I was extremely pleased with the way the 90Q started up this morning in Greenville, South Carolina.... it was 12 degrees at 7:30 am.... so I suspect it was 10 at dawn. Probably 6-8 degrees colder than the Q had ever faced.
Only issue was a slight noise in the heater fan.....once the car warmed up...it was fine.
I let the car warm up about 10 minutes before I took off.... it sat yesterday when I couldn't get out of the subdivision...had to take the wife's EXpedition.
Hope everyone else survived the cold as well.
I almost pulled my S.S. Minnow out of the garage to put the Q in.... but it did nicely.
Cold weather issues
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Mayhem_J30
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Q451990 wrote:I'm hoping for the same on Q1 later this morning when I start her up... If I can just get the pipes un-frozen for my kitchen sink, I'd be happy! Even turned all of the water off on the whole house last night and left the faucets open - still frozen! I don't understand that...
Heath
off topic but turning the pipes off and opening the faucets might make the freezing worse as the line became depresurized. Sorry to hear about your experience. Leave it runnin next time.
My J30t has been starting normally even with the temps around here in single digits +/- 0F (-19 C). We have an insulated dble garage that will keep the cars 10-15 F warmer than outside. Trapped residual heat fom the cars is easing cold starts. I also added a quart and half of left over Mobile one 5-30 to my normal 10-30 on my last change just to get a little bit more oil through the engine when cranking.
Heath, you did well to avoid burst pipes and that's the main thing. Your actions gave the freezing water room to expand. Open up cupboard doors and aim a fan at the freeze prone area Run your ceiling fans. Running water also helps, not only with your pipes, but can also aid in preventing water main breaks in the neighborhood if enough folks do it as well.
Strange but true: hot water pipes always freeze before cold water pipes.
Heath, you did well to avoid burst pipes and that's the main thing. Your actions gave the freezing water room to expand. Open up cupboard doors and aim a fan at the freeze prone area Run your ceiling fans. Running water also helps, not only with your pipes, but can also aid in preventing water main breaks in the neighborhood if enough folks do it as well.
Strange but true: hot water pipes always freeze before cold water pipes.
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VimyJ wrote:Heath, you did well to avoid burst pipes and that's the main thing. Your actions gave the freezing water room to expand. Open up cupboard doors and aim a fan at the freeze prone area Run your ceiling fans. Running water also helps, not only with your pipes, but can also aid in preventing water main breaks in the neighborhood if enough folks do it as well.
Strange but true: hot water pipes always freeze before cold water pipes.
good info, i'll remember that and try it myself. maybe i'm thinking backwards, pressure keeps water from boiling not freezing..duh.
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