Frozen shite - YOUR cold start Vids..

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[320touring]

Some ones I want to listen to there:)

 

Shite Knight, ye can put more than one into a post;)

[SiC]

A small tip, if you put YouTube links around the tags, it will automatically turn it into a video link. The forum should do it automatically but if it doesn't, try this:

[ video ] YouTube link here [ /video ]

(No spaces of course)

[richardmorris]

I’ve just remembered I’ve got a cold start video of “my” SM if only I can find the file.

 

 

 

Ps. If anyone can recall what year the CCC National Rally was at Gaydon it would help the file search.

[anonymous user]

Sadly I am not competent to upload a video, I did start the Land Rover for the first time since before Christmas today, I think it needs some glow plugs as when it did eventually start it was not running well with so much smoke that it disappeared. Once it warned up it was visible again.

[Skizzer]

Posted the wrong clip earlier. This is the right one.

 

 

Still, didn’t take me as many goes to post a video as it did to start a sheddy old Lotus with a broken homebrew choke cable.

[drum]

That's great skizzer!

[SiC]

Is that as loud as the sound distortion on the camera makes out?

[320touring]

Is that as loud as the sound distortion on the camera makes out?

First time every time and silent as a fish;)

 

It does have a fairly loud exhaust note, and fruity too!

[Skizzer]

Is that as loud as the sound distortion on the camera makes out?

Not quite - I was trying out a remote mic and had it too close. Mr Touring is right though, it is fairly loud.

 

Apologies for the distortion.

[Skizzer]

And another one from me - a slant four again...

 

[loserone]

Go on then, can you hear it?

 

Pulls like a great.

[Skizzer]

^ LOLz

 

Does cold weather affect the range or power? I know some Li-ion stuff can be affected.

[loserone]

Kinda; the battery isn't temperature controlled, so isn't efficient until you've caned it a bit to get the temperature up.

 

And of course, because mine is a shit one, the heater is a three bar fire with a fan, just behind the dashboard. That does kinda hit the range. But when you get in it it's been pre-heating on mains for 20 minutes, so it's already warm

[richardmorris]

As promised a Citroen SM cold start.

 

[Skizzer]

Mmmmmm, SM... it does somehow manage to sound like a Citroen even with the Maserati engine. Want want want.

[richardmorris]

Mmmmmm, SM... it does somehow manage to sound like a Citroen even with the Maserati engine. Want want want.

It is for sale. I can put you in touch with my friend selling tonight. Of course I don’t know how many spare kidneys / children you have to sell, but I think he’s after more than £30k.

[320touring]

Mmmmmm, SM... it does somehow manage to sound like a Citroen even with the Maserati engine. Want want want.

Certainly has a hint of air-cooled about it..

[Skizzer]

It is for sale. I can put you in touch with my friend selling tonight. Of course I don’t know how many spare kidneys / children you have to sell, but I think he’s after more than £30k.

Sigh... £30k and up does seem to be the asking price for a tidy one (and that one does look tidy). I’d need to sell all the other cars and call in a couple of debts and do a lot of saving up first.

[big_al_granvia]

the lotus cold start wasnt bad, nice clag but no flame. you lads need to youtube english electric cold starts, clag more than steam locos... or even leyland 680's

[LightBulbFun]

the lotus cold start wasnt bad, nice clag but no flame. you lads need to youtube english electric cold starts, clag more than steam locos... or even leyland 680's

 

Yoss has a Routemaster with a Leyland O.600 would that suffice? 

[mrbenn]

Now then.

1966 Morris Minor. Had been parked up in the garage for about 3 months over the bad winter of 2009-2010. I decided to push it outside, fire it up and let it fun for while to circulate the fluids. It was a cold day, but the car wasn't frosted because garage. Was also testing a potential gauge setup.

2002 Smart Fortwo/City Coupe. Again, not a recent video but it had been sitting unused for about 2 weeks through a cold snap.

And because I happen to have an appropriate video to hand, 2003 Ford Focus. This was last year, from memory. The original video was made to demonstrate the heated front windscreen but I've chopped it to spare you the excitement.

 

 

ETA: My old 1998 Daewoo Matiz. Wasn't a "cold" start as it was late summer, but the car hadn't been run for almost a year. Miss that car...

 

[beko1987]

Oooh it's frosty already, might be able to do mine tomorrow!

[iainrcz]

I could post a video of mine, but I doubt anyone would give a poo about a 5 year old Toyota!

[chodweaver]

I could post one of the oil fired Chrysler Graf Spee, except that 39/40 times, it fails to start at all...

 

A big thanks to neighbour and friend Oliver, who both gave physical, mental and moral support today, and also Andy of the RAC, who went above and beyond the call of duty in helping to diagnose the fault with this ungrateful bastard of a car.

 

Now all I have to do is find a home for a not-inconsiderable tank full of diseaseal and eff about with the tank to replace a fooked lift pump...

 

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