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BlackArcher101 · 12-21-2008, 04:11 PM

Sounds like you have a combination of thick oil and weak battery. The oil thing you can't do much unless you get an electric pan heater. Failing that, you can try to improve the battery power a bit:

- Buy a battery warming blanket and wrap the battery
- Bring the battery indoors to warm it
- Buy a new battery

I wouldn't boost in case the battery is actually partially frozen. I fail to see how boiling water underneath the engine actually works. At these temperatures the cooling rate will be greater than the heating rate the steam will give you, not to mention the freezing condensation. It will take a loooonnnng looonnng time and a ton of steam in order to get your oil heated enough.

12-21-2008, 04:11 PM	#11
BlackArcher101 Such a pretty girl! Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Calgary Exp:	Sounds like you have a combination of thick oil and weak battery. The oil thing you can't do much unless you get an electric pan heater. Failing that, you can try to improve the battery power a bit: - Buy a battery warming blanket and wrap the battery - Bring the battery indoors to warm it - Buy a new battery I wouldn't boost in case the battery is actually partially frozen. I fail to see how boiling water underneath the engine actually works. At these temperatures the cooling rate will be greater than the heating rate the steam will give you, not to mention the freezing condensation. It will take a loooonnnng looonnng time and a ton of steam in order to get your oil heated enough. __________________ Last edited by BlackArcher101; 12-21-2008 at 04:14 PM.