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Cold weather start up. Normal?

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Old 02-01-2007, 03:52 PM
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Every morning now that I go to start up my car it will start for a half second and then just die. then I turn the key again and it starts up in no time and everything is normal. Now during these times it is in the twenties. the car has 111000 miles.
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Old 02-01-2007, 04:15 PM
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My car does it too. I'm pretty sure its the battery. It was even more evident when i put my supercharger on. The battery loses charge some charge after sitting a for a couple days without driving it add the cold whether (batteries perform better when they are warm). A standard car battery works best at about 90degrees, at 0 degrees its 45% less effective.

I'm just too damn lazy to change my battery.
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Old 02-01-2007, 04:19 PM
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my car just never starts in the cold. the battery keeps dieing
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Old 02-01-2007, 04:25 PM
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yeah I drive mine everyday and sometimes it will do it sometimes it won't. I thought it was either the alternator or the battery also.
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Old 02-01-2007, 04:27 PM
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i have never had a problem with the cold and starting and in the mornings when i leave it is in the teens
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Old 02-01-2007, 04:28 PM
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pick up a optima red top, my buddy had one on his old lt1 firebird... thing started right up no matter how cold it got.
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Old 02-01-2007, 04:29 PM
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ORIGINAL: Hash06

i have never had a problem with the cold and starting and in the mornings when i leave it is in the teens

Your battery doesnt suck as bad as mine. I have the stock battery on my car lol.... 7 years old.
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