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Spring Break '92 · 11-06-2009, 11:42 PM

The temps just dropped pretty drastically in my area. I had let my car sit for a couple of days and it started reluctantly and ran a little rough. I ended up shutting if off and doing a couple of times until it would only crank over. Took the plugs out and let them dry off, put them back in and no problems since. What methods or products do you guys use or do to help out with cold weather starting? Im going to stock up on bottles of fuel antifreeze/water remover in the morning.

M11's · 11-06-2009, 11:52 PM

i hate parking my car in the cold it always takes a few cranks to start and forever to warm up

miklos · 11-07-2009, 12:46 AM

They have heaters for the engine and remote starters and more........

mxexux · 11-07-2009, 12:56 AM

Its the battery that needs the warming up. Batteries don't like working in the cold. Once heard somebody say that u should pee on it, but I wouldn't do that.

Spring Break '92 · 11-07-2009, 04:07 AM

You guys in So Cal. are lucky. The cold makes everything more difficult.

SR_Vlurs · 11-07-2009, 07:55 PM

where are you at spring?
im in pa so its most likely harder for me then for you

penco · 11-10-2009, 04:20 PM

What kind of engine do you have? If its an sr i had the same problem. I had to sit in my car and crank it for aprox. 5 min until it would start up. Ended up being not enough power going to an ecu wire.

clark · 11-10-2009, 05:05 PM

you guys got fucked up motors.

i have a redtop SR from a 91 silvia probably with like 70-80k miles on it. shit starts up like a champ every time, hot, cold, freezing, hell last winter i had icicles forming on the inside of my windshield and started right away.

you guys need to check your timing. when i first had the motor, it would crank like 5 times, die, then i'd turn it to start again, then it'd start right awy.

adjusted timing, and ever since it starts right up.

Spring Break '92 · 11-10-2009, 06:01 PM

I have a KA and I live in VA. My timing is on point, nothing wrong with the motor, it was rebuilt about 30K ago. Who knows what the problem was, I'll just chalk it up to the fuel that the local gas stations hasn't changed up to winterized fuel yet and the temp dropped rapidly, its been a non issue for me ever since.

97nismo · 11-15-2009, 09:13 AM

my D21 had rough starts but my s14 cranks no prob
weird

Slammed180 · 11-15-2009, 09:35 AM

I have a winter beater. Best product available.

SR_Vlurs · 11-15-2009, 08:17 PM

I have a s14 sr and it always cranks over on the first try I was just saying that winters here are usually nasty

alliance · 11-15-2009, 08:27 PM

my car starts up fine in the cold it is the warming up tht takes a while for me because i live in the mountain area

Frydways · 11-16-2009, 01:37 AM

when i was living in MT, it would get cold regularly. Below 20 every night and in the morning the SR would take maybe a second or two extra to start, but it would catch. Then occasionally it would idle a bit funky until you either revved it or let it warm up a bit. Honestly though it was never anything I was concerned about. I lived in cold areas for most of my life and every car I ever had shared similar symptoms when it got cold out. If its starting and running I would say you're fine. Throw some HEET in the gas tank along with some injector cleaner and call it a day. That usually helped me out a lot.

11-06-2009, 11:42 PM	#1
Spring Break '92 Leaky Injector Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: unconcious on Daytona Beach Age: 29 Posts: 136 Trader Rating: (1)	cold weather hard starts The temps just dropped pretty drastically in my area. I had let my car sit for a couple of days and it started reluctantly and ran a little rough. I ended up shutting if off and doing a couple of times until it would only crank over. Took the plugs out and let them dry off, put them back in and no problems since. What methods or products do you guys use or do to help out with cold weather starting? Im going to stock up on bottles of fuel antifreeze/water remover in the morning. __________________ White denim and a coke habit.

11-07-2009, 04:07 AM	#5
Spring Break '92 Leaky Injector Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: unconcious on Daytona Beach Age: 29 Posts: 136 Trader Rating: (1)	You guys in So Cal. are lucky. The cold makes everything more difficult. __________________ White denim and a coke habit.

