Vehicle Batteries

I started both the primary vehicles this morning. The truck fired right up but the car was noticeably slower than normal turning over. It hadn’t been started since Friday I think. It fired up as well though. Don’t think because you have a new vehicle it’s immune, that’s a 2018. Clearer all the snow off the truck and drove to road and back twice to beat down a path. About 200 yards. 4x4 was poor, had to engage the electric lockers. I will revise to 8” of accumulation.

I started my vehicles and let them run yesterday and today. I'll probably start them again this evening. Each time I started them they all cranked noticeably slower than normal.

Is there a reason to start your cars in this weather? I’m snowed in for a few days so won’t be going anywhere.

So it will start when you need it later. The cold will kill the batteries.

Either good to start them every so often or puta charger on them, the cold or big temp changes is hard on batteries. They will crank some slower no matter what as they are pumping thicker oil and battery generally has less power cold.

I ain't going out....

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Diesel would not crank

I vote for a puta charger.

Did you add anti gel to it? Use the block heater? Mine fired right up at -1 this morning but I had the block heater going all night and had anti gel in it.

I put some additive for gel in my diesel and plugged mine in it cranked up like a mid summer day

Excellent cold weather advice.

wonder what she looks like?

Put the additive in mine. Will try again a lil later.

Wifeypoo’s diesel fired right up. She said if I wreck it, she will buy a nicer one. Think I’ll stay put.

Good plan.

Will be masked anyway, so if it's brown it's down.

What does a puta charger cost these days?

I didn’t have to go to work today. Boss texted and said stay put. If he says come in I’ll give it a whirl then.

Hard times. Discounts.

$10 and a case of Covid, in Reynosa.

But ya got to learn the Lingo...

I can’t get my f250 to fire up. I put a bunch of Howe’s in Friday, so shouldn't of gelled. Drove it yesterday. I don't have block heater but still should fire up.

Recharged both batteries also.

Same boat as the clown. Dang it

I’m from S Texas, got that covered.

Haven’t tried to start mine yet, but about to. I put Howe’s in it yesterday and let it run for 30 min after. About to find out.

Mine sounds like no fuel

Mine just cranked right up, only got to 18 here though and the batteries aren’t that old.

Well, yall got me wondering. If I dont need to go anywhere, is it beneficial to crank it up and let it sit or drive a little? Gas, Tundra.

In my mind it is but that don’t make it so. My thinking is extreme cold kills batteries. Putting it on a battery tender will save it. Cranking it once a day and letting it run 20-30 minutes a day will recharge it. There’s a lot of science behind it, but I’m not trying to sell anyone on it. Just my opinion.

Made mistake traveling ta MN in winter...
Always change oil before the 2,000 mile round trip...

Run 30 weight warm temps.. forgot about cold winters...

Drove threw ta Iowa, none stop, hit blizzard... Got motel.
Morning tried cranking car, nogo, brought battery inside..
It was record setting low... Finaly got a wrecker...
He pulled it ta shop...
Noticed liexence plate, asked what weight oil...
Then it hit me... lifted car, run heaters on it.
Pulled plug (oil) it twas thick as molassess...

My F350 fired up, and I eased over to the gas station this afternoon. Got some fresh generator fuel. One generator fired up with a shot of starting fluid, the other had a bad leak from the petcock. I’m ready for the rolling blackouts tonight.

Don't remember the last time I started mine. Fingers crossed.

I just now got it going. Hooked it up to buddies jeep, Took 8 min of starting and rest and starting to get it to fire up. Fuel issue. Went in to limp mode also. Got it blown out and back going. Wasn’t easy.

Usually 6.7 have no issues, had mine in panhandle and NM in single digits and hadn’t had an issue.

Wow. That's your luck, though. At least, nevermind.......

put powersource anti-gel additive in mine on friday and it fired right up this morning when it was 11 degrees out.

gonna be a cold night tonite again. TX Dot just shut down all highways its dead here in boerne

I can’t charge [censored] when the power keeps going out every 30 minutes.

Went out and cranked mine. Thats when I saw the bigfoot tracks in the snow.

True story, is definitely my luck.

I thought about you today. Gas station down the road probably sold
30 cords in last 48 hrs. Lol