heavy-duty diesel applications but is a great oil for turbocharged extreme-duty gasoline applications.

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^never seen that.

Everything started ok, a bit slow, but the rolla only put out cold air after work until about 10 mins of driving then warm, I had it running for 15 min before i left work.

Redline cocktail? care to share? 2 MT 90 1 MTL?

I was talking about hill, I use rotella to up OP.

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Correct! Two quarts of MT-90 and one quart of MTL. This is my recommended mix for all Mitsubishi 5-speed transmissions calling for a GL-4 gear lube. Now, for Hondas, go for straight MTL ;)

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I'm running the Redline cocktail! Woot!

My tranny went from forcing it into every gear to smooth as butter..

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I've got 5w20 Mobil1 in my 4g 3.8l. No starting problems at all the past two days. I run my oil for 12k miles and change filters at 3k and add as much oil as necessary. The current fill has 6k miles on it.

If I'm leaving from the house garage I idle something like 30 seconds. Parked at school tonight (-6f on the idiot box) I sat for a full minute before heading off. No weird noises from any part of the car, no weird shifting from the sportronic tranny, brakes fine, etc.

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My big problem was that it was cold as hell outside so I decided to stay inside all day!

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my tranny used to be supper notchy in the winter with amsoil tranny fluid, i now also use the redline cocktail and it acts almost like brand new synchros after a couple days.

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Parking outside for the first time ever during winter. I sure miss heated underground parking. :( Last year I had underground non heated, and even with my 15w-50 oil, it always fired up. :D (Bad lifter tick which was solved last spring, now running 10w-30.)

No real problems, just starts a little slower but never more than 2 cranks. Scraping ice and snow sucks too.

I think my car blew a shock out over the weekend, but not due to weather.. UGH

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both rear doors were frozen shut
the washer fluid was 1/2 frozen
shell 10/40 with a bottle of Lucas it a little to thick to a while to run well
the car does not get warm even with the drive to the airport 160 tem t-stat sucks for winter.
the lock was frozen
sliding all over the place with the 18's is not fun
all yesterday

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My brake booster was having issues in the -15 weather the other night. When the car was running, the brakes were hard to press like if the car was off. After warming it up, it was good though. Turned over super slowly, but still started up like a champ.

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same problem with the brakes I noticed when I started it up to move it, only took one crank but it sounded like crap, but my brakes were frozen so they did not want to move....I actually have places to go today so hopefully she will be good to me.

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Sounds about right. My belts also scream more than normal when I start it.

It's always been 1-2 seconds of cranking to start, and even in this weather, it's no exception. They're just reeaaaaallllly reeaaaaallllly sloooooooooooooooooooooooow cranks.

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Well first time my car wouldn't start, battery was toast after 30 seconds of trying to start. I haven't started it in over a week so battery was probably about dead anyway. Getting a jump in 30 minutes.

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The Honda battery has barely started our Talon the last 2 mornings.

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I have a civic battery in the evo right now and she cranks over like a champ.

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I plugged my Grand Am in for the first time ever. I wanted to get heat faster in the morrning and it worked great. Started it, went inside for 2 min, got back in the car and the temp was over 100 already!

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Yeah, I have a huge cold weather issue! Other drivers!

Seriously, though; my idle sucks but Kracka and I will fix that. Otherwise it's just been fun letting the car get squirley on the roads.

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on cable this week 'futureweapons' is running their cold weather episode up at Ft. Wainwright in Alaska.

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Other than my low speed spin yesterday infront of my apartment building, I've had no issues at all. My car cranks a little slow when I'm leaving work and idles like shit for a couple mins, but it still fires right up.

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Well I got my car started. Even with it hooked up to another battery, it still took probably 2 full minutes of it cranking/sputtering for a few seconds, then letting it rest for a few seconds. Probably flooded so much it took even longer to start, and when it finally did start, it didn't seem like it was running right.

After consulting with Peter, we determined it had fouled plugs from being excessively flooded, and was probably running on less than 4 cylinders. When I got them out, 3/4 were pitch black, just completely coated. Replaced them with new ones, and it was rough for a few seconds then idled like normal again. I'm not going to let it sit for over a week again unless it's inside the garage.

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car's been in the garage to 3 days straight and i just fired it up about 30 minutes ago...started right up. the cars outside (truck) had trouble started a-ok.

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I had no problems this morning. No mushy clutch at cold start anymore, yay!

Did a little drifting, too, in the back lot at Normandale. Took a little bit of work without being able to spool the turbo, but by the end I was able to do a full lap of the lot completely sideways.

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My TPMS light came on the other night. It was -5 outside and neither my tire gauge or the compressor at the gas station were working correctly. I just drove home on it and luckily it was only about ~10lbs low. But, a good reminder that tires lose air in cold weather.

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I couldn't get my car to start for the past 3 days now.

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Why can't you spool the turbo? Boost leaks now?