Any issues starting the car in brutally cold weather?
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From: Edmonton, Alberta
-30°c in Edmonton right now - my car made the "Woooo" sound for the first time - sounds like a robot ghost in my engine bay 
Going to let the car warm for at least ten minutes before I put her into gear....
Going to let the car warm for at least ten minutes before I put her into gear....
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Yes, I'm in Edmonton too and it's just brutally cold tonight. Same sound. I think that sound is normal though. It's the smell of gasoline and the rough start that makes me worried. Luckily those new relays will, hopefully, solve my problem.
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Ok, let's finish this story here!
I received my relay set from SSP on Tuesday. After I opened the hood, it looked like the relays may have already been changed... except for the one that should be the fuel pump relay (according to the diagrams I saw online). I noticed most of them were blue, and I had one big grey relay for MFI. If I read those forums correctly, the blue ones might be an indicator that things have been replaced. The fuel pump relay was small and black. So I replaced all of them anyways with my set of Omron black relays (grey for the MFI).
So far, the weather hasn't been below -30C, but I did get a chance for a few -25 cold starts. No more gas smell, and the car has been starting first try. Even though I get lots of whistling noises and screeches, all of those are normal for that kind of weather. The important part is that my fuel pump relay is now fixed. I did give the old relay the lightbulb check and it did sound like there was a small piece dangling around in there. So I have to assume and conclude that the fuel pump relay was the culprit.
I received my relay set from SSP on Tuesday. After I opened the hood, it looked like the relays may have already been changed... except for the one that should be the fuel pump relay (according to the diagrams I saw online). I noticed most of them were blue, and I had one big grey relay for MFI. If I read those forums correctly, the blue ones might be an indicator that things have been replaced. The fuel pump relay was small and black. So I replaced all of them anyways with my set of Omron black relays (grey for the MFI).
So far, the weather hasn't been below -30C, but I did get a chance for a few -25 cold starts. No more gas smell, and the car has been starting first try. Even though I get lots of whistling noises and screeches, all of those are normal for that kind of weather. The important part is that my fuel pump relay is now fixed. I did give the old relay the lightbulb check and it did sound like there was a small piece dangling around in there. So I have to assume and conclude that the fuel pump relay was the culprit.
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Ok, let's finish this story here!
I received my relay set from SSP on Tuesday. After I opened the hood, it looked like the relays may have already been changed... except for the one that should be the fuel pump relay (according to the diagrams I saw online). I noticed most of them were blue, and I had one big grey relay for MFI. If I read those forums correctly, the blue ones might be an indicator that things have been replaced. The fuel pump relay was small and black. So I replaced all of them anyways with my set of Omron black relays (grey for the MFI).
So far, the weather hasn't been below -30C, but I did get a chance for a few -25 cold starts. No more gas smell, and the car has been starting first try. Even though I get lots of whistling noises and screeches, all of those are normal for that kind of weather. The important part is that my fuel pump relay is now fixed. I did give the old relay the lightbulb check and it did sound like there was a small piece dangling around in there. So I have to assume and conclude that the fuel pump relay was the culprit.
I received my relay set from SSP on Tuesday. After I opened the hood, it looked like the relays may have already been changed... except for the one that should be the fuel pump relay (according to the diagrams I saw online). I noticed most of them were blue, and I had one big grey relay for MFI. If I read those forums correctly, the blue ones might be an indicator that things have been replaced. The fuel pump relay was small and black. So I replaced all of them anyways with my set of Omron black relays (grey for the MFI).
So far, the weather hasn't been below -30C, but I did get a chance for a few -25 cold starts. No more gas smell, and the car has been starting first try. Even though I get lots of whistling noises and screeches, all of those are normal for that kind of weather. The important part is that my fuel pump relay is now fixed. I did give the old relay the lightbulb check and it did sound like there was a small piece dangling around in there. So I have to assume and conclude that the fuel pump relay was the culprit.
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From: Calgary
This may be a older ralliart issue. I have 2012 ralliart and live in saskatoon and have never had to to try more than once. It is common for the car to have a higher idle iv found when it gets really cold but come back down once the engine warms up.
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