Hard Starts
12-22-2008, 08:59 PM
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Hard Starts My car is a 95 3800 auto. I'm having trouble first starting up sittig over night in the below zero temps. Battery is less than 6 months old and is rated at GM's specifications. What can I do to easier the start for the car???
12-22-2008, 11:45 PM
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Don't they sell block heaters or something like that for this issue (i.e. below 0 temps)?? My gf told me about when she was in school up in Canada that they would pull in to a parking spot and plug their cars into some outlet that powered a heater that had to be installed on all the vehicles bc it got so cold that the engine would literally freeze...
No clue... I'm from the U.S. I hate cold! Haha
Where are you that it's getting so cold?
No clue... I'm from the U.S. I hate cold! Haha
Where are you that it's getting so cold?
12-23-2008, 12:16 AM
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Don't they sell block heaters or something like that for this issue (i.e. below 0 temps)?? My gf told me about when she was in school up in Canada that they would pull in to a parking spot and plug their cars into some outlet that powered a heater that had to be installed on all the vehicles bc it got so cold that the engine would literally freeze...
No clue... I'm from the U.S. I hate cold! Haha
Where are you that it's getting so cold?
No clue... I'm from the U.S. I hate cold! Haha
Where are you that it's getting so cold?
Normally it doesn't get this cold here but this year it's aboslutely freezing out here.
Every morning I think what in the hell happened to global warming. lol
12-23-2008, 04:25 PM
#6
What oil you running? 5W-30 will help it start easier than 10W-30.
Check all the connections too, battery and starter. The starter is right down at the bottom where it is subject to road salt so a really cold battery + corrosion on the starter battery connection could cause it to not crank too well.
My V6 always has a start issue, cranks forever before it starts up. I think it is a check valve problem letting the fuel drain back into the tank. But today after my car sat for a few days and it got subzero it started instantly when I turned the key.
Check all the connections too, battery and starter. The starter is right down at the bottom where it is subject to road salt so a really cold battery + corrosion on the starter battery connection could cause it to not crank too well.
My V6 always has a start issue, cranks forever before it starts up. I think it is a check valve problem letting the fuel drain back into the tank. But today after my car sat for a few days and it got subzero it started instantly when I turned the key.
12-23-2008, 07:12 PM
#7
What oil you running? 5W-30 will help it start easier than 10W-30.
Check all the connections too, battery and starter. The starter is right down at the bottom where it is subject to road salt so a really cold battery + corrosion on the starter battery connection could cause it to not crank too well.
My V6 always has a start issue, cranks forever before it starts up. I think it is a check valve problem letting the fuel drain back into the tank. But today after my car sat for a few days and it got subzero it started instantly when I turned the key.
Check all the connections too, battery and starter. The starter is right down at the bottom where it is subject to road salt so a really cold battery + corrosion on the starter battery connection could cause it to not crank too well.
My V6 always has a start issue, cranks forever before it starts up. I think it is a check valve problem letting the fuel drain back into the tank. But today after my car sat for a few days and it got subzero it started instantly when I turned the key.
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12-23-2008, 08:10 PM
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If it's close enough to a power outlet you could put a trickle charger on the battery. It won't over charge the battery but will keep a little juice going through it and that will keep it warm.