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| Author: | shipwrecked101 [ Tue May 06, 2014 9:24 am ] |
| Post subject: | 98 GV won't start in the cold!! |
I'm going to assume this is a battery problem but I thought I would seek opinion from more educated folk here. The wife's GV won't turn over the past few mornings sounds just like a dead battery but then starts fine later in the day once everything is warmer. Now obviously I assume its the battery just strange that it then starts later. Are there any other possibilities that could be causing said issue? |
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| Author: | klutched [ Tue May 06, 2014 10:06 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 98 GV won't start in the cold!! |
Grab a multimeter and check your battery voltage. Should be around 12v off then 13-14v while turned on. Gonna have a wild guess and say maybe your oil is too thick. What oil do you run in it? I was running 10W50 and when I went to 15W60, and as it started getting colder I noticed it would turn over a couple of times then start. |
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| Author: | henno [ Tue May 06, 2014 10:37 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 98 GV won't start in the cold!! |
I am running 10w50 in mine and on the last two days (first really cold sub-10 degree days since owning it) it has laboured ever so slightly when starting and even had a small amount of timing chain rattle for a few seconds upon starting. |
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| Author: | shipwrecked101 [ Tue May 06, 2014 3:07 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 98 GV won't start in the cold!! |
I'm running 10w30, I run thicker in the SWB Vit and it starts fine... I was going to grab a new multi-meter tomorrow anyway |
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| Author: | Reubs [ Tue May 06, 2014 6:35 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: 98 GV won't start in the cold!! |
It is not your oil. A battery's current output is dependent on temperature. If your battery is in marginal condition then it will cause slow or no cranking in cold weather. If you get a load test done it will probably show as stuffed. If you pour boiling water over the battery on cold mornings it may warm it up enough to start. |
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