[Shotimes] RE: [Shotimes] Driving in -10oF with 10w-30 oil

[Steve Tatro]

Are you saying it started while you had the gas pedal floored?  It, it
shouldn't start when you floor the gas pedal, unless you have fuel in
the cylinders (leaky injectors).  If it was cranking with your gas pedal
floored and as you cranked you let off the gas pedal, you misunderstood
what Mark was trying to say.

Mark was saying, hypothetically, you could floor the throttle (meaning
all the way) to cut off the injectors so it wouldn't start.  Let it
crank a few times, and turn key off.  Take foot off throttle and start
normally.  That way, when the engine is really churning, the oil would
have a better chance of being ready to move.

Again, I don't necessarily agree or disagree with any of this ;^)

Steve Tatro
Red/Black '93 with 164k miles
Cincinnati, Ohio



-----Original Message-----
From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
[mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Michael Mosbey
Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 1:16 PM
To: SHOtimes
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] RE: [Shotimes] Driving in -10oF with 10w-30 oil


Mark D. Mallory wrote:

> You might try turning the engine over for a couple seconds before 
> starting it.  Just floor the gas peddle and crank away.  Then key off 
> and start the car normally.  That should at the very least get the oil

> moving a bit to help lower the viscosity some.
> 
> Mark Mallory
> Toledo, Ohio
> '95 SHO MTX
I tried this after the previous thread on starting with the gas floored.

It didn't work for me. The engine went from off to six grand in the time

it took for me to get my foot off the pedal. Why?
-mike
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