I know every car will have this problem but is there anyway to fix it, I am taking abotu starting it in cold weather, would it be good to get a new battery, better oil or what?
What do you guys do about wintertime and the sporty rides you drive?
the only thing i really do is change to a thicker oil. not that you have to but i heard that the thicker oil tends to be better for the engine in cold weather.
First of all, j-body's arent sporty rides. Ok, some things you can do is run midgrade gas instead of the lowest, just go a step up, or go premium. Use 10w30 instead of 5w30. Start your car and let it warm up for at least 15 mins if there is snow on the ground. Make sure your alternator is good, and battery is good, if they arent, upgrade to bigger and better parts just to make sure
. When you start your car there hsould be no electronics come on. Everytime you turn your car off, first turn off the cd player or take the faceplate off, install a killswitch to turn off the cd player, amp, subs, eq, whatever you have, all neons or fog lights should be off, ac and heater should be off, then after the car ist started, turn them on. If you start your car with them all on its harder on the battery. Also, make sure you have ANTIFREEZE and not just water. If your car never warms up no matter how far you drive it, check the thermostat, could be stuck open. In the summer it wouldnt be a bad thing, but in the winter, its a very bad thing. cover your car when you are done driving it for the day, so when it snows you just take the cover off and the snow comes off, or park in a garage. And also always keep the air at what its supposed to be in your tires.
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thoughthardtocomeupwiththis wrote:Trky wrote: Start your car and let it warm up for at least 15 mins if there is snow on the ground.
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Snow on ground = cold. Cold = bad to drive car cold. Driving car cold = bad performance. Bad performance = you push pedal down further to get it to act normal. Pushing it harder to make it act normal = bad.
Girls suck, buy a fast car.
any alternator or starter or battery I ever had go in used rides was ALWAYS in winter, winter is hard on these electrical items.
I would check them out really well, as well as starter and starter ground connections, and the outout of the alternator, and re-check the alternator output as is starts to get cold.
peopel seem to be reccomending thicker oil in winter, NO NO NO! I dont know where this came from.
look in a tech ref manual for a temperature/oil viscosity chart...its even on some oil cans or oil boxes.
you select thickness of oil by the LOWEST temperature you expect to encounter. My rules of thumb? with less than 80-90K, I will tend to use the reccomended oil grade bythe tech ref manual. After that, many "high mileage" cars will benefit in warm temperatures from a thicker oil, I will even use straight 30W in the heat of summer. Pop your oil filler cap off and verify the oil is flowing.
But, in winter...I use thinner oil, 10w-40/30, or even 5W- if it gets really cold. Why? Startup and the first several minutes is the hardest time for cars in winter. It takes a while for the oil pump to supply oil to the upper end of the engine to the valvetrain and such. Thicker oil will be like molasses or glue in low temperatures...youre first couple minutes the upper end will be runnign without any lubrication and greatly accelerate wear! 5W- will flow better during this crucial warm up period.
if you dont believe me, take thick oil, and thin oil, and put them outside in winter, or in a freezer, then see which flows at all...the thin oil wins everytime.
I have heard this "thicker oil in winter" mantra before, and it scares me where the idea came from...its the reverse of whats true. THIN OIL in WINTER!!! then, high mileage vehicles can benefit from thicker oil than normal in summer heat; verify its flowing good at the oil filler cap.
Is an '82 Olds Firenza a "Flash Ride" ?
yeah, resist the urge to mash the gas pedal to speed the warm up. If you have to give it gas to warm up for the first minute or two, do so very sparingly, just enough to keep it going. You'll wear out rings and valvetrain compinents by gunning it to warm it up faster.
condensation forms more readily in winter. condensation forms when a cold object has warm air around it...it collects water droplets. Just like a cold beer in a warm room. Warm air has more water vapor in it, and the cold object has colder air layer around it, so the water condenses there.
as the engine and exhaust heat up, the inside of the gas tank is still cold; some amount of condensation collects there. Keep the gas tank as full as possible with frequent fill ups, this will fight this. Also, a bottle of dry gas periodically will fight it too. Watch where you get your gas, too. Some dealers will pull out the very filters to take the water out for good operation in winter, which is ironically when you need it most!
Is an '82 Olds Firenza a "Flash Ride" ?
