-25 degrees celcius - car started!!!

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Dec 20, 2004 | 10:38 PM

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BDoty311

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Originally Posted by jon88se

Compression should be higher when it's colder out I believe...cold starting (like in o degree weather) is a test of your charging system as the battery has LESS of a charge and the alternator has to work HARDER.

Its really a test of your wiring and sensors for the fuel injection. Bad water temp sensor? Good luck getting it started in the cold. Basically the cold tends to elevate any small problems you might have.

Dec 21, 2004 | 01:55 AM

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jacobcartmill

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my 87 TII caught on fire about this time 2 years ago.

Dec 21, 2004 | 02:05 AM

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casio

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Originally Posted by BDoty311

Bad water temp sensor? Good luck getting it started in the cold.

heh, yea, may wanna set the s-afc to +50% if your water thermosensor is dead. i was upping mine to about +30% when it was decent weather out (70s?).

Dec 21, 2004 | 02:13 AM

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jacobcartmill

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airflow signal has nothing to do with cranking

Dec 21, 2004 | 09:18 AM

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jon88se

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Originally Posted by jacobcartmill

airflow signal has nothing to do with cranking

Right- I'm sure temps have an effect on the amount of fuel injected during cranking though.

Dec 21, 2004 | 10:04 AM

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Aaron Cake

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Let me clarify my statement: There's nothing special about the rotary that will make it hard to start in these low temps. As long as the car is working properly, it should never be an issue.