Holy Crap its Cold!

.40CalPatriot

.40CalPatriot

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Anyone else have issues this morning with the cold. I stood in negative 8 degrees while I waited for my bus downtown. Bus ended up being 40 minutes late. I have been at work for about 30 minutes and am just now regaining feeling in my toes! I love snow but HATE the COLD!
 
it was 4 degrees at my house yesterday at 930. with the wind howling at 30mph
 
It was 55 degrees in my classroom this morning when I walked in. :eek:
 
-7 when I left the house this morning... my 750 CCA from my redtop were screaming (moaning?) for help. Barely friggin turned over.
 
right now its -7 where i live in thornton and its 5 in boulder where i work. last night was supposedly a record breaking low for the date.

has anyone else had problems starting their jeeps is the really cold temps? a few mornings ago it was a little hesitant to start and this morning it was a really rough/slow start.
 
-18 in greeley but a guy at work said his weather station at his house said -23 the jeep chugged twice the other day when starting it so I cleaned out the garage enough to get both jeeps in and I'm glad I did because it started up pretty easy this morning. we have about 10 work trucks that we think the fuel jelled up in last night.
 
XCastleXJ said:
right now its -7 where i live in thornton and its 5 in boulder where i work. last night was supposedly a record breaking low for the date.

has anyone else had problems starting their jeeps is the really cold temps? a few mornings ago it was a little hesitant to start and this morning it was a really rough/slow start.
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Yeah mine barely turned over with my 770cca battery!
 
The truck said actual temp was -4 on the way to work, with a 25mph wind i realy dont wanna know the wind chill
 
XCastleXJ said:
who else has seen a diffecence with block heaters/battery blankets? after this morning im considering getting one.
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Oh, you'll see a difference... but for the record, the reason the PO of my rig installed the stroker I enjoy is due to a failed block heater that resulted in a cracked block. If I lived in Montana and had to deal with this kind of cold regularaly (without a garage), I'd probably run the risk, but since its only occasional in Colorado, I'd just buy an 850CCA+ battery if my rig was always outside...
 
My battery is nothing special. I got it from NAPA and I believe it's 660 CCA's. I've had a block heater (freeze plug type) on there for almost 3 years now I guess and mine fires right up in the mornings and I've had no issues with it.
 
guess I've been lucky. my jeeps have always started in the cold.
when I lived in ND I ran an optima red top, mobil 1, and didn't have a block heater on my nissan and it started down to -30 with no problems.
 
philip_g said:
guess I've been lucky. my jeeps have always started in the cold.
when I lived in ND I ran an optima red top, mobil 1, and didn't have a block heater on my nissan and it started down to -30 with no problems.
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mine started this morning, red top and mobil 1, but it was none too happy about it...
 
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