COLD HUMMER

[CO Hummer]

Originally Posted by ZigsRig

CO,

I dont want to have to think about tim's "little fruits" this early in the afternoon... actually, i dont want to think about them EVER

Let's not joke about him in the public forum, man. Leave his li'l blueberries out of it.

[Adam in CO]

50 at home now. Lots of melting going on. Even got to drive the wee car today.

[MDimitri]

I live in Calgary where we have fluctuating temperatures in winter ranging from -40 to +18 celcius(Thanks greatly to the Chinook Winds). I always have my rig parked outside, my wife uses the garage and the rest of my stuff is on the other side of her car, hence no room for the H2! I looked into the Optima battery but found that it only provides you with a two year warranty and costs roughly $300.00+ and comes with a heavy duty 800 Cold Crank Amp kick over. Since this is the recommended standard for starting th H2 it is fine, but not for us up here...I obtained a Battery from a company up here with 1200 Cold Crank Amp kick over along with a 5year warranty for $98.00! It does not matter how cold it gets the truck starts every time. As for noises, the belt sometimes squeels a bit but thats about it!

WINTER ROCKS IN CANADA!!

[mikejr]

was -1 here in pittsburgh today. When i fired up the H2 it made a really odd squeal for about 2 seconds then ran normally. My wife heard it inside the house. I also noticed that the power steering was a tad on the non existent side at first. I let it warm out about 10 minutes before driving it. I noticed that it rode really rough in that cold of weather, i think the tires were just a tad hard due to the cold weather. Seems to be running quite well in the cold weather.

[tazhog54]

I use to live in Green Bay ,Wis. Born in Oshkosh Lived there till I was 28 and moved to California. DO NOT MISS THAT COLD !! Got married in Jan -24 degrees below zero and that was with no wind chill. They said it would be a cold day in hell when I got married Wait till the outside locks freeze and the truck running with the keys in it.The fun begins

[HUMMERcustoms.com/TAZ]

Many types of block heaters will help. There are oil pan heaters that help. Engine and tranny dipstick heaters would help.
A good cheap way to help is a blanket and a drop light to add heat under blanket just be careful of placement with shield of drop light towards blanket and use a small stick to make a tent like situation that will also help keep the drop light from coming in contact with blanket.

I do not need these things anymore but, when farming the block heater in place of a freeze plug worked really well as starting the diesel engines on the huge tractors.

TAZ

[Boar-Ral]

Originally Posted by HUMMERcustoms.com/TAZ

I do not need these things anymore but, when farming the block heater in place of a freeze plug worked really well as starting the diesel engines on the huge tractors.

When I owned my diesel Excursion, the vehicle performed great in cold weather. Ford uses an inline fuel heater that seemed to work well. Though one winter, it dropped to around -55C and on my drive home from work, the engine began to surge and the check engine light came on. Made it to a heavy duty diesel shop and they gave me some free sample of fuel line conditioner, which I found amusing because even with the enormous tank on the Excursion, it still only took a quarter packet of this free sample. Everything worked though and within two blocks of driving, the check engine light went out and everything was good.

Man, I wish I still had the Excursion. 24 mpg for a vehicle that size was so nice.

[Boar-Ral]

Originally Posted by MDimitri

I live in Calgary where we have fluctuating temperatures in winter ranging from -40 to +18 celcius(Thanks greatly to the Chinook Winds). I always have my rig parked outside, my wife uses the garage and the rest of my stuff is on the other side of her car, hence no room for the H2! I looked into the Optima battery but found that it only provides you with a two year warranty and costs roughly $300.00+ and comes with a heavy duty 800 Cold Crank Amp kick over. Since this is the recommended standard for starting th H2 it is fine, but not for us up here...I obtained a Battery from a company up here with 1200 Cold Crank Amp kick over along with a 5year warranty for $98.00! It does not matter how cold it gets the truck starts every time. As for noises, the belt sometimes squeels a bit but thats about it!

Does anyone know if Optima changed their warranties? When I bought my Optima Yellow Top five years ago, it came with a ten year pro-rated warranty. If they have changed their warranty, it would really influence my decision to purchase another one. I think Canadian Tire offers a battery that even exceeds 1,200 CCA. I have also seen a couple other batteries using similar designs to Optima; I think Energizer makes a car battery using a spiral design and it costs less than half what the Optima did. Of course, there is more to an Optima than just the spiral design, but the Energizer might be sealed too and have those benefits. I need to look into this now.