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Focus Cold Starts > Me
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I'm supposed to go to volleyball tonight... but I may take the bus this one time. I can deal with a broken car, I just don't want to deal with it before flying out on vacation.

But when I get back in Jan, I'll be doing a full blown cold-weather test.

My focus was never a problem starting... mostly. It started in -40 without being plugged in, and it started that fateful morning when it was plugged in and -46 ... except the exaust froze solid.. go figure.

I had an 84 nissan 4x4 that started in -51C (-55C with windchill) without ever being plugged in (it parked on the street). I turned it over a few times, pumping the gas... the 1st 15 seconds, she'd barely turn.. then as the started slowly worked things free, she turned over. It took 2 tries, but she started, and I held the starter on until she got up to idle.

Then try moving a 4x with frozen hubs/axles/tranny..

shifted her into 4 low, and drove it in 1st gear halfway to the university.... couldn't shift gears because the truck would just screetch to a halt (without the engine turning things, it would skid as everything seized up)...

got to the university in -50C weather, only to find out the school was closed due to the extreme temperatures...

sissies.
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Focus Cold Starts > Me - NOS2Go4Me - 12-20-2004, 10:11 AM
Focus Cold Starts > Me - 2001 ZTS - 12-20-2004, 10:51 AM
Focus Cold Starts > Me - naz - 12-20-2004, 11:54 AM
Focus Cold Starts > Me - 2001 ZTS - 12-20-2004, 12:02 PM
Focus Cold Starts > Me - schade - 12-20-2004, 12:49 PM
Focus Cold Starts > Me - NOS2Go4Me - 12-20-2004, 01:06 PM
Focus Cold Starts > Me - naz - 12-20-2004, 03:09 PM
Focus Cold Starts > Me - 2001 ZTS - 12-20-2004, 03:46 PM
Focus Cold Starts > Me - ZX3TUNR - 12-20-2004, 04:05 PM
Focus Cold Starts > Me - ThraxXx - 12-20-2004, 04:40 PM
Focus Cold Starts > Me - guilty - 12-20-2004, 04:41 PM
Focus Cold Starts > Me - tdot-zx3 - 12-20-2004, 05:34 PM
Focus Cold Starts > Me - naz - 12-20-2004, 05:53 PM
Focus Cold Starts > Me - NOS2Go4Me - 12-20-2004, 11:13 PM
Focus Cold Starts > Me - Phreez - 12-20-2004, 11:16 PM
Focus Cold Starts > Me - 2001 ZTS - 12-20-2004, 11:18 PM
Focus Cold Starts > Me - Flofocus - 12-21-2004, 12:11 AM
Focus Cold Starts > Me - dBlast - 12-21-2004, 12:19 AM
Focus Cold Starts > Me - scoobasteve - 12-21-2004, 12:29 AM
Focus Cold Starts > Me - darkpuppet - 12-21-2004, 12:29 AM
Focus Cold Starts > Me - ANTHONYD - 12-21-2004, 02:09 AM
Focus Cold Starts > Me - Flofocus - 12-21-2004, 02:20 AM

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