Yeah that sucks, in Finland we have pretty cold winters too so many people use a thing called "webasto". You set a timer whenever you want your car to start warming up before you go to work or something. From google: Webasto Coolant Heaters circulate the machines coolant over a heat exchanger and then pumps it back through the engine and HVAC system. The result is a pre-heated engine and interior. In extreme climates, the heater can be used with additional accessories to warm the fuel, hydraulic fluid and batteries
This is damaging to an engine no matter what space age synthetic oil you might run. I live in the Northern Rockies, so I know about cold. I don't even start my car in cold like this unless I have to or unless it's been plugged in. It helps if you can pick and choose when to drive or stay home, too.
@@la.congucha3809 No just a simple fact. No one can prevent but there are ways to minimize it. In this case lighter synthetic oil so it reaches critical components faster. Honestly no one should start a car this cold unless they have to. In general the amount of ppl I see cold start their car and immediately drive off scares me lol
K20z3 Keith nowadays with newer cars it’s not as bad starting the car and leaving is it? I know back then with older cars you’d have to wait a good 5 minutes at least
@lAcid Rainl get Webasto or whatever it's called where you from its very popular in finland. Google: Webasto Coolant Heaters circulate the machines coolant over a heat exchanger and then pumps it back through the engine and HVAC system. The result is a pre-heated engine and interior. In extreme climates, the heater can be used with additional accessories to warm the fuel, hydraulic fluid and batteries
For extreme cold starts or after sitting for long periods➡️ Hold the gas pedal to the floor and crank the engine for 3-4 seconds. On Hemis this will shut off fuel and spark and only crank. Do this twice while watching your oil pressure. Once you see 2-3 psi, stop cranking and release gas pedal. Start like normal. Instant oil pressure when engine catches. Better to pressurize with no load on the bearings. Works a charm.
The “experts” have been triggered. My 280,000km shitbox with dinsoaur oil has been doing this for the past 14 winters. Doesn't use a drop in between oil changes.
you would only burn oil if your rings were toast (lets a lot of oil into combustion chamber and you actually burn it). if your main, rod bearings, and thrust washers are fucked you wont burn oil.
Its not bad if you using synthetic oil with 0W weight as it still flows. If you using 10w and conventional yeah it might be bad for the engine over time.
ToningBullet Ruin no, at least for the relatively short time that engines run in startup mode. You run em rich for a while or flood them that’s when you have issues with the cylinders getting washed out. And I’d hope he’d have antifreeze for the obv block cracking issue lol
@@9Milzzz Nah, it may just be your ears. I'd consider consulting with an Ear, Nose, & Throat Specialist in your area. Louie may have barked a little too loud in your ears over the years.
Yea at that temp they don't help much. This winter we had a few days like this and alot of people's vehicles don't even turn over or start diesels too.
I had a 2003 F150 that I hardly ever plugged in. It's usually around -30 most of the winter where I live and it always started and ran smooth for almost 200,000 miles before i sold it. If you use decent oil and change it regularly extreme cold starts shouldn't damage your engine. and you don't always have the option to plug your vehicle in.
If you put a blindfold on someone and said "guess the car" while playing this video they would probably guess it's a 2008 chevy truck because of the start.
That's painful to listen to, i grew up in Denver and once i learned about oils/cold starts/viscosity etc i knew the pain an engine felt during extreme cold starts 🥶
Employee: Yeah I can come in today just give me about an hour. Boss: Oh okay so you will be here in an hour? Employee: No I meant an hour to defrost my car.
Lol everyone crying about poor engine its fine oil technology has come along way. And if it were metal on metal it would seize instantly. The clacking was just the valves because of such low rpm almost stalled back out. But I guess all of you would have just walked.
Now in Poland we have -20°C at night, I thought that winter would not come anymore, and yet the whole country was covered with snow and ice. But i like it ❄️😄
Bro y’all all don’t even know. Oil pan heater, trans pan heater, and battery heater all you need. Engine block heater just ensures the antifreeze don’t thicken up, but if you’re running the right mixture that shit don’t matter anyway.
it didnt do that much damage if any lol. It was one start. You are saying one cold start really shortened the iifespan that much? use your brain before you talk
@@dragonsin_meliodas3622 no lol I'm not stupid. But I'm smart enough to realize that most modern engines have a very light oil, provably 0W, that flows very easily in the cold TO PREVENT EXACTLY THIS. Yea if it were my car I probably wouldn't have started it. But how often do you think it is actually that cold, and how many times do you think he decided to actually go out in that weather? Most wouldn't. He only stared it to make a video. Even a child could realize that much
blafrican 345 no moron, you dont drive it 24/7. You drive it regularly, 2-5 times a day. If you let it sit for weeks and months, it freezes to shit for example this video.
Where I live it can get to this temperature quite often in winter, (coldest start I’ve had is -43 Celsius). Now I’ve got an RT instead of an SRT, but using a block heater makes a world of difference.
It’s telling you not to be dumb like this guy, and buy a $30,000 muscle car with no plan expect to daily drive it where it snows. So that’s a few years knocked off its lifespan. I’m guessing he has no place to store it as well.
Preston Quimby Shit excuse me, 15,000 grand. I didn’t pay attention to the little specs to know it’s 2012. Plus I forgot how inexpensive and chump change $15,000 is. You’d be better off using half of that to buy a cheaper car and save up until you can buy a brand new charger and have that for a lifetime.
chocolateman757 that’s the sound of metal on metal, specifically the pistons in the chambers, and the crankshaft on the crankshaft bearings. It’s so cold that the oil became extremely viscous, think molasses. With that the first few rpms were just metal on metal with no oil lubrication. It’s not ideal to start a car like that, it won’t destroy the engine if you do it once, depending on the level of neglect. But a constant hard, cold start like this could result in an entire new engine swap. Engines aren’t all that expensive if they’re OEM, but it’s extremely labor intensive making it extremely expensive. You can by engine heaters from most auto shops, they’re not expensive and they’ll prevent things like this from happening, or if you have a garage, storing your vehicle in a garage helps substantially. Yes the garage is still cold but it limits the extent of the cold and nullifies the wind factor.
I drive a 20 year old malibu. 240k miles. Everywinter morning I start it and Rev it up. Seems to hold up just fine. Last year It was -30F for a week or so. I think he will be fine.
No cars start well in that cold, but if you live in that climate you do what you got to do. Sounded like it bearly had enough power to turn over, efi is a great thing
I had a 2012 Dodge Challenger that always started in -40, and it didnt even have a block heater. Now I have a Dodge Caravan (had a family lol) and it also starts no matter how cold it is. Dodge's seem to be really reliable for that.
well, we europeans start them like this every day in winter, not a problem really. and our diesel ford with 4 cylinder diesel just passed over 480k KM. No block heaters, nothing, just fresh plugs every second year.
