01MGGT

So my 2010 Fusion Hybrid starts like a champ when it is 20 below zero so long as I plug in the heaters. Wich consist of a oil pan heater, tranny heater, block heater and a battery heater. However today was a different story! The temp was -46 degrees F with a wind chill of -64 degrees! My wife called for a ride to work because the FFH wouldn't even start lol. It doesn't have a starter like a normal car. Instead it seems the electric motor starts the gas engine when needed. In order to make it start I had to put a queen size heated blanket under the hood that has TWO heaters in it set on high. AND put a small space heater in the trunk and close it to thaw the batteries bc I figure they were froze. Gauge cluster/LCD and everything worked just no start! It started after the heat I put on it however. I know these batteries are a dry cell battery from what I understand. And I am quite sure they are lithium as well. I figured these wouldn't freeze as Optima batteries are very popular up here also and they are a Gel / dry cell battery. I hope it warms back up soon!

speedstang06

Wow, I thought it was cold here with wind chills around -20.

03GeeTee

Dude F' that cold weather. Jeez I thought I was gonna freeze to death when it was 20 degrees here the past few days lol

wrr1020

Wow, that is way too cold. I hate at night when the mercury drops into the high 40s here in Los Angeles, i can't even imagine those below zero temps.

01MGGT

lol I thought it was hilarious my BRAND NEW car with 5k wouldn't start and my winter beater nissan pathfinder with 248,000 miles started almost perfectly! Crazy stuff I think the Air Force must hate me for sending me here for three damn years. Glad this is my last winter! Look forward to being back with you all in the lower 48 getting free shipping again and going to actual tracks!

bopiela

dang. with temps like that id call in sick from work, haha

mrtstang

I was up in Anchorage many years ago. It kind of reminds me of the upper peninsula of Michigan only on a much grander scale, and a lot colder lol.

Derf00

It's all about tolerances. I was watching Top Gear the other day and did you know that F1 cars have such tight tolerances on the motors that at everyday temps (like 50-80F) you have to HEAT the motor by running hot oil and coolant through it to expand things enough to actually get the motor to turn and start??

An older engine will usualy start easier in cold weather because of wear. The fluids therefore can pass more easily through the passages. A new engine has tighter tolerances that means less space to move when things are cold and tight.

MCxQubed

i could never go out and stand in that weather

ChalknCover

Man and I thought it was cold hear when it was getting into the single digits, but damn that is nuts.