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sandman
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3/03/2003
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It took twice as long for oil pressure to come up this morning. THe power steering felt like I was pumping grease through the system!! The truck did not roll freely when you let of the gas. It would quicly slow down like a brake was gradding because the friction from the fluids was so great!!
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Canadakota
Dodge Dakota
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3/03/2003
13:53:16
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You think that's cold.....I had temps down to about -32F here without the windchill last week! With the windchill it was down to about -45 or so.
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sandman
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3/03/2003
15:58:29
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Yep in my book that is cold!!! I would hate to see how long it would take to pump conventional 5W30 or 10W30!!!
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1Flamed92Dak
GenII
3/03/2003
22:44:24
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Sounds like its time to switch to 0w30 MOBIL ONE. So why not just come on down to SUNNY CALIFORNIA its was 65 Degrees above 0 lol just have to rub it in Gents
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ShortSport
GenIII
3/03/2003
23:09:10
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was -36 in toronto today........burrrrr
2002 Reg cab 4x2 4.7 5-spd 3.55.1 LSD
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Go hard or go home!!
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Matt
Dodge Dakota
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3/04/2003
00:31:21
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wow, i thought it was cold in Alabama with a windchil of 30 today! But hey, at least yall dont have to deal with the extremly humid summers!
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kota on 20s
GenIII
3/04/2003
00:36:39
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yeah, come down to so.cal... driving with the windows down in the middle of winter is great!
~Eric
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Andrew
Dodge Dakota
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3/04/2003
01:49:23
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Yah so what it was over -30F here in good old Michigan and I don't have any problems with fluids and I work at night when it is even colder. Maybe the Mobile 1 Supersynth stuff I pay like $45 a case does work. I love the cold it is so good for you, plus the colder it get the more salt and rocks, err, I mean sand they put on the roads. Where are you at Sandman? I don't care what anybody says the upper Midwest and East Coast should be included in the Artic Circle, and spring dosen't come till May not in like 20 days!
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CThomp
Gen III
3/04/2003
08:00:07
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Yeah you think thats cold...its 80F down here in Ft. Myers....buuurrr.
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brianman
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3/04/2003
12:46:05
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up here in saskatchewan it regularly goes down to -40C before windchill, last week it was below -50C with windchill. vehicles dont like to start in that weather. tires freeze, piston slap sounds pretty neat and oil pressure? ahh a thing of the past. although i woudnt mind hearing a cummins try to start in that cold. good times.
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Hersbird
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3/04/2003
16:03:12
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You Canidians are comparing apples to oranges with your "C" -vs- "F" temp readings. Sandman said it was -11 F which is about -24 C (actually ironically the F and C scales cross at -40 which is very cold). Both are too damn cold for me who works outside all day! It was down to 8 F last night though (-13 C for you canuks!) then again we got 8 inches of fresh snow as well, good day to have off :). The forcast was for "light snow", well it was a nice fluffy 8 inches. Tomorrow and Tursday call for just plain "snow". So much for the low snow pack. I remember the winter I joined the Navy and moved to Florida (late 1988) this area was running -40's or worse with windchills around -75 F, not a bad year to move to Orlando!
I say we give global warming a chance!
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RaZoR
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3/04/2003
16:27:13
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I live in southern Ontario and trust me.. we get some seriously humid summers!!!!!
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sandman
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3/04/2003
18:38:16
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I am sandwiched between Flint and Lansing. I normaly use nothing but synthetic but my last oil change I had to do the blend thing!!! It was either that or plain dino all together. After the body shop repaired my truck I wanted to chage the oil since the oil cooler and radiator were damaged and replaced. I am going to let the dealer do the 30,000 mile trany service so their will be a record of it in their system and so they will find any thing like friction material in the pan etc.... if their is any. If I do it and find material I am sure they will try to weasel out of warranty work. If they do it and find something wrong I am sure it will be a different story. I am also going to ask them to collect an oil sample from the trans so I have a record.
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Canadakota
Dodge Dakota
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3/04/2003
19:07:26
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OK, first of all Hersbird we are Canadians (not Canidians), but more importantly most of us specified what temp we were talking about (F or C). That's why I put it in F so all you Yankees would realize how cold it actually is. BUT you are right, -40 C is the same as -40F, so who cares, it's just too damn cold!!!
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xplikt
GenIII
3/04/2003
19:54:31
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You would need to treat your fuel if you tried to get a Cummins running in that weather. Hell, you would need to treat regular fuel.
It hasn't been too terribly bad here. I wont dare to start my 1990 RX-7 I just got in this, but the truck starts up without a peep every time.
-Mike
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2002 2WD RC SLT 4.7L 5spd 3.92 LSD
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