Thread: HOW?

Originally Posted by UR LOSN

the only thing I could think about tonight at work was how the heck do the people in the artic drive around? the oil has to be water!!!!!!!!

then about those Ice road truckers.... If they fall through the ice... they are stuck in worse weather than this.... YIKES!!!!

Actually, the oil thickens and is much much harder to pump in those temperatures. Even at 40 below, synthetics suffer unless its a high quality synthetic in which case they will typically flow okay down to 60 below.

In extreme cold climates they will block of part or all of the radiator and in diesel applications they'll use additives in the fuel to keep it from gelling and of course they wont shut the engine off unless its just unavoidable.

In those temps its best to have a block warmer, battery warmer and block off most of the air flow to the radiator.

One trick you can try to see if it will help start in the mornings or when you first start the car for the day or after it has sat in those temps for long periods of time is to turn on your headlights before trying to start the car. That gets current flowing and warms up the battery some and makes it easier to start the car.