Its cold here! Go figure, huh? -10F during the days for the past 2 weeks! Who would have thought that the cold would cause some problems when starting your vehicles? Not I. Lawlz. I digress....
My problem: Sometimes I forget to plug in my truck at night. By "plugging in" I mean plug in the oil pan, block and tranny heaters so my truck will start in the morning after sitting in -20..-30...-40 degree weather all night. Well, the dozen or so times I've forgotten to plug it in, once I start it it does a very odd thing! It starts fine, albeit a little sluggishly, but after about 10 seconds of running, it makes a really strange sound like something rubbing, then sort of shutters, almost like its about to seize. It only does this for about a second. Then the exhaust starts to be brown.....and when it did the shutter thing, I felt the steering wheel jerk. the exhaust clears out in 30 to 60 seconds, depending on how long it sat and how cold it was. Obviously I just need to remember to always plug it in..but it still bothers me. and It has done this like twice during the day after it sat for maybe 4 hours. Any ideas? Thanks
On a lighter note, I put my old K&N air filter back in it because it seemed to be gasping for air at higher speeds....worked perfectly
