My son is moving to North Dakota from the deep south next month. He is starting a great job, he is also not a mechanic of any kind (dad's job I guess). I know some of you on this forum are from colder climates so my question is "Is there anything you would recomend i do differently to prepare for winter?"
We basicly shut down around here if it gets much below freezing and three snowflakes closes the roads. ;-) A couple of issues I have had with the truck that have caused NO problems except trip the CEL are cold related.
- Oil pressure gauge (outside temp below 30deg) stays at the bottom for about 5 min then jumps to normalwhen engine is warm. I know we have disscussed this before and it has never caused any problem for the last 11 years. ???
- PO171 and PO174 codes will trip if the temp gets around 20deg and is humid. Reset it and it is good until the next year if it gets that cold.
I'm asking because we wear short sleeve shirts all year here and we know nothing of the white flakey stuff from the sky.