[Tigers] Fw: [Tigers} Oil Temperature (Hot start problem)

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Maybe cold starting is altogether different from hot  starting, but as 
others have said in the cold you need thin oil, well  charged battery and clean 
connections at battery and cable  ends.
 
 
In a message dated 9/30/2009 9:17:05 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
garywinblad at comcast.net writes:

When I  first got my Tiger in 1971 with the stock 260, original everything,
it had  troubles starting hot.  It would not crank, after it was running, 
it  ran
fine.  It turned out to be a weak battery, a new one fixed it up  fine.
I thought it odd at the time... when it was cold and the oil was  thick, the
battery had been discharging all night and colder is weaker,  etc. but when
cold it started right up.
I forget what the original  problem was, but if it just will not crank, try 
a  new
battery.

Gary

----- Original Message -----
From:  Howard gentry 
To: Jim & Carolyn Burruss , tiger list 
Sent: Wed, 30  Sep 2009 11:25:22 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Re: [Tigers] Fw: [Tigers} Oil  Temperature

Hello,
Good call..a totally advanced  dist. would crank hard...and I can think of
no instance where engine oil  will seize an engine..unless it is really 
frozen.
My 1965 Ford 289 Hi-Po  cranked fine in Colorado at 20 degrees below zero 
with
10w-20 Valvoline in  the crankcase..My MG-B also never skipped a beat at 
those
same  temps.
Howard

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