Surer cold still starts.

[Glitch]

Wow it has been super cold here in Iowa. I have been driving my gas hog 4wd. Festiva has been sitting out in the cold for weeks now and the other day it was -7 w/out windchill. Brushed off the snow, pryed open the doors and it started right up. Let it warm up for a while and took it out and drove it. Great little car. Everyone should have at least one of them.

[packrat427]

Re: Surer cold still starts.

Wow it has been super cold here . Festiva has been sitting out in the cold for the day it was -7 w/out windchill. pryed open the doors and it started right up. Let it warm up for a while and took it out and drove it. Great little car. Everyone should have at least one of them.

^^ That is here for me ^^

I agree !!

[DGmk3]

yeah I got up yesterday where I live and it was -19 and the little guy poped right off no problem

[packrat427]

I am not looking forward to the early morning , they are calling for -15 to -20 WC temp here. :shock:

I hate the extreme cold , good for the bugs .BAD for my little Festiva .

[freshtiva]

I keep mine pampered in a heated shop. They are great in the snow though.

[25Horseplay]

I don't drive mine at all in the winter!

[yvanlavoie20]

-7 lol

here tonight -29 deg celcius... ( -22 f. )
this is cold... and add wind, you feel like -45 deg cel ( -45 f. )

yes engine start but must have a good battery and 5w30 or 0 w 30.

yvan

[IdealSociety]

mine started up in central MN in -31* wind chills... i think temp was -10* or so

[ectonine]

Cold weather is my Festivas enemy. I have to pump the gas ten or so times to get it to start in the kind of weather we have been having. After it warms up for a few minutes it does alright. I need to figure out what its problem is.--Jeremie

[muscle_Car1]

^ carbed I guess.

[FoxProGT]

Re: -7 lol

here tonight -29 deg celcius... ( -22 f. )
this is cold... and add wind, you feel like -45 deg cel ( -45 f. )

yes engine start but must have a good battery and 5w30 or 0 w 30.

yvan

so does that mean that 20w50 oil is bad for festiva in the winter?

[ectonine]

Yeah, my car is carbed. 20w50 seems to thick for any Festiva, anytime of the year.--Jeremie

[elcamino1]

5W30 or 10W30 in this climat ,20W50 to heavy for 1.3

[funky technician]

5W30 or 10W30 in this climat ,20W50 to heavy for 1.3

unless your engine runs like mine :lol:

[FoxProGT]

hmm i wonder why most auto stores say 20w50 oil is best for a 150k+ festiva then... O.o ..id go by what you festiva guys say any time ...ima have to change my oil then now