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18 years ago
Cold Weather Starting Problems
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18 years ago
Thinner oil could help, like Mobil 1 0W-30.
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18 years ago
i agree too thick an oil can make it crank slow. 10w30 or 5w30 should work as well as the 0w30 mobile1 oil. has it ever had new spark plugs and wires? is the air filter clean?
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18 years ago
Funny, we put the charger on it overnight to keep the battery charge up, and it started without a problem this morning when the temps were at 3. The battery was around 60% when we plugged in the charger last night. (And the temps were around 14 then.) It was full within a few hours. I left the charger on overnight until I got ready to start it this morning. I went ahead and put the charger back on it tonight. We're supposed to see 4 below tonight. Again, it was not at a full charge, but it was probably around 80% or so. Probably tomorrow night will be the last night I'll have to worry about putting it on a charger before the temperatures warm up closer to December-like temperatures for here. Our average highs are supposed to be just below 40 F, but we've been lucky to see much higher than 20 for the past two weeks. We're getting January (or worse) weather. We're finally supposed to see the mid 30's this weekend. While I'm at it, I should get my oil changed. I'm using 10w30 right now, but I'll probably ask for 5w30.
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18 years ago
By the way, the car still started a little slow, but not REALLY slow like it has been. The oil would probably take care of that problem.
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18 years ago
What is the cold cranking amp rating on your battery?
Harryface
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18 years ago
I don't know, I'll have to check in the morning. How's the "table" in the garage doing? Finally, the brutal Iowa temperatures are going to be into the 30's.
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18 years ago
Travis,
The " tables " have turned. he Buick is now the table. The Bonnevlle is back to daily duty.
Harryface
05 Park Avenue, 32,672 91 Bonneville LE 304,883- Vote on answer
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18 years ago
About time you started putting more miles on that BV...I guess in your case the "LE" stands for "Long Endurance".
Lee
2000 SSEi 48,150 2004 Volvo S60 11,875