can cold weather cause your car to not start when theres nothing wrong with the battery, alternator, and start

Question

its a 98 dodge intrepid. there was a diagnostic run on it and they said there was nothing wrong with the alternator or battery. i have heard of it happening with older vehicles, but was just wondering.

Answer 1

i own a repair shop,and its been so cold in some places here lately that even brand new ones on the car lots wont start,its just the cold weather causing this to happen,when a battery gets cold it drains the power from it,and makes it real hard to start a car,everything acts up when its cold,there's probably nothing wrong with it,just the extreme cold getting to it,the only way to avoid this is park it in a garage ,or at least under a shed,this will help it some,good luck,i hope this help,s.

Answer 2

Of course it can. The best you can do is buy a can of starter spray in any gas station and spray the spark plugs (tops and plastic caps), open the contact breaker cap and spray the points inside plus separate the cables that connect to to the contact breaker cap and also spray them. Make sure you do not step over the gas pedal to much and try a very long start with the key until it starts. Use the air button if you have one.

If you want to save money you can do all of the above with normal gasoline from your own car. If necessary have some one aid you with starting cables.

I live in Finland and whenever I have a problem of this kind I do this and it works always even when its -40 Celsius and not counting windshield factor

Regards
J

Answer 3

Like Mikey and frank f have reported. You did no longer get the whole tale. there is not any way the police or all of us however the owner of the automobile is going to would desire to pay for damages and prefer reported right this is why. If spikes are used on a automobile, it became likely in a pursuit. this suggests that the motive force is breaking the regulation for no longer pulling over. (despite if it became the incorrect automobile) At this factor the motive force is going to be arrested and is committing against the regulation. The police use spike strips to quit the automobile, and motive force is arrested. Any harm to the automobile this is brought about is the duty of the motive force or proprietor at this factor.

Answer 4

You may need a 12oz. bottle of Isopropyl alcohol (dry gas) in your fuel tank. Consider changing your engine oil to a full synthetic. A 5w-30 full synthetic flows 20 degrees lower than a mineral based oil. The motor will crank much faster when cold.

Answer 5

There are several reasons that could be wrong:
#1 You could have water in your gas line & it froze.
#2 There could be water in your carborator and the float is stuck.
#3 If you don't have Anti-Freeze in the engine,the block could be frozen.
#4 You could have too heavy of oil in the engine and if you have a no/low oil shut down and because the oil is too heavy to be pumped into the engine this could be it.

Answer 6

Yes, cold weather can cause your car not to start, there might be water in your gas. Also you might try to clean your throttle bore using fuel injector cleaner, perferably Seafoam.

Answer 7

even gasoline doesn't fire at 45 degrees below zero.
any moisture in your fuel system will freeze and block the fuel lines and make them hard to start.

If you keep it outside try a engine block heater or wrap itin a electric heating pad or blanket. Looks like crap to your neighbors, but it does work.

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Answer 8

Do you mean won't crank or wont fire? I am seeing answers for wont fire but the question looks like it wont crank. The chemical reaction is slower in bateries the colder they get. How cold are we talking about?

Answer 9

I,ve known damp cause starting problems especially with ignition system

Answer 10

I'm interested in this as well