hows your car dealing with the cold?

[jenks69]

Mine does not want to start but gets there eventually! Is there anything I can do to improve matters? Once it gets going, it's happy enough, does seem to be running better but it might be my imagination.

When you say doesnt want to start? Refusing to fire or low battery power?

My misses is a sod for having everything on when she turns the key, heater, radio lights etc, and its the last thing off - the poor battery never gets a chance to charge :bang:

 

[activematt]

Well my car door was frozen shut this morning...........and i thought id broken the door handle getting it open as it pulled out but didnt go back in........its warmed up now and the door handle is working again

 

[Trancendental]

Remote Start Baby, never have to sit in the cold while it warms up

Is making two strange soudns from under the bonnet:

1) I think be the big spinny thing which the Alternator belt sits on

2) I'm told might be a loose Clutch Ring (happend after the Gearbox Rebuild)


Tipo One.Six has survived 2 winters, I'm sure cars last longer if you drive them everyday.

 

[PNL]

As soon as I start my stilo its beep beep frost warning I think its trying to tell me its DAMN COLD.

 

[CinquePunto]

my rear wiper is becoming like the hour hand on a slow clock...

only the middle 5 wires on the rear screen work...

 

[custard]

Remote Start Baby, never have to sit in the cold while it warms up

Is making two strange soudns from under the bonnet:

1) I think be the big spinny thing which the Alternator belt sits on

2) I'm told might be a loose Clutch Ring (happend after the Gearbox Rebuild)


Tipo One.Six has survived 2 winters, I'm sure cars last longer if you drive them everyday.

if its the thrust bearing they should have replaced it while the box was out

 

[JonnyBoy]

The wee Punto doesn't seem to mind the cold, only prob I've had lately is the tailpipe falling off the other day due to rust 1 mins of bodging with the welder and it's attached again, bit noisier than it was before but better than buying a new exhaust system

 

[Jai]

showing up the need for lots of little jobs all over the place, the main one being the heater matrix and associated fans are not really doing anything, hence the ice inside the car, but on the good side...starts first time!

other than that she seems to like the cold air, but have to be careful when it's a little icy/damp, squeezing on the accelerator, bit of spin which isnt too good

 

[Helz]

When you say doesnt want to start? Refusing to fire or low battery power?

My misses is a sod for having everything on when she turns the key, heater, radio lights etc, and its the last thing off - the poor battery never gets a chance to charge :bang:

I'm none too technical on this starting up business but I hear turning over noises and it takes 3-4 beats to start instead of straight away on the first beat. Fair pint about the battery though, might do my dad's favourite suggestion and sit and rev it to high heaven for a few mins with nothing using power.

 

[Big Black Stilo]

Stilo has been ok starting, windows siezed a few times and washer jets gunge up.

The other night I started it at -6c and got every warning message under the sun!- from lights out to ebd and engine failure! 5 minutes later ok?!?!?

 

[sammiboo]

Touch wood my car has been ok - even on really cold days it starts up without a problem. the indicators seem to suffer more in the cold than usual.

 

[Citizen Smith]

Stilo is good, climate control is absolutely brilliant for defrosting screen - only thing is the passenger mirror doesn't defrost , but getting that sorted asap.

 

[christopher watson]

the panda has survived three winters while i have owned it, and all on the same battery

 

[Chas Uno]

My 19 year old Uno has been running fine. Did get some carburetor icing a couple of weeks back, but have now swapped over the boy racer K&N for the standard airbox with hot air pipe. No problems now.

Starts first time, I just give the accelerator pedal a couple of presses to squirt fuel in from the accelerator pump (one of the plus points of a carburetor!) A few twirls on the starter and it fires up fine, even last week at 3am when the temperature was down to -3.

Takes longer to warm up, and needs the choke open longer. But the cold air has seemed to make it run a bit smoother and it seems more revvy. Even a carburetor car likes some cold dense air

Having flushed the cooling system out in 2004 and replaced the thermostat it still warms up correctly and pumps nice hot air into the interior

Only problem is that it is filthy as I haven't had a chance to wash it for weeks. All that damn salt probably speeding up the rusting process

 

[Trancendental]

if its the thrust bearing they should have replaced it while the box was out

everything was done.. its something else, it wasn't making the sound in the garage... you know how it is

might do my dad's favourite suggestion and sit and rev it to high heaven for a few mins with nothing using power.

Don't "rev the nuts off" a cold engine unless you want it to break.

 

[stilosporting]

ive noticed the car is spinning in second but have plenty of grip left on tyres imo??? have noticed lots of squeaks from the dash n its a bit louder on fireup but thats it!

 

[custard]

everything was done.. its something else, it wasn't making the sound in the garage... you know how it is

well it will most likely be the belts then

 

[custard]

I'm none too technical on this starting up business but I hear turning over noises and it takes 3-4 beats to start instead of straight away on the first beat. Fair pint about the battery though, might do my dad's favourite suggestion and sit and rev it to high heaven for a few mins with nothing using power.

best wat to start your ar is fire it up and drive of as soon as possible. make sure you are giving your car good runs and not loads of short journeys as the battery gets hit hard.
try to get into the habit of switching of the heater,demister etc when you dont need them as its easy to leave them on.
weaknesses in the ignition system will rear up in poor weather.modern engines are good but still need the spark so plugs and leads in good condition are essential


edith yeah and keep it under 3000 rpm as much as possible till warmed up and even more so for turbo drivers

 

[Gary]

x-reg Multipla- Handbrake frozon solid and flat battery
m-reg Punto- Still running great

 

[doblo]

The Doblo struggles to turn over but once started is fine.
The Panda Multijet starts a treat.