Winter is not only an amazing, but also a contradictory time of the year: it brings incredible joy to children from winter fun, cheers up adults with its beautiful and silvery landscapes, and for some motorists it brings sheer inconvenience using personal transport. For the latter, this sometimes translates into a serious problem, since the car may not start at the most crucial moment.
How to start a car in cold weather. Initial recommendations
To "revive" your swallow, you need to resort to the initial recommendations.
- It is necessary to try to "wake up" the battery (accumulator). To do this, you can "blink" the high beam headlights for no more than 15 seconds, turn on the fog lights (PTF), turn on the heated rear window. In general, it is necessary to give the battery a light load. This will allow the electrolyte to warm up a little, which means it will increase its own capacity.
- When the battery "warms up" a little, you must turn on the ignition, then wait a few seconds. This is necessary in order for the gasoline pump to pump gasoline. It should be noted that not all passenger car manufacturers equip them with this function. For example, on some "Toyota" the fuel begins to flow only at the moment the starter is spinning up. Next, you should depress the clutch pedal and try to start your car. It is necessary to turn the starter no more than 10 seconds. Otherwise, it may overheat.
What if the car won't start?
Perhaps a truly self-respecting motorist should have with him the special equipment necessary for such cases. These are wires with terminals. This is especially acute for those drivers who have already encountered this more than once and know that their car will not start in cold weather.
To do this, you need to ask your neighbor in the parking lot (in the yard) or a passing driver to "light" the engine. In other words, you need to recharge your battery from it through the very terminals. The polarity must be observed to avoid short circuits.
Method for cars with manual transmission
Cars with manual transmission can be started "from the pusher" or in tow. It should be understood that this method is only suitable for vehicles with manual transmission. To do this, you need to do the following.
- First you need to find a person who will become a "pusher".
- After that, it is necessary to move the gear lever to neutral and command the assistant to start pushing the car.
- You need to try to pick up a speed of at least 15 km / h, and then shift (without releasing the clutch) into second or third gear. After that, you should smoothly release the clutch. At this very moment, the "heart" of the car should start!
In exactly the same way, you can start in tow.
How to start the engine in cold weather? Alternative ways
- Since the reason for the "freezing" of the car in frost in the overwhelming majority of cases is the insufficient capacity of the battery, then the way out of this situation will be appropriate. If you don't need to rush anywhere, you can disconnect the battery, take it home and charge it there. Better yet, replace it with a new one.
- If there is absolutely no time to warm up the car on its own, you can call a specialized car heating service in winter. But it's not free. The average price for such a service is 1,000 rubles. Specialists will come quickly, bring the so-called heat gun, warm up the pallet with frozen engine oil and "revive" the car without any problems.
After the car has come to life, try not to shut off the engine for one hour. This is necessary in order for the battery to "come to its senses" and return to its original state.