11-07-2009, 07:55 PM	#6
SR_Vlurs Zilvia Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: in the worse place in the world ..... Posts: 254 Trader Rating: (2)	where are you at spring? im in pa so its most likely harder for me then for you __________________ ¿$phinx?

11-10-2009, 06:01 PM	#9
Spring Break '92 Leaky Injector Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: unconcious on Daytona Beach Age: 29 Posts: 136 Trader Rating: (1)	I have a KA and I live in VA. My timing is on point, nothing wrong with the motor, it was rebuilt about 30K ago. Who knows what the problem was, I'll just chalk it up to the fuel that the local gas stations hasn't changed up to winterized fuel yet and the temp dropped rapidly, its been a non issue for me ever since. __________________ White denim and a coke habit.

11-15-2009, 09:35 AM	#11
Slammed180 Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Calgary, Canada Age: 23 Posts: 1,208 Trader Rating: (1)	I have a winter beater. Best product available. __________________ Blow me, bitches.

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11-06-2009, 11:52 PM	#2
M11's Zilvia Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Liberty Lake, Wa Age: 19 Posts: 179 Trader Rating: (0)	i hate parking my car in the cold it always takes a few cranks to start and forever to warm up

11-07-2009, 12:46 AM	#3
miklos Zilvia Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: South Bay California Posts: 225 Trader Rating: (0)	They have heaters for the engine and remote starters and more........

11-07-2009, 12:56 AM	#4
mxexux Leaky Injector Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: SoCal 949 Posts: 141 Trader Rating: (1)	Its the battery that needs the warming up. Batteries don't like working in the cold. Once heard somebody say that u should pee on it, but I wouldn't do that.

11-10-2009, 04:20 PM	#7
penco Leaky Injector Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Milwaukee Age: 25 Posts: 100 Trader Rating: (0)	What kind of engine do you have? If its an sr i had the same problem. I had to sit in my car and crank it for aprox. 5 min until it would start up. Ended up being not enough power going to an ecu wire.

11-10-2009, 05:05 PM	#8
clark Zilvia FREAK! Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: new york Posts: 1,005 Trader Rating: (0)	you guys got fucked up motors. i have a redtop SR from a 91 silvia probably with like 70-80k miles on it. shit starts up like a champ every time, hot, cold, freezing, hell last winter i had icicles forming on the inside of my windshield and started right away. you guys need to check your timing. when i first had the motor, it would crank like 5 times, die, then i'd turn it to start again, then it'd start right awy. adjusted timing, and ever since it starts right up.

11-15-2009, 09:13 AM	#10
97nismo Zilvia Junkie Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Earth Age: 23 Posts: 379 Trader Rating: (9)	my D21 had rough starts but my s14 cranks no prob weird

11-15-2009, 08:17 PM	#12
SR_Vlurs Zilvia Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: in the worse place in the world ..... Posts: 254 Trader Rating: (2)	I have a s14 sr and it always cranks over on the first try I was just saying that winters here are usually nasty __________________ ¿$phinx?

11-15-2009, 08:27 PM	#13
alliance Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: pos Age: 17 Posts: 14 Trader Rating: (1)	my car starts up fine in the cold it is the warming up tht takes a while for me because i live in the mountain area

11-16-2009, 01:37 AM	#14
Frydways Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Santa Monica, CA Age: 22 Posts: 36 Trader Rating: (0)	when i was living in MT, it would get cold regularly. Below 20 every night and in the morning the SR would take maybe a second or two extra to start, but it would catch. Then occasionally it would idle a bit funky until you either revved it or let it warm up a bit. Honestly though it was never anything I was concerned about. I lived in cold areas for most of my life and every car I ever had shared similar symptoms when it got cold out. If its starting and running I would say you're fine. Throw some HEET in the gas tank along with some injector cleaner and call it a day. That usually helped me out a lot.

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