-25 degrees celcius - car started!!!
I would like to announce my rebourn faith in the na rotary engine. Today it was -25 degrees celcius (-13 degrees fahrenheit) outside and my car managed to start with no block heater!!! on 20w 50 oil!!! i do feel sorry for it though and wont be doing this ever again, but still its nice to know she can start in these conditions.
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-13 F?!?!?! OMG man its around 20 F here and I think its frickin FREEZING. My N/A decided it wasn't going to start for me last night...it always does this shit in the winter.
-Joe |
put some thinner oil in there
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Damn, it sounds like your fuel injection setup is still actually working perfect after all these years. Props.
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It should never be a problem to start in the cold. My FC ALWAYS started. Hell, my carbureted '78 1st gen always started. If your car is working properly, cold start/hot start problems should be nonexistant.
But by god, put thinner oil in there. 20W 50 is nearly solid as these temps. Hell, this morning even the 0-20 in my Insight was like syrup. |
Originally Posted by Aaron Cake
It should never be a problem to start in the cold. My FC ALWAYS started. Hell, my carbureted '78 1st gen always started. If your car is working properly, cold start/hot start problems should be nonexistant.
But by god, put thinner oil in there. 20W 50 is nearly solid as these temps. Hell, this morning even the 0-20 in my Insight was like syrup. |
Originally Posted by Aaron Cake
It should never be a problem to start in the cold. My FC ALWAYS started. Hell, my carbureted '78 1st gen always started. If your car is working properly, cold start/hot start problems should be nonexistant.
But by god, put thinner oil in there. 20W 50 is nearly solid as these temps. Hell, this morning even the 0-20 in my Insight was like syrup. |
My old 88 gxl never and i mean never once not started. It only flooded once the whole time i owned it and that was cause it hadnt run in 6 months and after i pulled the injector fuse it fired right up. i used to drive it every winter out here in maryland
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Mine started up fine too in -30C ...
However, I have 10W30 with MMO in the engine. MMO helps startup alot. |
-25f is the coldest i've attempted to start mine in, turned over like it was being hand cranked, but started!
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Damn it, it finally snowed once and I already want my summer back!
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Originally Posted by pd_day
Mine started up fine too in -30C ...
However, I have 10W30 with MMO in the engine. MMO helps startup alot. |
Mine started on 0F weather yesterday. I was happy. The gearbox wouldn't shift for a while though - I suspect the 75W90 in it was basically a solid block of goo.
What's always impressed me is that my sub-beater (basically, rolling shell with an engine/transmission in it) has always started for me. Even in -10F weather, when half the town can't get their car started, this one will crank & start. -=Russ=- |
My FC has always started in the cold (if you can call 27F cold) It's just building up oil pressure when it's cold out that seems to be the problem.
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Originally Posted by Froggmann
(if you can call 27F cold)
And then there's those crazy Alaskans... "It's not cold till it hits -40." Funny thing is, you don't need to specify scale, because -40F = -40C. -=Russ=- |
Michigan gets weather that cold as well. ;) We've had quite a few -40 days.
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My car only has a problem starting when it's warm or hot.
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Originally Posted by Aaron Cake
It should never be a problem to start in the cold.
-Joe |
Originally Posted by Froggmann
if you can call 27F cold
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my rx always started faster in the cold than my piston car.
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LOL. the responses here are so varied. its funny cuz i saw an rx-8 on the road today gettin towed away. maybe the new renesis duznt like cold.
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Yesterday in -15C my BLOWN ENGINE TII started..
I think that's pretty damn impressive. it was a bitch starting my borrowed tempo today. |
hahahahahaha ^^^^^
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Originally Posted by OverDriven
You're right it shouldn't. But my N/A has right around 210,000 miles on it and the compression is not the best. I just need it last a couple more months till my TII is done.
-Joe |
My engine starts up fine in colder weather, of course it's only gotten down to about 30-40ºF at lowest here right now, so it's not too bad yet.
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