Hi all !
I've been lurking the forums for a few months now, but finally signed up after much reading. I have a question for those of us who are RX8 owners in cold temperatures.
I don't generally drive the RX8 much during the winter, but I try and make sure it gets out once or twice a week. 3 weeks ago I went on holidays for 10 days, and when I got back, I was just too busy with work and New Years and didn't get a chance to start the 8. Up until this point, it hadn't been too cold here, between -10 and -20 degrees C (4 F and -14 F). Then we hit a cold snap where we got to -38 degrees C (-36 F). My other car wouldn't start so I tried starting the 8. It did fire up, went right to 2K RPM and promptly died. I tried restarting it and realized it was most likely flooded :squint:
Anyways, fast forward to today when it finally warmed up considerably. I attached booster cables and spent a good 20 minutes de-flooding it with the gas-pedal-to-the-floor-method. I did get it started finally, and drove it around a bit. No problems, all is good.
My question is, how often should I be starting the car to avoid this ? Did I lose compression simply because of the deep cold, or because I let it sit too long unstarted, or a combination of both ? :dunno:
Any suggestions / comments / own stories are much appreciated ! :bigok:
I've been lurking the forums for a few months now, but finally signed up after much reading. I have a question for those of us who are RX8 owners in cold temperatures.
I don't generally drive the RX8 much during the winter, but I try and make sure it gets out once or twice a week. 3 weeks ago I went on holidays for 10 days, and when I got back, I was just too busy with work and New Years and didn't get a chance to start the 8. Up until this point, it hadn't been too cold here, between -10 and -20 degrees C (4 F and -14 F). Then we hit a cold snap where we got to -38 degrees C (-36 F). My other car wouldn't start so I tried starting the 8. It did fire up, went right to 2K RPM and promptly died. I tried restarting it and realized it was most likely flooded :squint:
Anyways, fast forward to today when it finally warmed up considerably. I attached booster cables and spent a good 20 minutes de-flooding it with the gas-pedal-to-the-floor-method. I did get it started finally, and drove it around a bit. No problems, all is good.
My question is, how often should I be starting the car to avoid this ? Did I lose compression simply because of the deep cold, or because I let it sit too long unstarted, or a combination of both ? :dunno:
Any suggestions / comments / own stories are much appreciated ! :bigok:
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