Evo does not like the cold
Jan 15, 2009, 03:47 PM
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Evo does not like the cold
Anyone else notice this car really really hate the cold? This morning is was a toasty -15F outside. Luckily it was in my garage, which normally stays above freezing or at least warming than outside. Warmed it up and it seemed ok. Went home from work today at 5 (warmed up to +1) and just trying to reverse feels like my parking park is engaged. The drivetrain fluids are just that thick. I let the engine warm up but that does pretty much jack for the drivetrain. Today I stepped on it after driving 10 miles and it had some get up but yesterday it felt sooo slow. I don't know if it's because I have boost creep from it being so cold (stock atm..) or because if I have a boost leak.
I'm doing 30K mile service in a few weeks + oil change. I may try to go a boost leak test but does anyone else notice the evo being slow in sub-zero temps?
I'm doing 30K mile service in a few weeks + oil change. I may try to go a boost leak test but does anyone else notice the evo being slow in sub-zero temps?
Jan 15, 2009, 03:56 PM
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jake the cold of washington state and anything in the negatives is a different beast, im up here in single digit temps and mine runs sluggish in the AM and idols high until it warms up. and mine feels slow too thou it feels sideways as icy as the roads have been the last few weeks here
Jan 15, 2009, 04:03 PM
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-15F is definitely underneath the 10-30w oil rated protection maybe its time for a good synthetic in the drive train. The air temp does move the load cells around a bit and the stock computer tries to boost less in cold weather. A tune would certain make the car feel more peppy in the colder weather.
I've found for my personal car which is still basically stock plus basic bolt ons the car likes the cold weather. The only thing my car hates is the 7000ft altitude change up in tahoe where it lost a lot of boost.
I've found for my personal car which is still basically stock plus basic bolt ons the car likes the cold weather. The only thing my car hates is the 7000ft altitude change up in tahoe where it lost a lot of boost.
Jan 15, 2009, 04:35 PM
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I think he's talking about b4 the car is warmed up completely . My car feels like its towing a boat b4 its fully warmed up. Also hard to get in to gears and i have the 6 speed. temps around here are -5 to - 14 all week
Jan 15, 2009, 05:11 PM
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Living in IL where it's been below 0 the past few nights, and cold winters as always, if you let it warm up for 5 minutes and get the temp needle moving, it runs great.
As long as you let her warm up, she screams down the street in the cold weather.
As long as you let her warm up, she screams down the street in the cold weather.
Jan 15, 2009, 05:16 PM
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yeah, Evo's hate the cold more than I have seen in any other cars I have driven. . .once you have driven it for about 10 minutes and the juices are warmed up, it's all buttery good. . .I also just had the tranny fluids all changed out, so, that certainly helps with everything. . .
