It's cold..... Really cold.

[What's_nitro?]

Originally Posted by JThiessen

When you get to temps that are below -20, and with wind, just being enclosed will likely keep the temp up about 10+ degrees than outside. And at those temps, over a certain period, fluids can and will start icing. Oils, espeically in the tranny and diffs, gets extremely stiff. Fuels start to either form frost (gasoline), and the parafin in diesel will start to solidify. The wind chill will accelerate this process. If you cant park inside, at least park with the radiator pointed away from the wind.

Like I said, there must be some part of the equation that I'm missing. It's been a long time since I took any classes on the subject. I've been outgunned 3:1 on this one, so I will take what was said as fact. The details really are irrelevant.

Thank you for the advice. My car is parked about 3' in front of a solid picket fence. I'm not sure where the wind comes from relative to my car's orientation, so I'll just hope it starts when I need it too. I have two batteries in it and that has seemed to help in the past.

[_paralyzed_]

maybe think of it this way-

when you are outside on a cold windy day your balls are much colder than if you were standing in a shelter, even though your balls aren't actually touching the wind. As things around you get colder you get colder. Basic thermal dynamics.

[Metallover]

Originally Posted by _paralyzed_

maybe think of it this way-

when you are outside on a cold windy day your balls are much colder than if you were standing in a shelter, even though your balls aren't actually touching the wind. As things around you get colder you get colder. Basic thermal dynamics.

To back this up I must add your balls get.... well they shrivel up. Not the actual balls, but... you get what I mean. They are just trying to get out of the wind more because the wind makes everything cooler.